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Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 03/17/2012:

Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test

03/19/2012, 446, 223900, Y-DNA 37

04/06/2012, 450, 198663, Y-DNA 67 + MT-DNA

04/11/2012, 452, 226311, Mt-DNA Plus

04/13/2012, 451, 229537, Y-DNA 37 +...

The Shaltiels, Charlaps and Dayan families trace themselves back to King David. But if it seems simple, it's anything but. Although the first 20 generations of kings are detailed in Kings and Chronicles, the biblical record stops after the...

Thanks largely to Family Tree DNA, genetic genealogy was prominent at WDYTYA Live. One of the speakers in the DNA theatre sponsored by FTDNA was Katherine Borges, the lively Director of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy. Here is a link to...

Ever since two hikers happened upon the mummified body of Ötzi the Iceman on a high mountain pass in the Ötzal Alps in 1991, scientists have been working to figure out who he was and where he came from. Intriguingly, comparison of the Iceman's...

The Supreme Court of Mauritius has thrown out a £110 million case brought by Viscount St Davids, a polo-playing friend of Jodie Kidd.  Rhodri Philipps, as he was known before he inherited the viscountcy in 2009, had sued Corporate & Chancery for...