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The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 27 June 2009:

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

06/29/2009, 308, 50779, Deep Clade R

07/06/2009, 309, 52586, Refine Y-DNA (38 to 67 markers)

07/06/2009, 309, 147495, Refine Y-DNA (38 to 67...

Phillips Family Group 11 has a 35/37 marker match with a man who has the last name Hendricks.  This participant and several other researchers believed for years that his Hendricks line was the result of a liaison between a man named Tilton Phillips...

Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has decided to extend the summer sale on their paternal 37 marker yDNA test plus mtDNA (maternal) test to June 30, 2009.  The test costs $119 which must be paid by July 7, 2009.  This is a reduction of more than 50% over the...

Phillips Family Group 21 has a possible Irish match with a man who has the last name Philben, an Irish variation of Phillips.  Kit number 65465 has only tested 12 markers, but he is a perfect 12/12 match with Group 21.  This participant traces his...

A man named Richard Hill has become an advocate of using the Internet and DNA to help other adoptees seeking information about their biological parents.  Here is a link to his story that appeared yesterday (for Father's Day) in the Grand Rapids News.