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Our 53rd Phillips Family Group has been identified through DNA analysis!  Kit number 151181 traces back to John Marcus Phillips who was born 1820 in Davidson County, TN and kit number 143705 traces back to Aaron A. Phillips born March of 1852 in...

The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 13 June 2009:

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

05/11/2009, 301, 46393, Deep Clade Extended

06/26/2009, 306, 150069, Y-DNA (1 to 37 markers)

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

Phillips Family Group 31 has a new DNA match, kit number 151240.  This participant descends from Alexander Phillips who was born about 1801 in Georgia, possibly in Oglethorpe County.  Other members of Group 31 also trace back to this part of Georgia. ...

SMGF (Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation) has met its goal of collecting 100,000 DNA samples and is now ending its free DNA testing program.  SMGF's next phase will focus on research and continued analysis of the data they have gathered over...

One of the more interesting sites devoted to Irish genealogy can be found here at a website called Irish Family Research. The site has hundreds of databases of Irish genealogy information. Most of these databases are searchable, and some are free...