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Some of you may have noticed Facebook, Twitter, Share and RSS buttons have been added to our website by our ingenious webmaster, Tom Hutchison.  We are trying to join the social networking world!  In case you are still living in the Stone Age like...

If you belong to Facebook, look for our new Phillips DNA Project Fan Page and become a fan!  Our co-admin Tom Hutchison set this up for us this past weekend, so please let us know if you have any problems finding us on Facebook.  I believe you have to...

The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 20 March 2010:

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

03/01/2010, 343, 84729, R-L21 SNP

03/19/2010, 333, 82680, Mega mtDNA

03/24/2010, 345, 171530, Y-DNA 37 plus mtDNA

04/12/2010, 349, 119993,...

Visitors to Britain's stately homes may be able to find out whether their ancestors were the lords of the manor or merely the scullery maids under a new research program backed by Britain's National Trust.  The organization is funding investigations...