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More and more men who were adopted are using yDNA to find their birth families.  On 9 February, 2009, Family Tree DNA announced they had received their 500,000th order for a DNA test kit. Apparently their database is now so large, a male adoptee...

Do you have a photo or photos of your Phillips ancestors? Our project has set aside space under yLineages so you can share your old photos with all the project's members. If you would like to submit a scan of your photo or photos, please follow...

The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of Friday, 27 March 2009:

Kit number, Type of Test, Due Date

144973, Y-DNA (1 to 37 markers), 04/03/2009

145586, Y-DNA (13 to 37 markers), 04/10/2009

N63710, Refine Y-DNA (12 to 25 markers),...

The members of Phillips Family Group 8 have found their first DNA match in Europe!  The match is not with a living person, but with a small group of early Bronze Age skeletons nearly 3,000 years old.  The skeletons were found in Lichtenstein cave in...