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The present-day English owe about a third of their ancestry to the Anglo-Saxons, according to a new DNA study.  Click here to read more in BBC News and thanks to member John Phillips of England for this link.

Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 01/19/2016

 

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

 

01/06/2016, 649, 16800, Big Y

02/10/2016, 654, 250714, Y-DNA 111

02/10/2016, 654, 39556, Family Finder

02/10/2016, 654, 115064, Y-DNA 111

02/17/2016, 653,...

A recently discovered DNA marker suggests that 10% of Scottish men are directly descended from the Picts.  Click here to read more in Scotland in my Heart.

The following item was submitted by member Wayne Phillips:

Description: Kills Man Who Saved His Life. PHILLIPS, ZURELBRY
Date: September 20, 1913

Newspaper published in: Abbeville, LA

Taylorsport, Ky., - Lewis PHILLIPS fell into the Ohio river. He
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Scientists have sequenced the first ancient human genomes from Ireland, shedding light on the genesis of Celtic populations.  Click here to read more in Eurekalert and here to read more in BBC News.  Our thanks to members John and Doyle Phillips for...