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Although this Phillips DNA Project is a Y-DNA project, many of the members of this project have also gotten their autosomal DNA tested.  Here is a link to a blog that explains why it is so difficult to use autosomal DNA to prove a common ancestor.

Ten years ago, a group of international scientists and indigenous community members gathered at National Geographic Society's headquarters in Washington, D.C. to kick off the Genographic Project.  The plan: to use DNA analyses to answer fundamental...

"I don’t know you, but I can almost guarantee that you don’t ask your grandparents (or older parents) enough questions about their lives and the lives of their parents. We’re all incredibly self-absorbed, and in being so, we forget to care about...

DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 03/31/2015

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

04/01/2015, 604, 311661, Y-DNA 111

04/08/2015, 603, 112572, FGS and Y-DNA 111

04/08/2015, 605, 29533, Mt-DNA Plus

04/15/2015, 613, 361064, Backbone and Family...

Descendants of some 20 families who fought at the Battle of Bosworth, that ended the reign of Richard III, are to meet for the first time.

Researchers who identified the king using DNA from his distant family used the same techniques to find...