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Family Tree DNA is holding a Holiday Sale through December 31st. The 37 marker Y-DNA test is $79 plus postage and the Y-DNA 111 marker test is $199 plus postage. These are the only tests that apply to our Phillips DNA Project although other tests are...

Family Tree DNA is now holding a Black Friday Sale that runs to November 30. The 37 marker Y-DNA test is $79 plus postage and the 111 marker test is $199 plus postage. In my experience, the 37 marker test is adequate to establish your Phillips...

The sale ends November 21st. The Y-DNA37 test is marked down to $79 from $119 and the Y-DNA111 test is marked down to $199 from $249. There are also other tests on sale but these two are the only ones that apply to our project. Click here to order a...

Member Y-DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 10/12/2021

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

10/25/21         1225               200146           Big Y-700

10/25/21         1221               499085           Big Y-700

10/25/21         1225               B79400           Big Y-700

10/27/21         1226               233001           Big Y-700

11/01/21         1231               476522...

The DNA that make us uniquely human may come in small bits that are sandwiched between what we inherited from our extinct ancestors. Those small bits don’t add up to much. Perhaps just 1.5 to 7 percent of our genetic instruction book — or genome —...