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The February 2013 issue of our Phillips DNA Project's newsletter has been posted on this website under the News tab where you can read it in PDF, XPS or plain text format.  This month the newsletter contains tips on how to use your personal page at...

DNA is already used to store information in the form of genomes by every living organism on Earth.  Its prowess at that job is the reason that information scientists have been trying to co-opt it for their own uses.  Click here to read more in The...

Think of a haplogroup as an ancestral clan, a large family, like the Celts or Vikings.  There are clans for the male Y chromosome and clans for maternal mitochondrial DNA.  Click here to read more in a blog written by Roberta Estes.

The largest annual genealogy event in the English-speaking world, possibly in the entire world, will be held near the end of next month in London, England. Based on the hit television show, Who Do You Think You Are?, the three-day expo at the...

Researchers have been able to trace a line between some of the earliest modern humans to settle in China and people living in the region today.  The evidence comes from DNA extracted from a 40,000 year old leg bone found in a cave near Beijing....