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The Black Friday sale is over at FTDNA but their Christmas sale has now kicked in. Here is a link to a page where you can order a Y-DNA test through our Phillips DNA Project, which insures you will be included in the project. We recommend

Family Tree DNA is offering their Y-37 test for $99 and their Y-111 test for $199 plus free shipping through Tuesday December 3rd. This is the best price I have ever seen on these two tests. Click ...

Member Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 11/20/2019

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Male haplogroups are determined by a certain kind of marker called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). However, Family Tree DNA uses short tandem repeats (STR's) to predict a man's haplogroup as follows:

At FTDNA, a Y-DNA

Family Tree DNA is holding a Thanksgiving Sale that ends November 28th. Almost all their DNA tests are on sale but for the purposes of our Phillips DNA Project, only Y-DNA tests are useful. I recommend the 37 marker Y-DNA test on sale for $99