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Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 08/12/2012:

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

08/15/2012, 470, 74046, Refine 37 to 67 markers

08/30/2012, 471, 243435, Y-DNA 25

09/05/2012, 473, 99467, Refine 25 to 37 markers

09/05/2012, 473,...

We are really fortunate because we live in a time when we can be participants in scientific genetic discovery that not only helps us find our our own ancestors but helps many others who are brick-walled with no other hope of ever finding their...

Brian Sykes is a Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford and his new book, "Adam's Curse: A Future without Men", raises some alarming questions for the entire human race.  Some scientists say the birth rate of males is dropping and...

Research derived by Ancestry.com from early Virginia records and DNA analysis suggests Obama is the 11th great-grandson of John Punch, an African indentured servant in Colonial Virginia who became enslaved for life after trying to escape in 1640. ...

Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 08/04/2012:

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

08/13/2012, 467, 240422, DNA37+MT-DNAPlus

08/15/2012, 470, 74046, Refine 37 to 67 markers

08/17/2012, 469, 242917, Y-DNA 25

08/29/2012, 472, 117153,...