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The Phillips DNA Project will once again be offering free Y-DNA tests to British men named Phillips (or any variation thereof) at WDYTYA being held at Olympia in London from February 24 to February 26.  We only ask that you provide a five generation...

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 01/29/2012:

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

01/23/2012, 439, 54019, Backbone test

01/27/2012, 441, 219553, Y-DNA 37

02/03/2012, 442, 220348, Y-DNA 67

02/08/2012, 444, N38121, HVR2

02/10/2012, 443, 221522,...

A growing number of adoptees, now in the thousands, are turning to DNA testing companies in hopes of piecing together the puzzles of their beginnings. Some long to learn whether their family trees first bloomed in Ireland or Italy, Europe or South...

We're all in some mode as researchers but one of the tough parts about starting out is to not go too far to one extreme or the other. Persistence is one of the most important things in research, though it doesn't get an official mention as part of the...

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 01/22/2012:

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

01/23/2012, 439, 54019, Backbone test

01/27/2012, 441, 219553, Y-DNA 37

02/03/2012, 442, 220348, Y-DNA 67

02/08/2012, 444, N38121, HVR2

02/10/2012, 443, 221522,...