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Two new Phillips Family DNA Groups were set up in the past month: Group 71 and Group 72.  Group 71 is composed of 76670 and 200070.  Group 72 is composed of SMGF4 and 202682.

In addition, the following new members were added to the following...

The following tests were underway at FTDNA as of 14 May 2011:

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

05/18/2011, 406, 16530, Deep Clade

05/18/2011, 406, 176858, Deep Clade

05/25/2011, 407, 181871, Refine 37 to 67 markers

06/01/2011, 408, 50263,...

An arch-secessionist and defiantly outspoken proponent of Southern rights, the Jewish-American Eugenia Levy Phillips was a determined spy for the South during the American Civil War.  Mother of nine children, she was twice imprisoned during the...

Here is a link to an interesting story in the news blog at nature.com about how DNA may have been used to confirm bin Laden's death.

One of our project members, John Phillips of Sydney, Australia, has produced a video telling the story of how his wife Netalija and her cousin Marianna were reunited 67 years after being separated by the Battle of Leningrad in WWII.  He posted the...