The October 2009 Phillips DNA newsletter has been posted on the News page of this website. To access it, just click on the News tab in the blue bar at the top of this page. You can choose to read the newsletter in plain text or PDF format. This month's newsletter discusses a new operating system recently introduced by FTDNA, questions and answers about obtaining DNA from the deceased, a family story about a Canadian Phillips family and an essay on the differences between DNA testing done at FTDNA and a new company called 23andMe. If you like what you read in our newsletter, please let us know! Also, please consider sending us a story on your Phillips family for a future newsletter.