This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nNABAIB/5608.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Great, Myron. You would be a wonderful addition to the Phillips Worldwide DNA project. We now have 100 participants and have identified 14 different families. Here is a link to the page where you can join up: http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=X66026&special=true Scroll down the page and fill in your name, address, etc. Then click on the arrow under "Test Descriptions" and you will see a drop down menu listing all the different types of tests that you can order. I recommend the Y-DNA25 test for $148 since I feel it gives you the best information for the least amount of money. You can pay for the kit on-line with your credit card. The DNA test is painless and only requires swabbing the inside of the cheek with a special brush or scraper. The lab mails a kit to the participant and then the participant mails the kit back to the lab. The kit is assigned a number and the name of the participant is never published, thereby assuring privacy and confidentiality. If you have any more questions about DNA testing for genealogical purposes (or questions about Phillips families in general, especially in the South), please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or the administrator of the Phillips Worldwide DNA project, Harry Shannon Phillips, at [email protected] (Shannon goes by his middle name.) We are both very excited about the possibilities of this new tool in genealogical research. By the way, all of us at Phillips Worldwide are volunteers and none of us are getting paid to help with this project. Sincerely, Nancy Kiser