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From: Robert Heiling <>
Subject: Re: on Genealogy Warning
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 08:14:52 -0700


"Richard A. Pence" wrote:

> [Bob Heiling:]
> > > There's no asurance that we are all related as
> > > surnames are often polygenetic and have multiple origins.
> <snip>
>
> I'm not sure what you fellows mean by "polygenetic" <g>,

Hmmmm. And here I thought you had one of these near your elbow<vbg>.

"Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary contains 1 item relevant to this query.

poly.ge.net.ic adj (1861) 1: polyphyletic 2: having many distinct sources

poly.phy.let.ic adj [ISV, fr. Gk polyphylos of many tribes, fr. poly- + phyle
tribe--more at phyl-] (1875): of, relating to, or derived from different
ancestral stocks; specif: relating to or being a taxonomic group that includes
members (as genera or species) from different ancestral lineages --
poly.phy.let.i.cal.ly adv "

Bob

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