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Subject: RE: Famous medieval DNA - the Plantagenet project
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 07:13:28 +0200
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writes:
This is consistent with expectation for a surname that originated from a
single ancestor, since, in the centuries since then, about half of the lines
are expected to have a false paternity event (FPE) somewhere in the line
of descent (unfaithful wife, adoption, unmarried mother giving child her
own surname, etc). This phenomenon of FPEs is widely documented in
DNA-genealogy literature.>>
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If its "widely documented" then it should be very simple for you to post
some documentation on it.
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I would also be interested in this documentation. I know there is an "urban
legend" around about this sort of thing, but such a high level of new male
lines is not in my experience normal at all. I administer several DNA
surname projects and am in contact with quite a few more.
Best Regards
Andrew Lancaster
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