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From: "Gregg Sayre" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] "Deep" ancestry
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:12:21 -0500
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How about "identifiable"?

Susan H. Sayre


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Subject: [DNA] "Deep" ancestry


> I believe I picked this phrase up from Oxford Ancestors, and I think it's
> pretty descriptive when we refer to our ancestors from thousands of years
> ago. But I can't think of a good antonym for more recent ancestors, the
ones
> of interest to us in a genealogical time frame. My dictionary only has one
> antonym -- "shallow" -- and that just doesn't cut it. "Recent" or "modern"
or
> "historical" might be better, but they're rather vague. Any ideas? Shall
we
> make up our own word?
>
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