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Subject: Re: [DNA] New Yorker article
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:46:59 EST


In a message dated 03/18/01 12:37:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:


> From what I know I believe this will be quite an interesting article!

The March 26 issue of the New Yorker is on the newstands now ($3.50), with
the article by John Seabrook getting top billing on the tear-off wrapper
"Who Am I? A powerful new science is moving genealogy out of the library and
into the lab." Actually, the article covers plenty of traditional
genealogical research routes, but DNA testing plays a major role.

Now I can see why Alan believes this should be an interesting article! He is
mentioned, albeit in one parenthetical sentence on page 68, which I can
probably quote without fear of copyright violations.

"(Alan Savin, an amateur genealogist in Britain who has conducted a similar
study [referring to Sykes], of British Savins, did not find evidence of a
single progenitor.)"

Alan, do you have any more background to give us? Did Seabrook interview you
for hours and distill the conversation down to a single sentence? <g>

Everyone should look for this article in their local libraries if they don't
pick up a copy on the newstand.

Ann Turner
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