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From: "Peter A. Kincaid" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Kincaid Surname DNA Project Plan
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 21:20:46 -0300
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>In the case of the Kincaid Clan there may be a problem with having a single,
>what do they call it, haplogroup? If my understanding of medieval
practices are
>true, that very often the people of the village took on the surname of the
lord
>of the manor (as did many black slaves here in the US when freed) - after
all,
>he owned the land - they all worked and fought for him under his banner -
then
>you could very well have a plethora of haplotypes within the clan. And since
>the poor tend to reproduce more than the better off, then the most common
>haplotype might not be that of the "true" Adam Kincaid! I don't know how you
>can solve that problem by statistical sampling.


You know this has been said to me quite a few times but I've been
researching Scottish records hard for the last five years and I've
found nothing to support this. What I've seen is the lord, his offspring,
and siblings playing around with the local maids and having children
by them; the male children mostly carrying the father's surname. I
am no expert but I suspect that this is the true explanation and the
latter is just a more conservative/Victorian explanation for all the
messing around that happened.

Best wishes!



Peter A. Kincaid
Fredericton, NB, Canada

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