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From: "Michael Marcil" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] French-Canadian DNA Research
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:42:27 -0400
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oops, that should have said good comment, edward!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Marcil" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] French-Canadian DNA Research


> Good comment Allen...
>
> I agree, inbreeding isn't exactly the right (or kind) word for it (You
know
> you're a redneck when...). The distance between most of the common
> ancestors is more than sufficient to make it "safe." In most cases, I
> suspect, they didn't even know they were distant cousins. My mother was
> horrified (I exaggerate) to learn that she is very distantly related to my
> father (her ex-husband!). Homogenous is a better way to put it...
>
> Michael
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edward H. Gaulin" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [DNA] French-Canadian DNA Research
>
>
> > Allen --
> >
> > I wonder how many of those 2,600 immigrants to Quebec are in my
> > ancestry? I've never counted them. I'm not sure where Galileo got that
> > number - the first census was taken in 1666 and counted all 3,200 French
> > residents. Another the following year doubled that number.
> >
> > Many (most) French-Canadians don't think of this as "in-breeding," but
> > rather as preservation of their unique heritage :) Actually Dick
> > Eastman and I are probably no more than 50% French-Canadian - his
> > father's family had it's origins in New England as did my mother's.
> >
> > Thanks for Galileo's e-dress. I'll contact them and let you know what
> > their plans are.
> >
> > Regards from the warm and humid Gulf Coast of Florida,
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
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