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Subject: [DNA] Steve Olson Article
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:22:58 EST


Ann Turner said: "BTW, I sometimes cringe when people refer to "The Seven
Daughters of Eve," as if that coarse division is all you can learn from an
mtDNA test."

I think Olson was excluding other valid uses from his criticism by the
specificity of his statement. He stated it as, "That's the problem with the
Seven Daughters of Eve business." From the context, he was referring only to
those who sell it to connect to one of the Clan Mothers (and get their
membership certificate from Oxford Ancestors). He also referred to the
business side and not the science side of such tests.

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