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From: "Mark and Gary" <>
Subject: [DNA] mutations and paper trail
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:02:50 -0800
References: <pcramwinckel@wanadoo.fr message <008b01c2cd80$8d4962a0$76d7fea9@vaio> <5.1.1.6.0.20030206073723.05f69a30@wells.org> <004b01c2ce01$afa96a80$52750d0c@0020034528>
<<we have very detailed family files on worldconnect and no testee takes a
test in our project
without me knowing (and adding) his pedigree to our files>>
Most genealogy researchers don't footnote their paper trail... Worldconnect
is a good example of no documentation. Why try to calculate transmission
events and probabilities of mutations when the genealogical data submitted
is not documented, not foot noted and not confirmable with citations to
source documents. Most Internet pedigrees are tomorrow's trash. When was
the last time anybody saw citations to the source material on which people
are basing their claims to have ancestral connections.
Gary
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