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From: David Faux <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] New label for Ancestry by DNA table
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:02:45 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <cc.1add3b31.2bbc9dde@aol.com>


wrote:Someone just sent me their results from an Ancestry by DNA test. I noted that
they've changed the "European" cateogory to "Indo-European" (at least on the
FTDNA website report).

The "East-Asian" label is still the same, though -- sorry about that, David
:) I've been thinking about another phrase, and I haven't come up with
anything better. For now, I think we just have to settle for reading the
"fine print" in the DNAPrint manual and website, and accept the fact that
possessing East Asian markers does not necessarily mean that any of your
ancestors lived in Korea or Japan or China.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Considering the muddle, and that fact that no one at Ancestry by DNA has been able to satisfactorily explain the inconsistencies and impossible / improbable findings, how about just DROPPING THE CATEGORY ALTOGETHER until they have diagnosed and fixed the problem? This is precisely what they had to do previously with the first version of the test when they culled "South Asian" and "Pacific Islander" from their testing thanks to "Constructive criticism form other Molecular Anthropologists". David.

Dr. David K. Faux, 4028 Larwin Ave., Cypress, CA, 90630, USA





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