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From: "John F. Chandler" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Haplogroup I and the Vikings
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:16 EST
In-Reply-To: w.ranger@attbi.com message <003101c31bf9$788d5200$d87ed40c@GenealogyMaster> of Fri, 16 May 2003 16:19:02 -0600


Wilma wrote:
> It might prove interesting, my Henderson line was supposed to have come from
> the Norway, early. Have them back to 1350 or there abouts.

Well, DNA is always interesting, but you're not going to learn anything
useful by testing just one Henderson. Even if you test several, and they
all match, this will tell you only what you already think you know: that
they come from the same family. Being Norwegian, they are almost sure
to belong to hg1, hg2, or hg3, but they could also be something else
without shaking the earth to its foundations. It's only if you find that
they don't all match, contrary to expectation, that you'll have have
something new and startling.

John Chandler

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