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From: "Warren Whiteside" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] DNA Print Results For Nancys Mother
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:54:27 +0100


In the Whiteside yDNA project we had one of those type results you describe
(abberation) that showed a two step difference at a loci that doesn't
usually mutate on a documented cousin. To follow up on what you are saying;
I can tell you that we had his Dad go for the 25 marker superY. Guess what
? No two step mutation and an EXACT match to expected and some not expected
kindred. The moral of this story is that there is no time like the present
for the oldest male members of all families to submitt a yDNA sample
because I believe that our environment contains substances that can and
have altered the very markers we look to be our family record of last
resort.I would have never believed this before I saw this example. My
advise to those who are putting off is DON'T.


> [Original Message]
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Date: 9/1/2003 10:34:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [DNA] DNA Print Results For Nancys Mother
>
> In a message dated 9/1/03 1:56:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> So unless Im missing something , I would think the margin of error on
this
> test has to be more than 5 %. Also what is the difference of European and
Indo
> European
> The people who sell the test fudge the results a little. You, your
brother,
> and your sister all got your DNA from the same parents but each of you
got a
> slightly different mix. That much is apparent. The Ancestry by DNA folks
will
> just say you are an extreme case, an aberrant results that are expected
> periodically. Averages can have a few extremes but it seems like every
time siblings
> test we get extreme results.
>
> Grant Johnston
>
>
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