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From: "Lowe DNA" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] New DNAPrint format and NA results
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 14:00:24 -0600
In-Reply-To: <25463-3FF46E7F-1918@storefull-3131.bay.webtv.net>


Ray et al...

"If they told you that a minority ancestry MLE of 10% can really be 0%, then
that's a NEW admission, and the test IS WORSE than we were formerly told by
them."

"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."

I believe it was David the other day that said this test was just for fun
and not at all to be taken seriously.... Until DNAprint completes and posts
test samples of large groups of specific peoples, DNAprint is going to be
the object of much criticism here...

Many people, without counsel of this site, sign up everyday for this test
and get the results back like the gentleman we previous discussed from
southern California who was told he was mostly IE and not AF "Creole" as he
had previously believed... What happens to the future of DNA testing
industry-wide if we all find this test to have more serious flaws than we
have been uncovered so far to date....?????

My question...Why is the DNAprint company hanging back and not providing
these group results.....As the resellers of this test are also unfairly
getting blind-sided as they too are dependent on this new manual everyone is
discussing here.......

As David, and others have pointed out....somebody will (and must) come
forward with a better ethnic test that is more reliable, that is repeatable
and without a 10% variance in results....

Bill



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