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From: David Faux <>
Subject: [DNA] 12 / 12 Y-DNA Matches - Stewart, Panther - Yates, et al.
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 18:00:01 -0800 (PST)
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Beth and others:

For over a year now we have all been warned not to put any stock in a 12 / 12 match unless the surnames match. Do you have information which would suggest you should ignore this advice from FTDNA and others?

I am unclear as to why you should be so interested in the Rodrigues - Stewart match. As you know your colleague Dr. Panther - Yates matches 12 / 12 with quite a few Stewarts and a Rodriques. The number of matches to a very wide variety of surnames is a phenomenal 139 in total! Obviously this is a very common haplotype and unless you have a high resolution match what is the point of contacting anyone in this group? My ancestors came from England and I match a Guerra, and my cousin whose ancestors came from Germany matches a Garcia. This is very common with an R1b haplotype and does not indicate any meaningful connection other than thousands of years ago. Just curious as to your reasoning.

David F.

wrote:
Hi Ana and Listers,
Thanks so much for the DNA results. Two of my Appalachian lines
Caldwell/Yates/Ramey/Stewart and Houston are 12/12 matches with two Rodriqueses from
Puerto Rico; they are R1b and I've been corresponding with both of them. Beth




Dr. David K. Faux, P.O. Box 192, Seal Beach, CA, 90740, USA



www.davidkfaux.org


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