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From: "Mary AsaWoman" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] DNAPrint Test Worked for Me
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 12:43:21 -0800
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Lucy,

In your case, I would definitely start a genealogical paper trail search for
your American Indian ancestors. They are no doubt out there, and it would be
rewarding to locate them and their tribal affiliations. If either parent is
alive, I would have them take the BGA test as well.

Mary

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lucy Hubrich" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] DNAPrint Test Worked for Me


> Ah, yes Ray, I forgot to mention that after both my uncle's tests came
back
> and I realized that I had the potential to have Native American ancestry
in
> me from both sides of my family. I therefore had the DNAPrint test
> performed on myself and it came back 20% Native American. I do not
consider
> this out of line since siblings can inherit differing amounts of the
> combined DNA, and I could not directly test either of my parents. So, my
> question to you is, how big of a percentage does a person need before you
> consider it indicative of Native American ancestry, or do you not trust
the
> test at all??
>
> This, of course, is turning into a "religious" war and neither of us are
> going to change the other's mind, but I was just wondering if there was a
> threshold where you actually thought it might be worth looking into?
>
> Lucy Hubrich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raymond Whritenour" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 1:18 PM
> Subject: [DNA] DNAPrint Test Worked for Me
>
>
> > Lucy:
> >
> > With all due respect, if you had asked your uncle for the pictures,
> > during the normal course of genealogical research, you would have found
> > the pictures of your ancestor who "looks Native American," anyway. Your
> > uncles' DNAPrint 2.0 BGA test results don't prove anything about your
> > minority ancestry. The fact that a small MLE percentage of NA showed up
> > on their tests merely provided a catayst which prompted you to look for
> > more information. If people start looking for NA ancestors based on a
> > small percentage NA MLE from this test, there's going to be an awful lot
> > of disappointed people out there!
> >
> > Ray Whritenour
> >
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