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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Our Genes' Points of View (Marriage of Cousins)
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:27:53 -0700
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David and others finding cousins in the tree,

Yes, indeed, I know the impact that finding a bunch of first cousins in the
tree marrying has on one's genealogical interests. When I found a NJ quaker
family of the 1700s so doing, I first roughly calculated in my head the
increased weight that family's founders had on my genetic genealogy, but
then I also realized that I was seeing a particularly strong group culture
whose influence on later generations of my line should be unusually robust.
So I invested more time in that family.

But then there is another case. In my Norwegian genealogy I eventually
discovered that one guy "Torkel" from a sparsely populated island in a west
coast fjord of the early 1600s is a "multiple" ancestor via all 3 of his
sons. So I get particularly interested in Torkel ........ But when I look
at the calculations and probabilities of the genes, it still seems marginal
whether I carry any genes of this island dynasty founder, and his influence
has had to be carried by his family cultural inputs.

Ken


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Faux" <>
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Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Our Genes' Points of View (Marriage of Cousins)


> > As a genealogist, on the one hand I think that I have been robbed of
whole branches of ancestors thanks to cousin marriages, but on the other
hand it explains why I have always strongly identified with this line since
biologically the Youngs and those they married have made a more significant
contribution to my genetic make up than any other ancestral line. This
emotional bond has led me to put extra time into researching this family and
I am about to launch a website for the family with genealogical info,
scanned photos of artifacts, etc. as well as mtDNA, Y-DNA, and BGA DNA
results.
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> the marriage of cousins was and is very common in many societies, and in
my opinion the fact is to be celebrated not swept under the carpet.
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