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From: "Cecelia Clancy" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] FTDNA read the wrong strand on an HVR2 mtDNA test
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 21:14:46 -0400


> like the others. One company checks one
> of the strands, another might test the other.
> Nothing wrong about it, just different.

Yes, but when the same company uses it's own results to help people find
high resolution matches, and if one of the customers
gets their "opposite" strand values entered into the database, then he or
she will never find any high resolution match. Now, if we were comparing
the results for two different companies, your point holds.

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