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From: Doug McDonald <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] SNP Testing - An R1a Surprise
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:56:26 -0500
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wrote:

> Ann:
> This matter has nothing to do with my hypothesis

about a migration to Scandanavia from Central Asia.

This case has wide ranging implications.

My correspondent's haplotype is "classic" R1a - the "Somerled type"

as reflected in some members of the McDonald clan.
>
> FTDNA has found him to be SRY10831.2+ which means he is not R1a

>(however without testing M17 we don't know if he is R1a1

Note, and whhhhheeeewwwww ....
it turns out that Dr. Faux's testee is NOT a Somerled person
after all. He certainly looks R1a-ish from Athey's calculator,
but is off from the purported Somerled by 9 markers, which is
a lot. In particular, Somerled is 8 at 459a, while most (80%)
R1a are 9, and Somerled's 458 is 16, equally uncommon.

Doug McDonald

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