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From: "Whit Athey" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] Genealogy and DNA LIMITATIONS: Understanding exactly how tests reinforce folk ideologies.
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:39:57 -0500
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David, if Peter's haplotype is J2, it will be the first ever (except for one
other possible case) to be found with DYS388=12 (out of several hundred
examined). It's possible, but very unlikely. Of course, a couple of
Peter's values occur only at the 1% level in R1a, but at least they have
been observed. I still believe that R1a is most likely.
Whit
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Subject: Re: [DNA] Genealogy and DNA LIMITATIONS: Understanding exactly how
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Peter:
. . . Your haplotype, while needing to be confirmed by SNP testing, is very
likely J2 not R1a (old Hg 3). The two are as different as night and day and
not once have I ever seen a J2 DNA signature in any of the Norse colonies
such as Orkney, Shetland, Faroes or Iceland.
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