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From: Doug McDonald <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] J2 Patrilinial and J* Matrilinial
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:25:56 -0600
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> Frank wrote:
>
>>Clearly, my mtDNA line COULD have come from almost anywhere. What are the
>>odds of two "J" trails converging on me at this place and point in time?
>
>
> It doesn't signify anything.


But there ARE odds .... they can be roughly calculated from
the probabilities that each exist where your ancestors came from.

See my haplogroup maps at www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mcdonald.

Doug McDonald

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