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From: "Andrew and Inge" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] Euro 1.0 test by AncestrybyDNA.com
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 07:57:19 +0200
In-Reply-To: <14951-429A674A-652@storefull-3135.bay.webtv.net>


Ray,

That's how the maths works. Surnames die out too. It does not necessarily
mean that people with a particular surname (say Li) have a greater survival
rate. It just has to do with how many children that have and how many of
them are male. So it is just a probability thing.

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond Whritenour [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2005 3:07 AM
To:
Subject: [DNA] Euro 1.0 test by AncestrybyDNA.com

I don't see why a Q haplogroup, in a population (no matter how ancient),
where haplogroup Q is found in 25% of the men, would have any greater
tendency to "disappear" from descendants of the group than any other
haplogroup in the group. ???.

Ray Whritenour

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