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From: "Glen Todd" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] Newsweek Article: In your Blood (DNA Testing)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:42:34 -0700
In-Reply-To: <3796-43DF8177-4009@storefull-3337.bay.webtv.net>


> You seem to forget that the "mirror test" is only good for telling
> someone with a *small* minority ancestral component what his or her
> *majority* ancestry is. That is, it tells you *exactly* the same

Odd -- I've been criticized several times on this list for suggesting that
the "mirror test" provided valid input. Perhaps it makes a difference
what it's telling you, whether it's valid or not.

Glen

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