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From: "Ann Kathrin" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] R1a Modal Haplotype from Whit Athey's Haplogroup Predictor
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:58:40 +0000
In-Reply-To: <447EDAA9.1090600@scs.uiuc.edu>


I have been wondering at which point to reply to a R1a-thread, but I feel
that this is the right time.

My boyfriend (with Swedish ancestry) has just been DNA-tested by DNA
Heritage, taking both the 43-marker Y-STR as well as the SNP test. He came
back R1a1a, positive at M56. I sent an email back last week to inquire if
the result is not a typo, but that would really be a highly unlikely
coincidence. I'm still waiting for a reply from DNAH.

Anyway, for those who claim that M56 has only been found in one individual,
there might thus be yet another case - in Europe - and others might follow!
Therefore, until a greater number of people in North-Eastern Europe have
been SNP-tested, I think we should be cautious to dismiss the subclade
markers within R1a1 outright as private SNPs.

Ann-Kathrin Turn


>From: Doug McDonald <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: [DNA] R1a Modal Haplotype from Whit Athey's Haplogroup
>Predictor
>Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:16:41 -0500
>
>Ken Nordtvedt wrote:
>>I have a collection of at least half a dozen modal haplotypes for
>>different varieties of R1a. So I don't really understand the usefulness
>>for trying to construct a modal haplotype for R1a as a whole? What do you
>>do with such a "modal" for this larger population? To carry this to the
>>next step --- would a "modal haplotype" for all of R (primarily R1b and
>>R1a) be of any use?
>>
>
>R1a is much more homogeneous that R1b ... for example, there are no
>"non-private" SNP subclades.
>
>Doug McDonald
>
>
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