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From: Doug McDonald <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Scotch-Irish Presbyterian non paternal events
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:21:22 -0500
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wrote:

> The McDonald clan chiefs in Scotland all seem to be related.
>
>

Clan chiefs are special cases, since primogeniture more or
less ruled after a certain date. The firstborn male has a
very very high probability of being legitimate. Our project
has no good data on later ones. Nevertheless, overall our
"paper trailed" people have a stellar fidelity record.

Doug McDonald

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