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From: James Heald <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Malaspina et al (2001)'s Cohens -- an answer ?
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:56:15 +0100
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Alfred A. Aburto Jr. wrote:

> Lawrence and James,
> The Cohen project used to be visible. But recently there was some kind
> of security issue with FTDNA peoject web pages (I don't recall the
> details) and FTDNA changed things and after that is when the Cohen
> project became invisible.
>
> And you know what, I never thought that I should label or assume all
> these people as Cohanim! I just missed that completely. Now I can't go
> back and check. :-( But also I'd be somewhat uncomfortable too assuming
> things. I mean, I'd do it (label them as Cohanim) for my own personal
> database, but I wouldn't publish that in the open literature (a
> scientific journal). A good researcher would be like Dr Hammer going
> out, or having his students go out, and actually interview people to
> make sure that he had a good and valid database to start with.
> Al
>

No, of course they're not all going to be Kohanim, and we must be
careful not to assume that.

But it's not unreasonable to expect to find that this project should be
quite rich in people related to Kohanim; nor to hope that many or most
of the most significant Kohanim-related clusters might be reflected in
individuals in this group.

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