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From: "Lawrence Mayka" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Malaspina et al (2001)'s Cohens -- an answer ?
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:06:16 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4624D1FF.1050202@ucl.ac.uk>


Actually, the Cohen surname project comes very close to billing itself as a
Cohanim project:
---
This project is for any male Cohen and variants worldwide, Ashkenazim,
Sephardim and Mizrachi gladly accepted!. People with the name Cohen, Kogan,
Kagan, or derivative, or with a family tradition of being a Cohen have shown
an occurrence of the Cohanim sequence up to 50-60 percent of men tested. The
project examines presence of a Cohanim marker as well as checks close
familial relationships.
---

At the very least, the project's description makes clear that descendants of
George M. Cohan need not apply. :)

> [mailto:] On Behalf Of James Heald
> No, of course they're not all going to be Kohanim, and we must be
> careful not to assume that.


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