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From: "Dora Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Haplogroup K2 Found in Two British Jeffersons
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:27:58 -0500
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Sam, as I recall, close matches to Thomas Jefferson extend right across
northern Africa. His ancestors could have been Moorish, and they also
could have been Jews.

I'm interested in their frequency in Somalia because it contradicts the
Phoenician notion.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Sloan" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Haplogroup K2 Found in Two British Jeffersons


>I sent my book off to the printers last night, all 472 pages of it, and it
> is too late to change it, or at least I am not going to change it, but I
> am
> still bothered by this.
>
> Mark Jobling has found two persons named Jefferson in England who match
> Thomas Jefferson 17/17.
>
> However, 7% of Somalia is K2 with a close DNA match to Jefferson. I think
> the reason we did not know about this earlier is that not many people in
> Somalia have been DNA tested. Also, there are many near matches with
> Jefferson in Egypt.
>
> I feel that the probabilities are greater that the two British Jeffersons
> who are a match to Thomas Jefferson also came from Egypt or Somalia in
> their ancestry, rather than existing in Europe as a tiny insignificant
> part
> of the population for many generations.
>
> What does anybody else think?
>
> Sam Sloan
>
> P.S. When the latest edition of my book comes out in about ten days, it
> will be listed on Amazon at:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/dp/1881373029/
>


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