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From: Vincent Vizachero <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Haplogroup K2 Found in Two British Jeffersons
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:34:49 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20070611214209.05afeb80@samsloan.com>


--- Sam Sloan <> wrote:

> 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?

K2 is not "insignificant" in Europe, and has existed
there independently of any connection to Somalia or
Phoenicians for millenia. I think the only reason to
connect Jefferson to Africa is that it makes for an
interesting story, and a neat twist on the whole
Hemmings controversy.

There is no need to introduce any exotic elements to
the story if you only want to explain how haplogroup
K2 got to England.

Vince

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