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From: "Sharon Bryant" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Spencer Wells - Stephen Colbert (Tuesday)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:34:03 -0400
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Diana,

>>That doesn't mean some of the things said on them aren't true, it just
>>means you have to already know they're true, or you can't tell the facts
>>from the jokes.<<

>From my viewpoint this is the problem (quote above). We have all encountered
people who won't test because they're afraid they will lose their
identities, that adverse medical information will be divulged, and any
number of other reasons.

On the other hand, I have people who have been very generous because they
are interested in their ancestry but who haven't a clue what I'm talking
about when I point them towards a comparison chart or try to explain why
someone is/is not related to them.

If they don't know what is the truth when they are watching this type of
program/comedy skit they won't recognize it as humor (is it really funny?)

Sharon Bryant
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