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From: Gabriela Novak <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Response to genetic genealogists from authors of Oct.19thScience article
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:05:22 -0400
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I couldn't agree more.
One would expect Science to have higher standards than that. The
politics behind this must really be interesting.
G.

On 22-Oct-07, at 12:36 PM, Jerry Lobdill wrote:

> I agree, Gabriela. I have now read the article, thanks to a couple
> of list subscribers who each kindly sent me a copy. This article
> contains primarily complaints about genetic ancestry testing that are
> not based on science or statistics. It contains about 1600 words, and
> required 14 authors to create, few of whom seem to have credentials
> specifically indicating experience in the area of genetic
> genealogy. Two of the authors are lawyers, and the tenor of the
> article seems to be that there may be fraud associated with genetic
> ancestry testing.
>
> I wonder how the authors were selected, why so many were needed to
> create such a non-scientific paper, and why lawyers were
> included. I wonder if any of the authors are genealogists (amateur
> or professional).
>
> Jerry Lobdill
>

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