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Subject: Re: [DNA] Should I Start an I1a-AS7E Project?
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:29:41 EST
As for whether you should start an I1a-AS-7E project, I can't say, but as new
knowledge is gained, these varieties can be re-defined. This is not a
criticism
or flaw, it's progress. What if AS7E gets split, subsummed in another
variety,
redefined, or renamed? Are you going to kick out existing members who no
longer
fit the definition? What if you need to rename the variety?
LINDSEY: Yes, the same thought occurred to me. Another problem is that
people don't know what they are until they have already been tested. Although I
could list surnames in the group, most people with those surnames will
belong to other Haplogroups and not AS7E. So this has to be a project for
people who have already taken DNA tests or who want to upgrade to more markers.
FTDNA does have an I1a Project, which includes AS7E, but not all surnames
are represented and I can't see that anything is being done to determine the
English origins of the group; that may well continue to be true because I1a has
so many different subgroups. Meanwhile, I have been working on the
question of English origins and have some tentative ideas on the subject.
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Maybe the thing to do is just create an I1a-AS-7E web site, without creating
an
official project anywhere. That way, people from any testing service could
participate, and the project could remain flexible as to who is included and
what defines the variety or even as to its name. Just a thought.
LINDSEY: I agree that would be best; however, I tolerate computers because
of what they can do for me, but don't want to spend time creating and
maintaining websites, etc. Therefore, it occurred to me that a project website
solve that problem.
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