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From: "H. B. Whitmore" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] 67-MARKER MATCH WITH A GENETIC DISTANCE OF 2,Ken is right.
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:56:29 -0500
In-Reply-To: <BAY132-W350A526C345D3D99DF55C9B4270@phx.gbl>


Really enjoyed this. I've been meaning to ask if I should correct my
haplogroup, which shows "tested," even though I've had no SNP's tested. The
entry screen didn't ask me whether or not I had been "tested". It asked
whether or not I was "sure." Since FTDNA assigned me hg R1b1c with a high
degree of confidence, and since a cousin has been snp'd through everything
but R1b1c11 and has been negative for all the 3rd level numbers, I feel
pretty sure.

If the guru's would rather have this blank for me and for my non snp'd
cousins, I'll correct(?) change (?) this.

No need to ask the dog.

Hal

on 2/16/08 11:11 AM, Robert Hughes at wrote:

>
> In regards to the K1a / R1b1c7 Haplogroup puzzle in ysearch, Ken is right.
> Ken wrote that (tested) may not always mean the same thing in ysearch.
>
> After listening to Ken and conferring with my mentors, researching our
> records and agreeing that the dog¹s vote wouldn¹t count, we decided three to
> two that when (tested) appears on a person¹s personal results page, it means
> that person was lab tested to that result unless of course the said result was
> inferred.
>
> But when (tested) leaves the building and enters the public domain, then
> due to computer defaults, algorithms, fat fingers and/or phases of the moon,
> (tested) might mean tested or maybe it means that --- IF --- the sample were
> tested, this might be the actual results.
>
> A spokesperson for the world¹s largest genetic testing company who requests
> anonymity may have put out the following general statement about the use of
> (tested). ³ I know that you believe that you understand what you think we
> mean when we say (tested) but I am not sure you understand that what you think
> you heard us say may not be what we meant! ²
>
> Well, there you have it. Puzzle solved, for me at least.
>
> Regards, Robert
>
> Another puzzle to ponder::: If you mix flour and water, you get glue, add
> sugar and you have cake. Where does the glue go?
>




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