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From: (John Chandler)
Subject: Re: [DNA] 67-MARKER MATCH WITH A GENETIC DISTANCE OF 2,Ken is right.
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:58:39 -0500 (EST)
References: <61340.21887.qm@web81606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <61340.21887.qm@web81606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (message from RobertStafford on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:12:32 -0800 (PST))


Bob wrote:
> I can certainly understand why they request anonymity.

Robert had previously written:

>> A spokesperson for the world's largest genetic testing company who
>> requests anonymity may have put out the following general statement
>> about the use of (tested). " 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! "

I hope everybody recognizes that "quote". It's a paraphrase on a
familiar joke. The fact is that we know empirically what "(tested)"
means in the haplogroup field on Ysearch, and it has nothing to do
with the haplogroup. It means, simply, that the Ysearch entry in
question was created by the automated upload feature from the FTDNA
personal results page -- which uploaded the haplotype. Similarly,
the "*" in the Ysearch haplogroup field means that the Ysearch entry
in question was *not* created by the automated upload feature.

John Chandler

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