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From: Robert Stafford <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Some truth in article was Re: Answer fromAncestorsMagazine
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:37:02 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <ea3bd9560805170825r7c246f01n490b13dd6d4565e2@mail.gmail.com>

No. The real point is that, if there is no paper trail to be found, DNA testing is useless (at least presently) for genealogical purposes.

Bob Stafford

David Faux <> wrote:

As to haplogroup testing, this is imperative as far as I am concerned.
Unless there is a surname and a paper trail then the best way to rule out a
convergent match is via haplogroup testing.

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