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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Some truth in article was Re: Answer fromAncestorsMagazine
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 11:44:52 -0600
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Extended haplotype can be very helpful. I have an ancestral line with
extremely common name Harris. My earliest known ancestor never gave parents
names on known documents and only birth date and state. His extended
haplotype was sufficiently unique I was able to find the one (of very many)
Harris lines in the Harris project from which he descends. This
concentrates the persons and places to research to make the paper connection
which does not exist at present. Ken




----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Stafford" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Some truth in article was Re: Answer
fromAncestorsMagazine


> 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


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