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From: "David Faux" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Genebase? - Re: Some truth in article was Re: Answer fromAncestorsMagazine
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 19:18:16 -0700
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Before it was summarily removed from a medical DNA blog site I was able to
copy all 102 (serious) complaints about this company. Even the cache was
wiped clean. Clearly someone wanted this material removed in the worse
way. Lets just say that anyone reading what is in the blog would likely
look elsewhere for DNA ancestry testing - and I am being generous. I am not
sure what to do with this, particularly since there may be legal
implications. My belief is that it should be returned to its former
location, however I notice that now this company is one of the sponsors of
the blog site. Interesting.
David K. Faux.
On 5/17/08, Kirsten Saxe <> wrote:
>
> I've only been in touch with two people with Genebase results, and both
> sets of results seemed a little fishy to my inexperienced eye. I used
> the SMGF Y chromosome search page to convert as many of the values from
> Genebase as I could and input them into Whit Athey's haplogroup
> predictor. I remember being uncertain of what format to use in Athey's
> predictor, but I think I used the FTDNA format. The fitness scores that
> came back were low. One I think was in the 20s for an I haplotype, and
> the other was in the upper 40s for an R1b. The fellow with scores in the
> upper 40s has since been tested at FTDNA, and their results did not
> match the values I got when I did the conversion.
>
> Maybe the conversion was wrong. If that was my mistake, that's one
> thing, but if the SMGF conversion page doesn't work, then it makes me
> wonder about Genebase.
>
> I've thought about starting a thread on this to ask about Genebase, but
> I haven't had the time, so I cringe a bit when they are mentioned. They
> MAY be just what the genetic genealogy community DOESN'T need.
>
> Kirsten
>
>
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