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Subject: Re: [DNA] Y-DNA tEsting
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 17:18:04 EDT



In a message dated 5/18/2008 4:10:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
writes:

Matches at low levels (12 or 25 markers) can be mere coincidence, especially
if
those matches are in other surnames. Yes, you're related, but so far back
it's
not genealogically relevant (we're all related if you go back far enough). I
use this table to help give my members some perspective on what levels of
matching mean:
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/DNA/Corbin/CorbinDNA-results-HgR1b.shtml#Match



Thanks Diana,
I'm heading to that site now.
Laura



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