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From: "R. Stevens" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] The Origin of L21 (was L21 and P66)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:16:18 -0500
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I don't know, but maybe someone else does. What is the position of P66?

Rich

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From: "Didier Vernade" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] The Origin of L21 (was L21 and P66)


> Is P66 among the SNPs tested at 23andME ? May be he is P66 ....!
>
>
>>
>> I found out a day or two ago about a man of French descent with the
>> surname
>> Gignoux who has tested L21+. He traces his ancestry to the French Alps
>> near
>> the Swiss border (and that surname extends into Switzerland). I didn't
>> post
>> anything about it because he is not a member of my project and I had not
>> yet
>> received his permission to mention his name and results. This gentleman
>> tested with 23andMe. I finally got an email from him this afternoon with
>> his
>> permission to mention as much as I have.
>>
>> He still has not given me the name of his most distant ancestor or any
>> more
>> precise geographical information for my R-L21* Map, but what he has told
>> me
>> is reliable
>>
>> I have not done a lot of searching, but the surname Gignoux is listed as
>> a
>> confirmed Waldensian surname (the Waldenses were an early Protestant sect
>> in
>> France, Southern Germany, Switzerland and Italy) on the following site:
>>
>> http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waldense/surnames.htm
>>
>> I realize this is just one result, but it is continental and far from
>> areas
>> of known historical British impact or influence.
>>
>> Rich
>>
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