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From: Doug McDonald <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Clusters, not Clades...NPE rate
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:30:05 -0500
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Alister John Marsh wrote:
> Diana,
>
> You said
> No matter how solid a paper pedigree is, no man can be certain he doesn't
> have
> an NPE in his line until he gets tested. The NPE rate in my projects is
> running nearly 10%.
> <<<<<<<
>
> I presume (hope) that the discovered NPE rate you quote of 10% is per
> lineage/ family, rather than per birth?
>
> If the average lineage back to common

In the core R1a Clan Donald, starting in about 1230, the previously
unsuspected paternal NPE rate is zero. There is one NPE, but was suspected
at the time it happened centuries ago. This is over 200 births,
making an actual NPE rate of 0.5%. This is about half clan leaders,
half not.

Doug McDonald

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