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From: "Diana Gale Matthiesen" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] NPE rate
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:48:23 -0400
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> From: mtDNA H Project
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:23 PM
>
> AJ,
>
> NPE does include bad-genealogy. There are other events such as
> undocumented adoptions, deliberate surname changes with cover-ups,
> taking of the step-father's name, etc.
<snip>

Yes, it does have that meaning for some genealogists. When I say,
NPE, I mean it, as I said, in the *strict* sense: good paper
genealogy refuted by DNA test results. If you know someone has an
adoption or deliberate name change in their paper genealogy, I do not
consider that an NPE.

We have been through this semantic debate before. If we are going to
use NPE in the broad sense, then it becomes a useless term for genetic
genealogy, and we need to coin a new term, such as GNPE, for "genetic
non-paternity event."

Diana




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