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From: "Bob May" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Markers that determine someone is Irish and Scottish
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 18:40:11 +1000
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Karen
Yes you did get it bit mixed.
What they are talking about is sequencing the whole genome of an Irish
person. These are SNPs for the purpose of your enquiry and not STRs which is
what is measured with YDNA test.
Note this remark " the individual chosen was considered a good example of
Irish DNA and "showed variation typical of the island""
This would not even be classed as identifying "Irish" as such - it is only
one person.
Remember that in PF they classify the UK as one "population" based on the
results from the Orkney Islands, which is an isolated population and has at
least 4 generations born on the island.
Bob


-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Karen Hodges
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 6:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [DNA] Markers that determine someone is Irish and Scottish

Hi Bob

I could be confused about what is being spoken about. I found this article
from September 2010
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Irish-DNA-isolated-for-first-time-ever--102
330169.html

Karen

A single marker would not indicate this.

> I am not aware of any haplotype that specifically would identify anyone as
> being of a single race. A haplotype may indicate a high probability that a
> person could be of that race, but not that they are.
> Bob
>
>

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