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From: "Diana Gale Matthiesen" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] How to count an insertion at DYS 464?
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 07:38:01 -0400
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Unless further testing of more family members gives you reason to
think otherwise, I would treat the change at DYS464 as a single
mutation event, which means they have a GD of 2, not 3.

Diana


> From: Joe Fox
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 12:53 AM
>
> I have two Fox Project members - both from Saarland,
> Germany, in the 1700s - whose 37 marker haplotypes
> differ only at CDYa (34 vs 35) and at DYS 464
> (14,14,15,15 vs 14,14,14,15,15,15). FTDNA calls
> this a genetic distance of 3. I question whether
> the change at DYS 464 should be treated two
> separate mutations. Any comments?




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