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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Traits are not the same as DNA ratios of base pairs of the 46 chromosomes.

As I understand it, if you had someone you already thought was a cousin, DNA testing would show the likelyhood that they were related.

But it is not going to pull those relations out of a larger database. The combinations and possibilities are too immense.

DNA Identification Technology
http://dna-view.com/DNAtechID.htm#kinship


28 posted on 08/18/2010 12:04:55 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

I think I said, since they have letters and correspondence, they could use DNA to screen candidates. I agree, if they had to start cold DNA by itself wouldn’t be much good.


29 posted on 08/18/2010 12:09:30 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
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