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The Genographic Project (Have Your DNA Checked, Find Your Roots)
National Geographic - IBM ^
| 6-15-2005
Posted on 06/15/2005 11:34:14 AM PDT by blam
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To: martin_fierro
"Y chromosome traced to Haplogroup O (genetic marker M175)."
I'm an R1B, about as Celtic as they come I guess although there's some Ashkenasi (sp?) way back there.
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posted on
06/15/2005 12:22:19 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: M. Dodge Thomas
I saw an extremely interesting documentary last week, probably on National Geographic, about a man who has been tracing mankind back to Africa. It seems he feels we are all African and these Africans traveled to different parts of the world to become different ethnic groups. He used DNA. It was very convincing but I don't buy all of it. It was fun to watch,though.
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posted on
06/15/2005 12:26:48 PM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
To: blam
I think that's the show I was watching last week. It was extremely interesting.
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posted on
06/15/2005 12:28:06 PM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: M. Dodge Thomas
You might be surprised. (I was, anyway, to discover that a blacker-than-her-shadow friend had a Irish grandfather).
A lot of people are going to be surprised.
A LOT of American blacks are going to be surprised to find the're 25%, 50% or even more than 50% "European."
And a good number of American whites, particularly in the south, are going to find there's a Black African or two in their ancestral mix in the last 200 years or so.
To: blam
If I had the money, I would swap my cat and dog just to see what happens. lol
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posted on
06/15/2005 12:32:40 PM PDT
by
Bear_Slayer
(DOC - 81 MM Mortars, Wpns Co. 2/3 KMCAS 86-89)
To: blam
If I had the money, I would
swap my cat and dog just to see what happens. lol
swap = swab (I hate when I do that)
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posted on
06/15/2005 12:33:14 PM PDT
by
Bear_Slayer
(DOC - 81 MM Mortars, Wpns Co. 2/3 KMCAS 86-89)
To: LIConFem
My roots are grey, but Clairol is going to help me out.
To: blam
I'm a mongrel. I don't need any DNA test to tell me.
To: Publius6961
Good catch on the contradictions, Publius6961. We can always count on Freepers and their impeccable logic.
(Are you related to Mr. Spock?)
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posted on
06/15/2005 12:49:19 PM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(Marxism has not only failed to promote human freedom, it has failed to produce food)
To: blam
This project is very interesting, but I must comment on privacy:
A Note on Privacy To ensure the privacy of participants, we have built an anonymous analysis process. Your Participation Kit will be mailed with a randomly-generated, non-sequential Genographic Participant ID number (GPID). Although we will have mailed a Participation Kit to your address, we do not know the random code included in the Kit. When you send in your DNA sample with your consent form, they will only be identified by your GPID. Therefore, your cheek cells will be analyzed completely anonymously.
In other words, "trust us". If they really wanted to safeguard participants' privacy, they'd say "send us your sample marked with a 10-digit random number you make up yourself".
To: blam
For International Participants (outside the United States and Canada) Public participation may be restricted in some countries where the export of genetic material requires government approval. China is one country that has such restrictions in place.
So if you live in such a country, just send us the survey card. And be sure to lick the stamp.
To: PistolPaknMama
To: SMARTY; DGray; TattooedUSAFConservative; utahagen; dljordan; Constitution Day; Pharmboy; ...
Y chromosome traced to Haplogroup O (genetic marker M175). Here's what the printout from the NG site says in describing the above:
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To: xJones
I mean, not that I'm prejudiced or anything.... I always thought that Charlie Manson and Ted Bundy were misunderstood.< |:P~
To: HitmanNY
>>I'd just sooner let things be and look towards the future, and not so much at the past.
Future is interesting too, just kinda tough to study. The past used to be my occupation.
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posted on
06/15/2005 1:25:26 PM PDT
by
Betis70
(It's all fun and games till someone gets impaled with a Javelin)
To: martin_fierro
Well, THAT was worth $100! ;-)
Actually, I'm still waiting for my results and expect I won't be able to make heads or tails out of them.
To: martin_fierro
Re:
< |:P~ I never thought I should ask before, but since you posted that....whatever.... in large font, I would like to ask a question.
If I turn my head sideways to the left to look at it (which doesn't feel good), it looks like there's a pointy hat, two black eyes, and maybe a mouth with a tongue hanging out on the left-hand side. But what's that little wiggly thing beneath the mouth?
Thanking you in advance for your courteous reply....
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posted on
06/15/2005 1:31:56 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: LibWhacker
Well, THAT was worth $100! Once you get your results, and if you agree to it, you can also have your results shared with FamilyTreeDNA -- your markers are compared against those of other particilants, and you can be put in touch with others who share genetic markers with you.
To: reagandemocrat
"...is anyone here even the slightest concerned that this could be used for nefarious purposes? Like what?
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posted on
06/15/2005 1:33:59 PM PDT
by
Ditto
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