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Fri, 25 May 2007 11:52

DC
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Registered: July 2005

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I've talked about this before, but I want to mention it again
because it is just so darn cool.

On this site

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/

You can sign up (it costs 100 USD) and send them in a DNA
sample and they will tell you the story of your family's journey
through time and location.

The lineage traced is paternal (because the mutations they use
as markers are paternal ones) and in my case, I found that my
Dad's family, (whcih we always thought was 100% Italian) is
actually spread all around the Mediterranean with higher
percentages in Greece, and among Jews than Italians. We are
also significantly represented in Spain and are even in England
and Ireland from the Roman times. But the roots (so to speak)
of the family, and its highest representation today is in Africa...

Who knew?

It is about the coolest 100 bucks you can spend. It will also
teach you the profound difference between our socially-
derived concept of race, and how the genetics actually works.

They are radically different...

Highly recommended.

DC

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		Genographic Project By: DC on Fri, 25 May 2007 11:52
		Re: Genographic Project By: rick on Fri, 25 May 2007 12:11
		Re: Genographic Project By: dc[3] on Fri, 25 May 2007 12:36
		Re: Genographic Project By: rick on Sat, 26 May 2007 01:38
		Re: Genographic Project By: TCB on Fri, 25 May 2007 12:50
		Re: Genographic Project By: dc[3] on Fri, 25 May 2007 12:55
		Re: Genographic Project By: Deej [4] on Fri, 25 May 2007 18:13
		Re: Genographic Project By: dc[3] on Fri, 25 May 2007 20:00
		Re: Genographic Project By: Bill L on Mon, 28 May 2007 12:41
		Re: Genographic Project By: Bill L on Fri, 25 May 2007 19:26
		Re: Genographic Project By: dc[3] on Fri, 25 May 2007 19:53
		Re: Genographic Project By: TCB on Sat, 26 May 2007 08:12
		Re: Genographic Project By: Sarah on Sat, 26 May 2007 01:34

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