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From: "Roy Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [PACE-L] DNA TESTING
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:50:13 -0500
References: <000001c250fc$2f682410$0300a8c0@alternative>

The Y chromosome mutates slightly every so many generations. Charting those
mutations tells the labs approximately how far back the male ancestor was.

Try searching a bit on the Internet. You will find this is a complex
subject. The more the Y chromosome has mutated, the further apart the
lines.

Roy Johnson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Williamson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 9:39 AM
Subject: RE: [PACE-L] DNA TESTING


>
>
> Jim Williamson
> Williamson, Kinsella, Pace, Marth
> www.williamson-clan.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Pace [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:04 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [PACE-L] DNA TESTING
>
> As I understand it, if John of M and Richard of Jamestown had the same
> MALE
> ancestor then they would have the same Y chromosome. Evidently there is
> no
> limit to how far back. I wonder then... If Adam transferred HIS Y
> chromosome
> to Cain and Able why don't ALL males have the same Y chromosome??????
>
> Because this is new science AND because it is so open to interpretation
> (and
> mis-interpretation) I believe we should proceed slowly. We should be
> very
> certain of what we expect to learn and how we expect to use this
> knowledge.
>
> Jonathan A. Pace
> Marietta, GA
>
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>
> Jon,
>
> I am unsure if you were playing the devil's advocate there or
> not, but aside from the fact that the Adam, Cain and Abel argument is
> purely a religious speculation and highly an unlikely fact (no I am not
> attempting to turn this into a religious discussion, just offer a point
> of view. Anyone wishing to discuss the semantics can email me off the
> list) the simple fact remains that the Y line does slowly change over
> time. So, while there would be some general commonalities, you are
> talking about hundreds, maybe thousands of generations back to Adam.
>
> So, no, all currently living males would not have the same Y
> chromosome, it would have mutated into thousands and thousands of forms
> by this point, all having a similar basis, but that is the end of the
> resemblance.
>
>
> Jim Williamson
> Williamson, Kinsella, Pace, Marth
> www.williamson-clan.com
>
>
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