On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 8:39:14 PM UTC-7, Peter Stewart wrote: > On 31-Aug-17 12:55 PM, wjhonson wrote: > > I have no idea why people put up straw men arguments. > > > > Did any of what I said, say that I *do not* use a paper trail? No. > > I asked if you used a paper trail and in reply you posted "I don't". > > Peter Stewart Well I think you asked if I "establish" this by a paper trail. What I'm suggesting is that instead of the paper trail being the basis, and the DNA being the additional evidence, that you flip it around. Make the DNA the *basis* of the tree, and the paper trail be the "additional evidence"