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    1. Re: [GFO] DNA and genealogy seminar
    2. Dave Witthans
    3. Yes, they were Bushmen and talked with clicking sounds similar to the man in the hilarious movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy". While there may have been just one original woman, this man followed the "X" chromosome of the male, which does not change radically like the "Y" does. The Stanford man also did a trace of the Phoenicians this month on OPB. Your Indo-European story was fascinating. I'm waiting for a fact or fiction story showing how a donor of DNA has it planted by the culprit, only to be found by the police and accused of murder... Dave Witthans From: Carole Hammond Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [GFO] DNA and genealogy seminar >>Have you watched the recent TV show where a man from Stanford U. goes >>around the world taking DNA samples and "documenting" which tribe in >>Africa populated most of the human race?<< That was a super show! For years I had thought that the Bushmen (is that right?) looked strangely Asian and now it appears that all of us, Native Americans, Greeks, Norwegians and ~all~ descend from one woman who left Africa so many years ago. I've heard it said that there is more genetic diversity on one street in Africa than in the rest of the world. Is this why African-Americans can usually be traced back to their tribe or origin? Along the same line....The black school principal in a large Southern city...maybe New Orleans... sent in his DNA like his friends were doing, to see what tribe he was from. He was shocked to his core to find out that he had absolutely NO black blood but instead was mostly "Indo-European." His mother tested the same way. He looked black and he talked black but evidently his heritage was from India and his immigrant ancestor was probably a servant for a British officer who got transferred to North Africa where he was kidnapped for the slave trade. I believe that the African DNA test costs about $360. Most interesting! This is the ultimate in tracing your ancestors. Carole

    10/25/2004 05:55:53