This is very interesting. I have blood type A negative. I have been told that the negative type blood comes originally from the Spanish Pyrenees. It would be interesting to know if the Whitney line had origins in Spain. Ruthie

My Mother , my three sisters and myself are all A neg with the RH factor...Would be interesting to see how many Whitney's are in that 15% group! Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: <Twigs1991@aol.com> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 6:49 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] DNA > This is very interesting. I have blood type A negative. I have been told > that the negative type blood comes originally from the Spanish Pyrenees. It > would be interesting to know if the Whitney line had origins in Spain. > > Ruthie >

Sharon -- I think I see your point. Perhaps we could prove some statistical bias towards A negative. Personally, I have my mother's blood type but I am almost certain that my Dad - my link to Whitney - had the rarest blood type (B negative). Isn't B- the one present is just 1-2% of the population? Anyway, whatever that ultra-rare type is, that's the one he had. I remember him telling us, as kids. Now, if B- were common among Whitneys - and there *are* simple tests to demonstrate the probability of such a preponderance being statistically significant, I could see the blood type connection being an important bit of evidence, but one would still have to control for the prior probability of "local gene pools" -- especially back in 1700s. Even the A neg pattern would be somewhat convincing but, at best, the blood type would be passed down only 50% of the time anyway - right? That's my layman's view anyway. Interesting stuff ... but I am putting myself to sleep just talking about it so I will stop now <g>. Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Barnett" <gbarnett@cableone.net> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] DNA > My Mother , my three sisters and myself are all A neg with the RH > factor...Would be interesting to see how many Whitney's are in that 15% > group! > > Sharon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Twigs1991@aol.com> > To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 6:49 PM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] DNA > > > > This is very interesting. I have blood type A negative. I have been told > > that the negative type blood comes originally from the Spanish Pyrenees. > It > > would be interesting to know if the Whitney line had origins in Spain. > > > > Ruthie > > > >