Diana, I don't know who is right and who is wrong on this question. I don't care either way. I just find the manner in which this person has presented his argument offensive. There is no need to use the terminology especially when no alternative answer is presented. This man would never make a teacher despite his specialist qualifications. Quite an academic snob. Best wishes, Ian -----Original Message----- From: Diana Gale Matthiesen Sent: Sunday, June 8, 2014 11:48 AM To: Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I@rootsweb.com Subject: [yDNAhgI] Am I in error regarding RASEY-RAZEE non-match? I just received the following message in regard to my RASEY Y-DNA Surname Project. As the two families involved belong to subclades of Haplogroup I2, I believe I could find no better group of experts to ask than subscribers to this list, so I would request your opinion. The project page is out-of-date with regard to all the recent changes to the Y-DNA haplotree, but I don't believe those have changed the relationship of the two families to each other: http://dgmweb.net/DNA/Rasey/RaseyDNA-results.html If I'm wrong about the two families not being connected in genealogical time, then I want to correct my error, though I'm baffled that he complains I don't give lineages. They're right there on the page (scroll to far right). This is the message: > From: David Harden [mailto:hrdndv@hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 4:16 PM > To: DianaGM@dgmweb.net > Subject: Rasey Y-DNA Surname Project > > This is a complaint that you are not putting correct > information on your site. I am PhD Biologist specializing > in speciation. I know DNA. When you get an individual > representing Joseph Rasey and Mary Hollan you must present > the paternal lineage so it can be checked. There are many > people out there that have erroneous lineages. There are > also many family children lists that are linked to the > wrong parent. Quite often a male child born to the mother’s > first husband will adopt the surname of the second husband. > These problems cannot be examined when you do not give the > full male lineage. Your conclusion that Joseph Rasey who > married Mary Hollan is not related to the other Joseph > Rasey is bogus. You do not know this. If you did not mean > to say this in the results page then you should correct it. > You present y-DNA results in an amateurish unprofessional > way. You need to go back to school and learn what you are > doing. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message