Well, the *really* mature thing for me to have done here would probably have been to hit my Del key and ignore the message entirely. I partly thought y'all might get a hoot out of it because it's so hard to believe this guy has the knowledge of genetics he claims. ******************* I did. How ironic--a Ph.D biologist-- I assume he doesn't know your background? Lindsey

> From: Elizabeth Britton > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 9:52 AM > To: y-dna-haplogroup-i@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [yDNAhgI] Am I in error regarding RASEY-RAZEE non-match? > > > Well, the *really* mature thing for me to have done here would probably have > been to hit my Del key and ignore the message entirely. I partly thought > y'all might get a hoot out of it because it's so hard to believe this guy has > the knowledge of genetics he claims. > > ******************* > > I did. How ironic--a Ph.D biologist-- I assume he doesn't know your > background? > > Lindsey The rub is that appeals to authority are a logical fallacy to begin with, something I would assume an educated person would know, so not use one. The issue has to be whether the conclusions drawn from the test results are valid - and if not, why not - not over the credentials of who made them. He didn't address the actual issue, at all. I mean, if he thinks a GD of 16 at 67 markers (30 at 111 markers) is a match, he needs to give the basis for such an assertion, not just tell me I'm wrong. Diana