tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post4195569024241714668..comments2024-02-16T03:22:26.527-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Cryokid: Jewish donors...a blessing and a curse for ancestral DNA testingLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-40760958156688838642011-07-06T23:31:14.841-04:002011-07-06T23:31:14.841-04:00Lindsay,
Anonymous here again. I just re-read wha...Lindsay,<br /><br />Anonymous here again. I just re-read what I wrote a few days ago, and I realized that when I wrote Ireland what I meant was Iceland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-39122922512395978942011-07-02T22:34:35.544-04:002011-07-02T22:34:35.544-04:00Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding. That ...Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding. That explains some of the results I've noticed just looking at our DC project. While I knew the history, it didn't click that that's where the bottleneck occurred :o)<br /><br />I will edit my original post.<br /><br />And yes, I agree, I hope that more former donors will submit their DNA (especially the FF test) to FTDNA. Glad to hear Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-59252058142577304362011-07-02T22:27:58.409-04:002011-07-02T22:27:58.409-04:00Lindsay,
I am one of those Ashkenazi Jewish donor...Lindsay,<br /><br />I am one of those Ashkenazi Jewish donors. Let me clear up a misconception here.<br /><br />The "bottleneck" you refer to was not created by the Holocaust nor by recent immigration and family associations.<br /><br />Rather, the population bottleneck in Ashkenazi Jewry results from the fact that all of the Ashkenazi Jewish population is descended from a small number Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com