Originally posted by JeffHamm
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Matching that haploid gives a general idea of the geographical origin of the suspect--many thousands of people would come from this area--so that is not very unique. HOWEVER, it is obvious that more than the one haplogroup was matched. Please look at what the scientist has said in interviews. Information such as hair color etc--shows that more than that one haplogroup (indicating geographic ancestry) was matched. Much more specific genetic information was obviously obtained (at least for AK) and has been referred to. Every piece that was obtained narrows it down further and further to fewer people.
Even though that particular Haploid has been mentioned in the tabloid--it is a gross mischaracterization of the research to act as though that was the only DNA characterized and that a match is based solely on its presence.
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