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From: Janders 45 <>
Subject: Re: [PACE] Frederick of Wales group - Preliminary results 113987
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:20:59 -0500
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Re: "DNA does not prove that Frederick was from Wales. . . ."

Yes, it's always good to remind folks what yDNA analysis can and cannot do. These results do not prove that William Pace was my 4th great-grandfather. That conclusion depends on documentary sources. Nor do these results prove that my William was the brother of John, the progenitor of the other four donors in the Frederick of Wales group. That conclusion also depends on documented sources.

So what do these results show? Since the results are consistent with the story told by the documents, they give us greater confidence in that story. We can now feel pretty confident that the biography of Dr. J.M. Pace of Dallas had the story pretty much right. It doesn't "prove" that the story is correct, but it does support it.

As Roy has often said, DNA evidence is much better at disproving. Since the origin of this line has been disputed, we now know that one of the competing theories is undeniably false. It does not prove that the other theory is correct, but it does give us a higher level of confidence in that theory.

Joe Anderson
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