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How did the Area leader know about the correspondence, and why did you share private correspondence without seeking Woodward’s approval to do?The Area leaders put me in touch with Scott Woodward. That's how they knew I was corresponding with him.
Our correspondence wasn't private. My brother-in-law was copied on all of my emails so he had copies of all of Scott's emails. Sc...

It’s worth noting that Perego was writing for a layman, Mormon audience, not presenting a paper to a geneticist convention. Of course he will dumb it down. His main point that Lamanite DNA might have disappeared from today’s population on the basis that 100% of some ancestors DNA drops out of today’s populations DNA is accurate. It is also accurate, within that ...

Simon calls Perego’s statement “It is increasingly likely around 6+ generations back that you have no DNA in your genome at all from many of your ancestors in that generation.” false. It isn’t false. The complete loss of all DNA from some ancestors does increase the further you look back from 7th generation ancestors onwards. One might quibble that Perego should have used “some”...

It’s worth noting that Perego was writing for a layman, Mormon audience, not presenting a paper to a geneticist convention. Of course he will dumb it down. His main point that Lamanite DNA might have disappeared from today’s population on the basis that 100% of some ancestors DNA drops out of today’s populations DNA is accurate. It is also accurate, within that ...

Simon calls Perego’s statement “It is increasingly likely around 6+ generations back that you have no DNA in your genome at all from many of your ancestors in that generation.” false. It isn’t false. The complete loss of all DNA from some ancestors does increase the further you look back from 7th generation ancestors onwards. One might quibble that Perego should have used “some”...