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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (66282)	12/18/2004 10:26:20 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 71178

Well, I did just ask my dad, and he responded as I expected -- suggesting that I get both of my boys tested and his brother (my uncle) so we can make sure, ha ha ha. His sense of humor leaves a lot to be desired. Fortunately (ha ha ha) he is sick, has very bad dyspnea (shortness of breath) and pitting edema of the ankles, so I was able to leverage that a bit (fear of death), and he will cooperate with the testing. He's seen the TV shows and is interested, mentioning the African tribe (Ethiopian, I think) which genetic testing proved to be Jewish, even though they are as black in features as any other Ethiopians. Odd that, I just saw a report of testing of Cohanim (people with the surname Cohan or something similar, the Cohans are Hebrew priests), and both Sephardic Cohanim AND Ashkenazi Cohanim share the same DNA, which blows out of the water the long held theory that Ashkenazi Jews are descended from Eastern European non-Jews who converted to Judaism. I mention this because you posted something about Ashkenazi Jews and IQ a few days ago, and I was just reading in the NYTimes about genetic diseases among Ashkenazi Jews, like Tay-Sachs and Niemann-Pick. nytimes.com Anyway, lots of reasons to get the tests -- for me, idle curiosity, but maybe it will be important some day for genetic research. I've already given DNA for genetic research for my rheumatoid arthritis, and also for relationship between RA and heart disease.