Comments on: DNA Testing of New York’s New Governor David Paterson

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:21:49 +0000

To KB: How do you know that he has no Jewish Ancestors?

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:18:24 +0000

If the U.S. Government apologized for slavery, wouldn’t that mean that some of the apologists were apologizing to themselves?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:10:12 +0000

“…the only white man on the ticket”: How can that conceivably be considered a “funny” story? Why did the host erupt into laughter? That remark is base, vile anti-Semitism. Did I miss something here? It is astonishing – ASTONISHING – that that would be characterized as a “funny story”, and all the more remarkable that the ignorant host reacted as she did.

By: N.C.

N.C. — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:45:19 +0000

KB, why do I get the feeling that you subscribe to Black Liberation Theology (Black Hebrew Israelism)?

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By: Blaine Bettinger

Blaine Bettinger — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:28:32 +0000

KB – I seriously doubt the interviewer “twisted” the results, as least as far as the word implies some sort of malicious intent. It is far more likely that the interviewer has no background in genetics or anthropology and thus has little or no understanding of genetic genealogy.

By: KB

KB — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:06:28 +0000

Ok, this is another misunderstanding and misinterpretation of DNA testing. Just because you have two mtDNA matches with Jews does not mean you have Jewish ancestry. In Paterson’s case, having a sub-Saharan MtDNA type, it means that these Jews have African MtDNA (not that Paterson has Jewish DNA.) It doesn’t work both ways.
Paterson was careful to explain this subtlety in a speech to a Jewish group, but the interviewer has twisted the test results to claim that Paterson has “Eastern European Jewish” ancestry, which is not the case at all. Bennett Greenspan of FamilyTreeDNA has contributed to this misinformation by failing to correct the news reporters that are covering this story.

Basically, this “Jewish” connection is false. Although he is very distantly related to a small percentage of Jews, it is through the African connection. He has no Jewish ancestors.

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Blaine — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:37:47 +0000

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