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Originally Posted by Ch2tf
I don't believe they broke it down into percentages per group/ethnicity, from my general understanding of what a representative sample means, as well as what I remember from the mini series, they have DNA on file for just about if not all of "groups of people" in the world. It is quite possible that the "file" for the French is much larger than that for the Igbo people. I think some of the links Wolfman provided may be able to give better insight into actual numbers and ethinicities "on file" at the testing site they used?".
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That was my whole point in an earlier post. I have researched many different DNA testing places before I decided to take the test my self. They make it very clear to you that they do not have DNA from all people yet, that they are still in the process of collecting samples. The only samples they will be able to compare ones DNA to are the ones they have available, on file at the time of the testing. As I also stated in another post, Whoopi's DNA type may have been one of those not yet on file.
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Originally Posted by Ch2tf
The individual participants I was speaking of were those people highlighted in mini series, Quincy Jones, Oprah, etc. Their DNA was taken and then compared to the samples "on file".
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It seems like to me this would make things much more clearer, obviously for the others, DNA files for their same DNA was available, on file. Maybe Whoopi is descending from some type of African forest people....Who knows? It is hard to get African people who still live in the forest to donate blood, whereas the ones who live like the modern day Africans, they would be more of a willing participant. Example: Fulani, Igbo, Yuroba, Benin, Hausa these are all Nigerian West Africans but you get my drift, these African people don't live in the forest. However, some Africans still do.
I don't really think Whoopi is descending from forest living Africans but I am just saying, a sample of her Genetic type may not, as of yet be on file. This is why I ask for a source to be provided to the Genetic center Henry Louis used, that way I can find out for my self if that center has DNA types for all ethnic backgrounds.