August 2010

Maria the Bag Lady from Buenos Aires

By |2010-08-10T23:17:27-07:00August 10th, 2010|

My experience in locating people internationally is quite extensive.  I have located people on all continents except for Antarctica (too cold).  My most spectacular success was the location of a bag lady in Buenos Aires named Maria.  The woman had married a man from an influential Argentinian family.  She was uneducated and had been his nurse.  When the husband died nine years later, the family confiscated all of Maria's inheritance, forcing her out onto the street. However there was real estate in the US that had been forgotten, and had been escrowed by the State.  Since her husband was dead, Maria as the owner had to be located for it to be reclaimed.  When [...]

23 and Me Male and Female Haplgroups

By |2010-08-10T22:34:31-07:00August 10th, 2010|

I just spent the evening reviewing the male and female haplogroups of Benjaman's 23 and Me matches that are predicted to be at the 3rd and 4th cousins levels.  I was hoping to find a geographical pattern that might indicate his origins.  Unfortunately, the haplogroups of his matches do not reveal too much information because of their variety.  His male haplogroups are mostly R1b1b2a and its downstream subclades, with one I1* [European], one Q1a3a [Native American], one E1b1a8a [African America], and one G2a [Turkey and the Mediterranean].  His female haplogroups are quite varied.  These include HV0 and various subclades of H1, H5, and H7, also subclade U2, various subclades of U5, one T1, two [...]

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