Philosophy of Genealogy 101

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Bill Arnold

Philosophy of Genealogy 101

Legg inn av Bill Arnold » 01 nov 2007 16:37:17

QUESTION 1: what place *hath* DNA in academic genealogy?

What is happening in family trees around the globe is dismissal of DNA science.
Remembering the gent who sent the imprudent allegation that "genealogy is not
science" I did mention DNA, as a cover, but now will address it. I have read enough
posts here to know that there are handful of true and certain academic scholars onboard
gen-medieval. But we must not forget that genealogy, true and certain, is an academic
exercise, in the final analysis. No one knows if Y/grandmother cheated on X/grandfather
and the lineage is truly an academic lineage/pedigree and based on only written word which
is not DNA sound. Remember Anna Nicole Smith: and except for an infamous world case
the true and certain facts of the pedigree of the young daughter of ANS would not be
known. Now we know, in that case. But in these cases of dating ancestry back to royal
ancestors, which seems to be the central purview of this list, we do not have the luxury
of DNA testing to prove these proposed lineages/pedigrees. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE IN
DOUBT! So: to become a Ph.D. in Genealogy you must readily admit to the first FACT of
Philosophy of Genealogy 101: this stuff is purely academic, only scientific in an academic
sense with the written words we argue about. It is preposterous that some who believe
they are scholars on this list will flaunt their ill will and term a house of cards someone's
pedigree as not worth the paper it is printed on when none of these pedigrees are worth
more than the paper they are printed on to true and certain scholars who have passed
the primary course with an A: Philosophy of Genealogy 101.


I have written a book, JESUS: The Gospel
According To Will: so please, caveat emptor, take this next thought in the context above,
and that is: in the New Testament the lineage/pedigree of Jesus from begat to begat onto
the last begat: we have the true and certain lineage/pedigree from King David to Jesus of
Nazareth, son of Joseph=Mary, dau. of! Of course, the same NT tells us that Jesus' mother
had an *immaculate* conception [shades of DNA testing!] and therefore the lineage/pedigree
is broken: inasmuch as he was conceived of the Holy Ghost/Holy Spirit/Holy Will of God.
So aren't we all?

Bill

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