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And that is precisely why you cannot base an argument on it. Jeez.  
This need not be argued on the list, either.

Lyle


On Nov 1, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:

> Lyle,
>
> You are making the claim for possible, and I am making the claim for  
> probable. Yes, I know that recessive genes came come back. That is  
> why I question how Sally's children, with anymore black blood than  
> is assumed with her partnering with white males, did not come out  
> with at least one or two considerably darker. With six children, you  
> have a pretty nice-sized sample. The fact that is didn't happen  
> makes it improbable to me that a slave, who added to the black  
> parentage of the children, could have fathered such white-looking  
> children.
>
> It may be possible. But is it probable?
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Pemberton
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