This is the most confusing post ever presented on the Forum.  Who's
covering up?
Jerry Vorpahl

On Monday, February 29, 2016, Jennifer Zinck <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> I do not at all understand the details that you speak of but I do
> understand DNA results really well. I can assure you, and all readers, that
> I have looked at Susan's results from three competing direct-to-consumer
> genetic testing companies and all are for the same individual when compared
> through a third-party tool. Two tests consisted of spit samples and one was
> a cheek swab. Susan's results from each lab clearly matched the results
> from the others, with minor variations depending on which SNPs they choose
> to include on their Illumina chips.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Jennifer Zinck
>
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Mike Pearson <[log in to unmask]
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Wish to offer a caution about DNA evidence
> > ... Re-do=2C and be sure the shadow government(s) aren't
> > doing something for our own good (preserving the wholesome legacy=2C
> > or preventing any wildcard being introduced at this late date).=20
> >
> >  The sample can be switched before the honest lab person receives it.
> And
> > =
> > etc.
> > NOT saying it happened... just saying that I've seen and heard how things
> > c=
> > an
> > really go off the map.
> >
> >    I'm not rejecting the shadow government(s) per se. =20
> > My ancestor Silas Pearson was a member of a committee of correspondence
> >  before the Revolutionary War -- a kind of shadow government too.
> >
> > I'll keep this short.  =20
> >
> > > Date: Mon=2C 29 Feb 2016 14:21:03 -0500
> > > From: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
> > > Subject: Re: Conclusion of Research on Susan Bailey's Ancestry (by
> David
> > =
> > Carkeet)
> > > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
> > >=20
> > > Mr. Edstrom=2C
> > >=20
> > > I do hope you're not implying that any of my work was based on
> > fraudulent=
> >  do=3D
> > > cuments.=3D20
> > >=20
> > > The DNA evidence that Mr. Carkeet based his conclusions on only
> recently
> > =
> > cam=3D
> > > e to light.=3D20
> > >=20
> > > "As someone who has done similar
> > > professional research to evaluate and debunk historical narratives
> based
> > > on fraudulent documents=2C I applaud Mr. Carkeet's work.  Well done!"
> > >=20
> > > Best regards=2C
> > > Susan Bailey
> > >=20
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >=20
> > > > On Feb 29=2C 2016=2C at 1:19 PM=2C James Edstrom
> <jedstrom@ILLINOISALUM
> > =
> > NI.ORG> w=3D
> > > rote:
> > > >=3D20
> > > > I read Mr. Carkeet's article with absorbing interest.  I had found
> > Susa=
> > n
> > > > Bailey's book to be a fascinating read and a wonderful story=2C and
> so
> > =
> > I'm
> > > > probably like a lot of Twain aficionados--I wanted the story to be
> > true=
> > .
> > > > After reading Mr. Carkeet's narrative=2C I think there can be no
> doubt
> > > > that his conclusion--much to my disappointment--is exactly right.  He
> > > > documented all of his research with great care=3B I was particularly
> > > > impressed that he took the time to evaluate Nina's diaries rather
> than
> > > > to rely upon the typescript.  As someone who has done similar
> > > > professional research to evaluate and debunk historical narratives
> > base=
> > d
> > > > on fraudulent documents=2C I applaud Mr. Carkeet's work.  Well done!
> > > >=3D20
> > > >=3D20
> > > >=3D20
> > > >=3D20
> > > > Jim Edstrom
> > > >=3D20
> > > > Professor of Library Services and History
> > > >=3D20
> > > > William Rainey Harper College
> > > >=3D20
> > > > Palatine=2C Illinois
> > > >=3D20
> > > >=3D20
> > > >=3D20
> > > > On Sat=2C 27 Feb=2C 2016 at 12:12:05 PM=2C Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]
> <javascript:;>>
> > wr=
> > ote:
> > > >=3D20
> > > > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
> > > >=3D20
> > > > Friends=3B first=2C thanks for this=2C & thanks mainly to you David.
> > > >=3D20
> > > > 2nd: I'm a little surprised there has been no response to David's
> > > > conclusions=2C here on the Twain Forum=2C which do appear definitive.
> > T=
> > hen
> > > > again=2C maybe it's not that surprising that nobody has responded=2C
> I
> > > > suppose=2C
> > > > given the constraints of civil behavior. (One might wonder about the
> > > > currency of civility=2C given our odd presidential campaign season so
> > > > far).
> > > >=3D20
> > > > 3rd: It was a fun ride while it lasted=2C laced with ironies=3B &
> > quite=
> >  a
> > > > tale=2C in any event. 'nuff said ... -hb
> > > >=3D20
> > > > On Wed=2C Feb 24=2C 2016 at 9:09 AM=2C Taylor Roberts
> > > > <[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >=3D20
> > > >> [The following email was written by David Carkeet. I am posting it
> on
> > > > his
> > > >> behalf. -TR]
> > > >>=3D20
> > > >> ---
> > > >>=3D20
> > > >> Most Forum members are aware of Susan Bailey=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D99s
> > boo=
> > k THE TWA=3D
> > > IN
> > > >> SHALL=3D3D
> > > >> MEET
> > > >> (co-authored by Deborah Gosselin)=2C which sets forth the theory
> that
> > > > Susan
> > > >> is Samuel Clemens=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D99s great-granddaughter. As many
> > o=
> > f you kno=3D
> > > w=2C
> > > > I
> > > >> hav=3D3D
> > > >> e been
> > > >> researching this claim and the support cited for it=2C both
> > documentar=
> > y
> > > > and
> > > >> genetic. I have finished the study=2C and unfortunately my
> conclusion
> > =
> > is
> > > > that
> > > >> Susan was mistaken in her belief. I have written up my findings=2C
> and
> > > > the
> > > >> report has just been posted on twainquotes.com.
> > > >>=3D20
> > > >> http://www.twainquotes.com/Carkeet/AncestryReport.html
> > > >>=3D20
> > > >> The report is written for the general reader unfamiliar with the
> > > > subject=2C
> > > >> so it is both an introduction to the story and a consideration of
> the
> > > >> evidence. In the course of my work=2C I had massive help from many
> > > > Twainians=2C
> > > >> almost all of them named in the report at one point or another=2C
> but
> > =
> > a
> > > >> special thanks goes to Barb Schmidt for her steady and insightful
> > > >> assistance throughout.
> > > >>=3D20
> > > >> Thanks too to these collections for permission to publish previously
> > > >> unpublished photos and documents: Burton Historical Collection=2C
> > > > Detroit
> > > >> Public Library=3B Kevin Mac Donnell=2C Mac Donnell Rare Books=2C
> > Austi=
> > n=2C
> > > > Texas=3B
> > > >> L. Tom Perry Special Collections=2C Brigham Young University=3B Mark
> > T=
> > wain
> > > >> House and Museum=2C Hartford=3B Mark Twain Project=2C Bancroft
> > Library=
> > =2C
> > > >> University of California=2C Berkeley.
> > > >>=3D20
> > > >> If you have questions about the report=2C I will be happy to answer
> > > > them.
> > > >>=3D20
> > > >> --David Carkeet [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
> > > >>=3D20
> > > >=3D20
> > > >=3D20
> > > >=3D20
> > > > --=3D20
> > > > Prof. Harold K. Bush
> > > > Professor of English
> > > > 3800 Lindell
> > > > Saint Louis University
> > > > St. Louis=2C MO 63108
> > > > 314-977-3616 (w)=3B 314-771-6795 (h)
> > > > <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
> > > > .
> >                                           =
> >
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