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> > > > > . > > = > > >