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Given Name Relationships Support Surname ‘Genetics’: A Note and Correction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Gabriel W. Lasker  and
Pamela D. Raspe
Gabriel W. Lasker
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Pamela D. Raspe
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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Summary

Analysis of a further four samples of first names in the index of marriages registered in England and Wales in the first 3 months of 1975 support the claim that there is no significant difference of ‘between’ versus ‘within’ registration district Ri. Since given names show none of the localisation seen in surnames, the surname geography is ascribable to genetic rather than cultural factors of personal naming. The correct formulations for coefficient of relationship by isonymy are given.

Type
Short report
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 131 - 134
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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