LambChop
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FWIW, if we assume that the only options for a father are a US Caucasian, US African-American, or US Hispanic (which is questionable), and if we assume that the allele frequencies calculated in this study are fairly accurate: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7KKEGjG1bgwJ:www.hartnell.cc.ca.us/faculty/jhughey/Files/allelefrequenciesstr.pdf+Allele+frequencies+for+15+autosomal+STR+loci+on+U.S.+Caucasian,+African+American,+and+Hispanic+populations&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiyvMoPzkRD3K-9OjEIvqwekY4XzmOTKsGoCIb7EvfKIN_bRnQkdfZRXawaSSJA_v4IM2lz6BZGFCH7AP-wfkD-WMXtcGIuC0nQCjwK4wPdQxBVXMh-DNKws4Bgfb1G8cHYbbAi&sig=AHIEtbRSzikMU8pRSS6Ug4QdbAThjVdMkQ, and if we derive Caylee's father's DNA profile by process of elimination from Caylee and Casey's profile, then I come up with the following probabilities:
29.6% chance of Caucasian father
54.1% chance of African-American father
16.3% chance of Hispanic father
Of course, the fact that Caylee had light skin suggests her father was not 100% African-American.
I'm looking for data that includes American Asian populations.
ETA: sorry for the short answer re: the 1% Hispanic. I meant to add a link and an explanation--didn't mean to sound rude!! I will go look for it.
ETA2: OK, p. 9 of this document is where the confusion came from: http://blogs.discovery.com/files/18530294.pdf. What I think it says (oversimplifying a little) is that the mitochondrial DNA sequence observed in the hair in the trunk is seen a lot more often in Caucasians than in African Americans or Hispanics. But since mitochondrial DNA is passed down only through the mother, this tells us nothing about Caylee's father. It tells us only that the person whose hair was found in the trunk very likely had a Caucasian mother (which we already knew).
So what you are saying is her father could have been Eric? But wouldn't that have made Eric only 16 years old when he fathered Caylee?
Oh and no, you did not sound rude. I tried to find the information I had seen previously and it's like looking for a needle in a haystack in here. lol But thank you for providing that to us. It is very interesting.