User blog comment:JakePT/Interesting ME3 Tidbit/@comment-1221773-20101227221931

I take it to mean something like ME2's squadmates will definitely carry over to ME3 in some way. Maybe all 12, maybe only some. If you don't have that many squadmates to carry over, your options in ME3 will be limited that much more (although I'm certain BioWare will make new squadmates to recruit in ME3).