| Genographic Project [message #85260] |
Fri, 25 May 2007 11:52  |
DC
Messages: 722
Registered: July 2005
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I've talked about this before, but I want to mention it again
because it is just so darn cool.
On this site
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/
You can sign up (it costs 100 USD) and send them in a DNA
sample and they will tell you the story of your family's journey
through time and location.
The lineage traced is paternal (because the mutations they use
as markers are paternal ones) and in my case, I found that my
Dad's family, (whcih we always thought was 100% Italian) is
actually spread all around the Mediterranean with higher
percentages in Greece, and among Jews than Italians. We are
also significantly represented in Spain and are even in England
and Ireland from the Roman times. But the roots (so to speak)
of the family, and its highest representation today is in Africa...
Who knew?
It is about the coolest 100 bucks you can spend. It will also
teach you the profound difference between our socially-
derived concept of race, and how the genetics actually works.
They are radically different...
Highly recommended.
DC
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