Re: Brit with Native American ancestry


"Mel Morris" <mel.morris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mailman.1762.1178332308.5576.genbrit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On the BBC web page tonight there is an article about 2 women who
found
through dna testing that they had native Indian ancestry.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6621319.stm



It suggests that their ancestry was due to 16th 17th or 18th c
native
Americans coming over to Britain and staying and mixing with the
indigenous
population. Although this is possible of course, I must admit to a
little
sceptism - no disrespect intended to the women concerned one who
said that
she came from a long line of Lancashire cotton weavers - but it did
cross my
mind that a more logical conclusion was a 'non-paternity' event a
little
more recently.

Can the DNA testing tell for sure at what point in the genetic past
this
link was added to these women's gene pools? I'm sorry if this is a
stupid
question,

It is an utterly and completely stupid question, as you could have
found out with a few keystrokes searching the archive of this
newsgroup.


but I'm afraid I don't know very much about DNA from a family
history perspective (or any perspective for that matter).

Then instead of coming on to the newsgroup with half-baked tripe, go
to you local public library and borrow a decent book on DNA, as well
as reading the archives of this newsgroup.

As for whether 'native Americans', which is a completely nonsensical,
politically-correct, term in itself, have been contributing genes to
folk residing in 'britain', when do you want to start? How about the
Vikings as a vehicle of transfer? Or perhaps you have just about heard
of Pocahontas, who is buried not far from where I live? Or if you want
to get a bit more modern, how about the 'British' air hostess on my
last flight to Montreal who was proud of being quarter-Cherokee. Or if
you include South America (many north of the Mexican border don't) you
have all the toing and froing of the conquistadores, buccaneers, and
freed slaves who intermarried with 'native americans'. Then there are
the descendants of the Wapisiana tribe of Guyana who are British-born.
Go a bit further south and the melting pot of Brazil provided a
chiquita who lives in this very parish. Further south still and you'll
find bloodlines from places such as Argentina right here in the good
old UK. This sort of stuff, and very much more, could be found by a
bit of basic reading or Googling.

All your stupid question did was show you up as an idle bloody fool.
Not prepared to do any work for yourself, and expecting people on this
newsgroup to deal with stupidities that need never have been uttered.
It is long overdue that such pains in the arse got told what they are
every time they show their idleness and stupidity. The usual suspects
who want to be kind to newbies need not bother. The brutal truth is
that every user of the Net gets told to lurk first. If they do, then
they'll find out how a particular newsgroup works BEFORE they publish
on it. And one thing they can find out umpty times over in this
newsgroup is what newbies should do to get up to speed. There is no
excuse.

Don



Regards

Mel Morris

Burlington, Ontario



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