Posted on 01/13/2008 9:45:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv
85% of the people of England can trace their DNA back to ancient times...roughly 12,000 years ago at the end of the Ice Age.
There were invaders but not many stayed long enough to leave DNA traces. My yDNA, R1b (DYS390-23), indicates that I was one of those invaders from Denmark.
I haven’t done the DNA thing yet, but records trace back to the 1750s show the first of my particular branch of the clan showing up in the Colonies at the time above.
We don’t know if he came as part of the Black Watch during the French and Indian Wars, or as part of the highland clearances, though.
Pesky Scots.
The odds are overwhelming that your ancestor was probably in the great wave of immigration that brought over 250,000 Scots and Scots/Irish to America in that period.
:’) Hey, if it were up to me, all the Roman bridges would be rebuilt, and everyone in Britain would have to wear a toga and heat their houses using hypercausts. ;’)
Nicely preserved, nice pic. Thanks! Probably gets just enough attention and use to keep it from grassing over, but not enough to wear holes in it. And obviously frost heaving hasn’t been a major problem.
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