To: Scenic Sounds
Well, now I'm a bit disappointed that I don't have a Y-chromosome to get tested.
How will I ever know where I came from?
52 posted on
06/24/2003 7:12:01 PM PDT by
Amelia
(It's better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness)
To: Amelia
Maybe we should be gathering DNA from those of our parents and grandparents who are still alive. ;-)
53 posted on
06/24/2003 7:14:10 PM PDT by
Scenic Sounds
(Just trying to escape this ugly June gloom, these clouds in A minor, and this vague sense of doom.)
To: Amelia; Scenic Sounds; blam; Question_Assumptions
Just in case you have not heard of this:
Check out a book by Professor Bryan Sykes called "The Seven Daughters of Eve". He claims that you can trace your straight maternal line (through the mitochondrial DNA in the X chromosone) back to 1 of 7 women in Europe. That's an oversimplification.
Here's his website:
http://www.oxfordancestors.com/7daughters.htm Worldwide there are more than 7, and his research indicates that we are all "out of Africa". He also has a Y chromosone study.
Here's a link to an article written by him:
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/bookmarks/bk01/0920eve.htm His research includes native americans and their origins.
The possible migration patterns evolving from his very convincing theory are very interesting.
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