How did you get to particpate in the project? It sounds kind of interesting, it would be a real drag though if you found out you were related to.......



The Buckingham Hillbillies

How did you get to particpate in the project?

All you do is purchase a kit from the genographic web site for $99. You send in your cheek swab (it's anonymous BTW). 6-8 weeks later your analysis is available using the supplied code.

At that point you can elect to participate in the project by answering some simple questions about your known ancestry and place of birth. It's simple and very interesting.

That's an awful picture of Charles. Thankfully I have no royal blood.

Yo Mr. Sharpe,

Thats our future King your mocking...... Heh ! Heh ! you could'nt make him up.........

Leroy

Cool. And, yes, I'm sure your GGGGGGGGGGGGrandmother looked exactly like that!!

Brings up an interesting question. When is it that we can claim specific ancestry? My ancestry is pretty darn English with some Scots (and a couple of Scots who spent a generation in Ireland before heading west) and at least one errant Welshman thrown in. By that, I mean that all the ancestors of whom I'm aware came to the US from England, Scotland or Wales during the last 400 years. But what does that mean? Saxons, Ingles, Jutes, Celts, Picts, Britons, Gauls (Gaels), Vikings, and Normans all have done a fair amount of procreating in Britain. Were they that different from one another? It gets even more squirrelly when you consider specific events. For instance, we know that Harold held off a Viking invasion in 1066 only to have to turn around and (unsuccessfully) fight off a Norman invasion led by William. So, the Normans owe at least some of their victory to the Vikings who distracted and wore out Harold. But wait. Wasn't Normandy (Northman) given to the Vikings to keep them from invading the rest of France? So, the Normans were really Vikings anyway. It's all very confusing.

The genographic project isn't really about recent ancestry. It's more to do with the routes of expansion of the human race from our birthplace of east Africa.

It's one of those technological things that I find really cool. It's a really amazing thing that we can trace the movement of humans from almost 200000 years ago from some cheek swabs.

Now I just need to know what Vikings drink? Any of you Scandanavian bassists have some suggestions?


If you keep to beer, you should be on the safe side...

M.

Beer is fine, but I figure if your off to pillage a foreign coast you'd want something stronger. Surely there's a favorite drink up there above the arctic circle. Maybe Schnaps?

I agree Paul...and am curious
What's a fav Norwegian drink besides beer Morten?
Peace Ed

Vikings drank mead.

Cute relative Paul
lol
Interesting story...
Peace Ed

Yeah she's cute alright. I'll bet if the invaders looked like that the Brits didn't put up much of a fight.

HAHHAHA...
I know a house she could invade...here in Canada....
;)