Mixed Norman and Celtic blood

[Jack Daw]

I had my Y-DNA tested with 67 markers and the results indicate a Celt paternal lineage. My mitochondrial test (maternal) was much more vague, but included the Celts. I had these tests made to verify my surname background indication. I do not hold my race above any other. If anything, the intrigue created by Alex Haley, in addition to my father, prompted me to start it all.

[gilmore]

... If anything, the intrigue created by Alex Haley, in addition to my father, prompted me to start it all.

FYI, although Alex Haley wrote an interesting book, it turned out that "Roots" was in part fiction. A few years ago a couple of genealogists went over his research, and discovered that he had hit a dead end, not once, but twice, and in both cases "chose" to be descended from people to whom he was clearly not related at all.

I have a cousin who says that he never accepts anything as a genealogical fact unless he can hold the original document in his hands attesting to it. And even then there may be misrepresentations, given, as DNA testing has shown, that historically around 3.7% to 4% of births in the US and the UK have misattributed paternity.

[ccga3359]

3/4 English, 1/4 Gypsie... 100% Canadian!

[Jack Daw]

FYI, although Alex Haley wrote an interesting book, it turned out that "Roots" was in part fiction. A few years ago a couple of genealogists went over his research, and discovered that he had hit a dead end, not once, but twice, and in both cases "chose" to be descended from people to whom he was clearly not related at all.

I have a cousin who says that he never accepts anything as a genealogical fact unless he can hold the original document in his hands attesting to it. And even then there may be misrepresentations, given, as DNA testing has shown, that historically around 3.7% to 4% of births in the US and the UK have misattributed paternity.

I'm very aware, but it wasn't my intention to play up on that issue; only to indicate that his story, true or false, inspired a lot of people to take up genealogy as a hobby.

[Bryan]

I'm German, English (with a few ancestors from Cornwall), Scottish, Welsh, Swedish, and Norwegian.