tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post413071461061146115..comments2024-01-04T15:48:20.985+00:00Comments on RADNORIAN: Welsh DNAradnorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-67401335068992166472015-02-26T10:29:49.537+00:002015-02-26T10:29:49.537+00:00No problem for the delay- hope the system is worki...No problem for the delay- hope the system is working properly again. Many thanks for your blog, regularly covering several subjects that I find very interesting.<br /><br />I've taken a bit of time getting my head around the concept, widely referred to in these DNA-based ancestry projects, of mitochondrial (mt) Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam, and how these individuals could be compatible with the postulated mininimum bottleneck in human population size (ever since our last common ancestor with chimpanzees) of a few hundred or thousand individuals. The penny has finally dropped, you'll be pleased to know, though I've also read that possible recombination between mtDNAs, and even male descent of mitochondria (albeit rare), might have thrown a spanner in the works of the mt Eve concept, or at least of any estimated dates for the woman (or earlier female primate) in question.<br /><br />To mix between recent blog subjects, it seems that Robert Fitz Stephen of Trojan/French descent might benefit from a DNA analysis- he could turn out to be a grandson of the Queen of Sheba too. Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-21643885512218857372015-02-25T09:43:24.438+00:002015-02-25T09:43:24.438+00:00Sorry for the delay in replying to this comment. ...Sorry for the delay in replying to this comment. MSM stands for Main Stream Media ie the corporate owned tv stations and newspapers as opposed to blogs, tweets, videos etc<br />radnorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-12679693107137665712015-02-20T12:50:51.329+00:002015-02-20T12:50:51.329+00:00I was unaware, before reading this very interestin...I was unaware, before reading this very interesting blog article, of the recent explosion in UK-based ancestry-testing companies, and have just spent an amusing half hour on the web learning that Eve's grandson and nine close relatives of the Queen of Sheba are all to be found alive and well in the UK. I see one of the companies is called YorshiresDNA and that their full test costs GBP 250 a go. I would have thought that, for anyone willing to spend that amount of money, the test is bound to come back negative... <br /><br />By the way, what is "MSM", mentioned in the first sentence or so of the blog article? I've wracked my brains, but..Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-55631202921819854182015-01-12T17:45:17.699+00:002015-01-12T17:45:17.699+00:00Hang on wasn't the first Jack a dog?
You'...Hang on wasn't the first Jack a dog?<br /><br />You're right about Moffat though.radnorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-38122533808913516002015-01-12T16:21:01.046+00:002015-01-12T16:21:01.046+00:00I sent them my £200 and they assured me that I'...I sent them my £200 and they assured me that I'm a Jack. <br /><br />Is this the same Alistair Moffat of <i>Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms</i>, which argues that Arthur came from the area around Kelso?Jac o' the North,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02032744625666336148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-3709612794644023562015-01-12T15:05:41.216+00:002015-01-12T15:05:41.216+00:00He may well be right as there are a pile of Englis...He may well be right as there are a pile of English surnames in Montgomeryshire unconnected with the conjectured plantation. There was a Jarman in Trefeglwys as early as 1596 though so I wouldn't bet on it.<br />radnorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-74578120550310841832015-01-12T13:25:44.946+00:002015-01-12T13:25:44.946+00:00I suspect that confirmation that 'Welshness...I suspect that confirmation that 'Welshness' is a cultural rather than a racial phenomena would be, on balance, a rather good thing.<br /><br />I was talking to Dai Hawkins the other day, BTW, and he denied that Jarman is a plantation surname (I, like you, believe that it is). This came up because I suggested that Bebb was one of the more famous Montgomeryshire names of English origin, something that was new to him.Robnoreply@blogger.com