11-10-2010, 11:49 AM
Sorry, Jasper, that's just not correct !!Theoretical only ! Did you not see my earlier post???
From just a few generations ago, the same ancestors keep popping up in your genetic make-up !
Mind you, it is apparently true that if you go back far enough, the number of ancestors decreases, not increases!
DNA studies back in the nineties showed that we are all descended from just seven females....the so-called "Seven Daughters of Eve" - see the book by Professor Brian Sykes of the same name, which led to the booming industry ( on the net) whereby you send off a DNA sample to any of the laboratories offering the service, and they will tell you your complete DNA history !!
From just a few generations ago, the same ancestors keep popping up in your genetic make-up !
Mind you, it is apparently true that if you go back far enough, the number of ancestors decreases, not increases!
DNA studies back in the nineties showed that we are all descended from just seven females....the so-called "Seven Daughters of Eve" - see the book by Professor Brian Sykes of the same name, which led to the booming industry ( on the net) whereby you send off a DNA sample to any of the laboratories offering the service, and they will tell you your complete DNA history !!
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
