12-11-2010, 04:02 PM
Quote:Isn't that what the Norman did? Norsemen who stopped off in what is now Normandy for a few centuries?Yup, but that was in Normandy. My lot was 300/400 years earlier and in neighbouring Flanders but nontheless we moved out when they moved in.
Quote:That's why, at one level, these discussions of who belongs to what group are so pointless. Who we are is carried--and displayed--as much by our culture and our choices, much less by our genes.Yes, a point often forgotten is that your y chromosome is only 2% of your nuclear DNA and is described by geneticists as fulfilling "the role of juvenile delinquent among human chromosomes — rich in junk, poor in useful attributes, reluctant to socialize with its neighbours and with an inescapable tendency to degenerate."
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Harry Amphlett