General Chat

Paul, They reckon old' Ghengis' was rather generous with his Favours and spread it about a bit,also that a vast majority of the population are somehow related to him, 'Attilla the Hun' was also in the same catigory, so I don,t know if you could call that 'Exotic' or 'Erotic',Whatever he seemed to have a right old time in between Looting and Pillaging. Hal. :o)))))>

PMSL. lol

Paul - can't believe we both wasted time working that out. Get on with your Tree or other work NOW T.O.R. ;~))

Thats 1.5625% lol

If my maths is right 1/64 th - nothing to worry about. T.O.R. ;~))

My 4 x Great Nan was Scottish, what does that make me % wise? lol

Would love my DNA done - I'm mean though and don't think it tells you enough for the cost. As the name suggests I've Celtic Red Hair but I'm also 1/8 th Romany. Wonder what else makes me me!! T.O.R. ;~))

I think that is called 'Celtic in a Bottle'. :-p

Yes Paul, there is a sample of Genghis Khan's DNA somewhere. This is slightly misleading information of course, because Gengis Khan had a father, possibly brothers, a grandfather, uncles etc, who would have all shared the same Y chromosome, but yes, she certainly fitted into the Gengis Khan 'clan'. OC

I too have red hair:-)) but its from a bottlelol Am I celtic too:-))

I didnt understand how they could say she was descended fro Ghengis Khan. Do they have his DNA to match it up with?

And yet I thought it was interesting, that when he read out the breakdown of the various ethnicities, I thought I could see those ethnic traits in their appearance. The very posh elderly lady - she was a descendant of Gengis Khan, and I could see the Mongolian look as soon as he said it. Also, the first man was told that he should 'look for an event within the last 5 generations on his father's side' to explain part of his ethnicity - cor, can you imagine doing your family tree with a clue like that! OC

I was suprised that in the 'European Test' it included Southern Asian. I think it's all to do with Geography and Immigration. I suppose the Southern Asian, and the East Asian didnt really mix, because of the Mountains in the way. lol

Damn! I've got real red hair which makes me Celtic then - and I was soooo hoping to find something more exotic in my line LOL Mary

Red-haired is Celtic, and Blonde hair is Scandivian. I've got Strawberry-Blonde hair, so i'm somewhere in the middle .lol

Re the comments about the Welsh etc. The English arrived in the UK in the years following the Romano-British period (from about 450 onwards). The existing Celtic population was gradually pushed back by English settlers to the margins (Wales, Cornwall and also Brittany) so to speak. Most Celtic place names were lost, but Rivers like the Thames, Avon etc retain their Celtic names. Denis.

I'd love to have Native American or something. :-p Very Exotic. :-p I wouldnt be suprised if I have some Sub-Saharan African, as we have something in our family called the 'Chapman Nose' We have an African looking nose. :-)

I had No Idea she said she would sue,what a stupid woman:-((,I think shes bitter.

Norman Tebbitt was the most English along with Carol Thatcher, although she had some other percentage as well.Middle eastern I think. Out of the 8 people tested the rest were a heinz variety of eastern Russian, Ukraine, native American, Turkish and even a chinese. To look at them all, you would say they were totally English as they were all convinced they were. The Anglo Saxon woman had a high percentage of romany blood as well. Takes all sorts ! Lynda x

I think she did not like the fact that there was a trace of Romany as well. Thought she was a paid up member of a certain racist movement by the way she acted. Lin