| Migration DNA 10:53 - Mar 13 with 1309 views | Churchman |
I know there’s been threads on this sort of thing before but I thought I’d fling in a few more thoughts. I got the results back from one of those ancestry DNA things the other day. I’ve no idea of the accuracy but I guess it’s a crude indicator.
The results say 78% north west Europe/SE England, 8% west midlands, 3% East Midlands/Yorkshire, 3% Wales (aaaargh!), Devon and Somerset 3%, Holland 3%, Denmark 2%.
Looking a the obvious, it’s clear the old ancestors have moved around Northern Europe, probably back and forth, but with the exception of maybe a tiny bit of 3% welsh element they don’t originate from these islands - like just about everyone else.
My surname appears in near enough current format at the time of the Norman invasion, but populations were moving around long before even the Roman period. Intermarriage of peoples is also quite clear as is merging /adoption of cultures, practices and of course language I guess sort of defines people here and is ever changing.
So all this has done is reinforce my view that the arguments of in particular racists hold no validity whatsoever. |  | | |  |
| Migration DNA on 14:45 - Mar 13 with 240 views | Guthrum |
| Migration DNA on 14:32 - Mar 13 by stringy |
Yeah west Anglia gets into the chalklands, that like Wessex tend to mean much better preservation. I mean we do get skellies in Suffolk, as we dug the Early Saxon burial ground at the Buttermarket, though even then some of the more delicate bones would have dissolved.
This is a useful chat about aDNA hosted by Brian Cox and involving such folks as tom Booth - https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2
Yep Freston causewayed enclosure, except since we've started working there we now have a major Mesolithic backstory (dates to 9000 BC) and Beaker presence with geophys suggesting a henge... making it (arguably) Suffolk's oldest and long-term used sacred landscape (all focused on the central spring).
genes and identity... indeed! |
Sandlings Belt, along the coast from Felixstowe up to near Lowestoft, stretching about 5 miles or so inland. Gives those very acidic soils. Quite sparsely populated now (especially the northern section), but covers a lot of the important river routes into the interior for people coming up from the Channel and across the North Sea. |  |
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| Migration DNA on 14:52 - Mar 13 with 217 views | stringy |
| Migration DNA on 14:45 - Mar 13 by Guthrum |
Sandlings Belt, along the coast from Felixstowe up to near Lowestoft, stretching about 5 miles or so inland. Gives those very acidic soils. Quite sparsely populated now (especially the northern section), but covers a lot of the important river routes into the interior for people coming up from the Channel and across the North Sea. |
and *tons* of early Bronze Age / Beaker sites in the Sandlings, obviously much favoured environment (loads of stuff coming out of the Sizewell C excavations) |  | | |
| Migration DNA on 14:59 - Mar 13 with 208 views | Guthrum |
| Migration DNA on 14:52 - Mar 13 by stringy |
and *tons* of early Bronze Age / Beaker sites in the Sandlings, obviously much favoured environment (loads of stuff coming out of the Sizewell C excavations) |
The sea was - and remains - a good food source. Beaker People probably liked their Dabs and Flounder, too, not to mention a bit of Brown Crab from the river mouths. | |
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| Migration DNA on 00:39 - Mar 14 with 142 views | Churchman |
| Migration DNA on 14:32 - Mar 13 by stringy |
Yeah west Anglia gets into the chalklands, that like Wessex tend to mean much better preservation. I mean we do get skellies in Suffolk, as we dug the Early Saxon burial ground at the Buttermarket, though even then some of the more delicate bones would have dissolved.
This is a useful chat about aDNA hosted by Brian Cox and involving such folks as tom Booth - https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2
Yep Freston causewayed enclosure, except since we've started working there we now have a major Mesolithic backstory (dates to 9000 BC) and Beaker presence with geophys suggesting a henge... making it (arguably) Suffolk's oldest and long-term used sacred landscape (all focused on the central spring).
genes and identity... indeed! |
This stuff is fascinating. Thanks all. | | | |
| Migration DNA on 12:14 - Mar 14 with 78 views | ronnyd |
| Migration DNA on 11:14 - Mar 13 by Benters |
You don’t realise how big sheep are until you grab a hold of one!
I rescued one the other winter it had got out of the field and I held the electric fence down with my rubber boots.
Wales is a beautiful country I’ve had it said the people can be a bit frosty and that’s just the women. |
Went on holiday to north Wales a few years ago and we went into a village shop, while English was being spoken as we went in, it immediately changed to Welsh when they realised we were from over the border.
Must admit that it was a rare occurrence over the course of the stay. |  | | |
| Migration DNA on 12:19 - Mar 14 with 76 views | Benters |
| Migration DNA on 12:14 - Mar 14 by ronnyd |
Went on holiday to north Wales a few years ago and we went into a village shop, while English was being spoken as we went in, it immediately changed to Welsh when they realised we were from over the border.
Must admit that it was a rare occurrence over the course of the stay. |
Same thing happened to my Brother when he was on holiday in South Wales,and he’s Half Welsh  |  |
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| Migration DNA (n/t) on 14:14 - Mar 14 with 23 views | mellowblue |
| Migration DNA on 11:14 - Mar 13 by Benters |
You don’t realise how big sheep are until you grab a hold of one!
I rescued one the other winter it had got out of the field and I held the electric fence down with my rubber boots.
Wales is a beautiful country I’ve had it said the people can be a bit frosty and that’s just the women. |
I have kept sheep for 25 years and they can be strong especially the rams. But if you bend their necks in a certain way, their knees turn to jelly and they are pretty immobile. Helps with shearing and trimming hooves. I have a fairly common Welsh surname so maybe your DNA does dictate what you do !! [Post edited 14 Mar 14:20]
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