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From: "Barrie J. Wright" <>
Subject: Re: The Seven Mothers of Europe?
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 20:58:31 +1030
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If you do a search under Professor Bryan Sykes,
it may lead you to him.
His charge of 120 English pounds meant that I did not want to
advertise his site in my post.
I think he is making remarkable specific claims that are still
questionable both scientifically and genealogically.

That is not to say he may have a valid scientific method behind
what he aims to do eventually.

Barrie J. Wright
GLENELG EAST, 5045
in Adelaide, South Australia


----- Original Message -----
From: Egon Wojciulewicz <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, 5 February 2001 3:10
Subject: Re: The Seven Mothers of Europe?


> Is there a website on 'the seven mothers of Europe' ? I would like to
have
> a good notions about this idea.
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Egon
>
>
> "William Addams Reitwiesner" <> wrote in
> message news:...
> > "Bryan L. Ford" <> wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > >Very useful estimates of divergence times from a common ancestor, with
> > >associated confidence limits, can be deduced from the comparative rates
> > >of mutation seen in "silent" and "functional" portions of genes. The
ages
> > >of Sykes' 7 mothers were generated in this way. The likely locations
> > >for these "mothers" is actually fairly easy to deduce for European
venues
> > >of the last 50,000 years-- by simply looking at the topographical
> frequency
> > >distributions of the genetic markers in question. The age estimates,
and
> to
> > >some extent the locations, may be in error for various reasons but they
> are
> > >not guesswork in any conventional sense.
> >
> > One likely source of error, which I've found by studying many
matrilineal
> > descents, is that matrilineal descents tend to be geographically
unstable,
> > whereas patrilineal descents tend to be geographically stable. Which is
> > not surprising, seeing as how sons get property, or follow their
father's
> > professions, while daughters get dowries (which are moveable), and move
> > into their husband's home.
> >
> >
> > William Addams Reitwiesner
> >
> >
> > "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc."
>
> ______________________________

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