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From: alani920 <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Unexpected findings
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 17:26:30 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <00ef01c34352$8c257470$6401a8c0@marytoy>


Mary,
That is my point, I expected to find what you found
instead of the T2. Could we have been switched at
birth (Smile).

Anita Wills
--- Mary Harkey Russell <> wrote:
> Although I didn't think I need counseling , at
> least about DNA, I was still
> surprised when the three men that have been tested
> in our surname group who
> have possibly 12 generations of Germans in their
> genealogy showed up with a
> Haplotype E2. I have not had my mtdna study done
> but whatever it shows, I
> don't think I'll be too surprised. If we cared
> very much about what we
> uncover we probably wouldn't be doing genealogy.
> White people find Black
> cousins, we find bandits , bastards and women who
> never married with 6
> children. Nothing should really surprise us. My
> attitude is " Who wants a
> genealogy with no spice"
> I did get to wondering where the E2--Gambia came
> from and went to an
> Ancient History textbook to remember and I was quite
> surprised to see how
> those people traveled and with armies consisting of
> all races -- Take
> Hannibal who came from the top of Africa through
> Spain, into what is
> possibly Germany, across the Alps and south to try
> and attack Rome. I
> imagine his men were raping and pillaging and
> deserting the entire way..
> Then there were the Huns. The Greeks even went into
> India , I think the
> Romans too. So even back BC there was a good mix up
> going on all over the
> world.
> Mary
>
>
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http://www.familytreedna.com/ftLogin.asp?kit=8718
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