Just about all my ancestors are German, and an aunt said that having a second toe larger than the first "was proof I was an Ault" So I don't know about the Celtic part. Elizabeth C Loretta wrote: > Wow, just goes to show how often we assume that whatever traits we have are > what most everyone else has. Wrong! I found an encyclopedic web page which > says that dominant genes cause the "big" toe to be the longest while a > recessive gene causes the second toe to be longer. Unfortunately, it > doesn't say where this recessive gene comes from, but I have to assume you > are right, Wendy, about it being Celtic. I'm not even going to think about > other explanations I've just read that say longer second toes mean, for > example, that you are descended from Egyptians, or you are descended from > royalty, or you are a freak. Haha. Thanks Wendy! > > http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Hallux > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob & Wendy Stevenson [mailto:stevensons@odyssey.on.ca] > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 12:52 PM > To: Loretta > Subject: Re: Celtic eyes & Toes > > So...Loretta...what you thought was 'normal' in a longer second toe, > actually shows your celtic heritage!! > Wendy > >

If any are interested in pursuing Celtic heritage and the geographical location of various Celtic Tribes, I would recommend reading "The Celtic World" edited by Mirand J. Green. The is book relates to almost all geographic locations where Celts were located, which may surprise many as they were located in Europe prior to Ireland, Wales, and England. Many tribes were located on the Rhine River Valley of present day Germany. One may find they have a Celtic lineage not Germanic or both if ancestors came from this region of Europe. Denis This book should be available in most libraries or via inter-library loan. It is a large text, 813 pages in hard bound edition. ISBN 0-415-05764-7 (hbk) ISBN 0-415-14627-5 (pbk) Denis On Feb 3, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Elizabeth Cunningham wrote: > Just about all my ancestors are German, and an aunt said that having a > second toe larger than the first "was proof I was an Ault" > So I don't know about the Celtic part. > > Elizabeth C >

Thanks Denis. Sounds like I have another good book to buy. On the same topic, another great book is "Saxons, Vikings and Celts - the Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland" by Brian Sykes, Professor of Human Genetics at Oxford Univerity. It's the result of a large DNA study of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England conducted by Oxford. It says basically what you're saying - that the Celts came to Ireland and Britain from continental Europe and, furthermore, that they were for a time the predominent people on the European continent. So your conclusion is also right - that people from Germany are just as likely to be Celts as Germanic. Loretta -----Original Message----- From: Genealogy [mailto:dkbeachfam@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:57 AM To: Elizabeth Cunningham Cc: Loretta; FERMANAGH-GOLD-L@rootsweb.com; cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Celtic eyes & Toes If any are interested in pursuing Celtic heritage and the geographical location of various Celtic Tribes, I would recommend reading "The Celtic World" edited by Mirand J. Green. The is book relates to almost all geographic locations where Celts were located, which may surprise many as they were located in Europe prior to Ireland, Wales, and England. Many tribes were located on the Rhine River Valley of present day Germany. One may find they have a Celtic lineage not Germanic or both if ancestors came from this region of Europe. Denis This book should be available in most libraries or via inter-library loan. It is a large text, 813 pages in hard bound edition. ISBN 0-415-05764-7 (hbk) ISBN 0-415-14627-5 (pbk) Denis On Feb 3, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Elizabeth Cunningham wrote: > Just about all my ancestors are German, and an aunt said that having a > second toe larger than the first "was proof I was an Ault" So I don't > know about the Celtic part. > > Elizabeth C >