There has always been a tradition in this part of Cheshire/North Staffs that the folk on Biddulph Moor were descended from Saracens as they were slightly swarthier than normal. There is also a story that Thomas A Becket's mother was from the Middle East. Marie

My Dads Y chromosome DNA is J2B which originates in the Middle East. His male ancestors are from staffs for several centuries. Sally Sent from my iPad On 2013-05-23, at 3:22 AM, Marie Ball <marieballtov@gmail.com> wrote: > There has always been a tradition in this part of Cheshire/North Staffs > that the folk on Biddulph Moor were descended from Saracens as they were > slightly swarthier than normal. There is also a story that Thomas A > Becket's mother was from the Middle East. Marie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 16:06 23/05/2013, you wrote: >My Dads Y chromosome DNA is J2B which originates in the Middle East. His male ancestors are from staffs for several centuries. >Sally Being YDNA, your immigrating ancestor must have been male. I don't know if male captives were brought back from the crusades, but Roman soldiers certainly came from all parts of Europe including the Middle East. You need more research to find when he came to this country - have others of the same surname tested? HTH Andy.