For most Irish people it's a purely political term that smacks of Imperialism. It's got the same kinda dated ring to it as "British East Africa". -Paul (DF41+) On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:51 AM, tuulen <[email protected]> wrote: > I can understand that people are looking for their English, Irish and > Scottish roots, but a couple of thousand years ago they were all referred > to as the British Isles, having mostly European immigration. > > And so perhaps a modern genetics company could have but ONE name? > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Mike W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Other people are referring to the conglomeration as BISDNA (for British > > Isles DNA). It took me a while to figure out they were doing but it works > > for me. > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:53 PM, tuulen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, I agree. > > > > > > Perhaps for ease of reference the name could be reduced to BISDNA, > EISDNA > > > or something like that? I, for one, prefer a single name of reference, > > > please! > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >