On 28-Aug-17 11:18 PM, Paulo Canedo wrote: > Em segunda-feira, 28 de agosto de 2017 13:40:19 UTC+1, Peter Stewart escreveu: >> On 28-Aug-17 9:43 PM, Paulo Canedo wrote: >>> Mr. Stewart I believe you may have misunderstood my first comment I just wanted to point out an interesting conjecture about a Capetian and Plantagenet relationship. I did not nean to say it was proved. >> Your first comment was perfectly clear - this was: "Christian Settipani >> has conjectured both the Capetians and the Plantagenets to be male line >> descendants of Count Hervé of Hesbaye." >> >> Since you posted this in the context of a discussion about investigating >> DNA, the implication is that in your view this conjectured relationship >> is worth pursuing by DNA investigation, or at least that it may provide >> some useful hint or guidance. >> >> Stating - plainly, as you did - that something has been conjectured, >> without applying it beyond the immediate context, implies that the >> conjecture has relevance or value in that context. >> >> I questioned you to find out what you think about this, but your >> response was just to provide links to what someone else thinks. >> >> For some reason you choose to post without copying in whatever has >> prompted your remarks, stripping away the specific context. If you think >> this particular conjecture is interesting, why not explain the interest >> you find in it? >> >> Peter Stewart > It had been mentioned a page about DNA that said that the Plantagenets and the Capetians may have been male line relatives and so have the same DNA so I gave this as an example of such conjecture. So are you now saying you reported the conjecture not because of its intrinsic worth, but just because it is there? I suggest you try counting the number of "if"s that are required to link Hervé of Hesbaye to either of the families in question. Even without trying to assess a degree of uncertainty for each of these many "if"s, the number of them ought to be impressive enough. Then I suggest you consider if this number is in direct or inverse proportion to the plausibility of the conjecture. You might save yourself a lot of time. Peter Stewart