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.