> > Two more genealogical truths: You can't determine relationships by > > how a name is spelled. And you can't determine ethnicity by the > > relative position of cheekbones or the color of hair! <g> > > > > "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com> > > what about skin color Richard? > > "Dena" <dena@dbnetmall.com> Still doesn't tell you everything. In colouring, I'm a typical scot - fair hair and burn-before-sunbathing skin, but my mitochondrial DNA will tell you that I'm from Bombay, India, thanks to a slave at the Cape of Good Hope at the beginning of the 18th century. From that period, I also have Khoi Khoi, Sri Lankan and Indonesian ancestors. We need to use any and all evidence we can find, not rely on a single factor. Lesley Lesley Robertson <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl>

Lesley Robertson wrote: >Still doesn't tell you everything. In colouring, I'm a typical scot >- fair hair and burn-before-sunbathing skin, but my mitochondrial >DNA will tell you that I'm from Bombay, India, thanks to a slave at >the Cape of Good Hope at the beginning of the 18th century. From >that period, I also have Khoi Khoi, Sri Lankan and Indonesian >ancestors. > >We need to use any and all evidence we can find, not rely on a >single factor. How did you find all this evidence? What sources are available to find these ancestors? Evelyn Evelyn Bayna <ebayna@ucsd.edu>