Marsha: Since I have more than enough historical FACT to deal with, I'll leave the MYTHOLOGY and FICTION to those, who appreciate it. As far as the "clan mothers" are concerned, I don't plan on my research extending that far back. I prefer to deal with people, who have two names and a "paper trail". When that ends, I'll continue on another line. Thanks for your input. Linda Johnston > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:49:38 -0500 > From: marsha moses <mosesm@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] The Seven Mothers of Man > To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <52482DBE-DB97-4504-B19B-A014C49604B0@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > The correct name of Brian Sykes' book on the mtDNA is The Seven > Daughters of Eve....and while the author takes the liberty of using > Historical Fiction methods to describe the seven women who are said to > be the clan mothers of most of the European or American of European > descent people, most of his book tells about his own very scientific > studies on DNA. It is extremely readable and fun. Marsha Moses