I have heard, via Glamorgan Family History Society, that a TV company called Green Bay Media is working on a factual TV series about ancestral DNA testing and genetic genealogy. "The research has already begun on a group of Tudors to find out if their surname group has significant DNA matches. If so, we will then look for known male descendants of the Tudors of Penmynydd, Henry VII's ancestors, to test for Y-chromosome matches in order to identify possible genetic connections between members of our surname group and the Tudor dynasty. Similar genetic genealogy work has been done in Scotland and Ireland where 'clan markers' have been identified with a number of prominent family lineages. To extend our search for Welsh clan markers they are keen to contact family history society members who have documented family trees which show descent from historic figures such as Rhodri Mawr, Hywel Dda, Rhys ap Tewdwr, Iestyn ap Gwrgant, Bleddyn ap Cynfyn or any other prominent Welsh patriarch." Anyone who has knowledge of possible descent from a Welsh prince or patriarch would be welcome to get in touch. Green Bay Media have a number of a free ancestral DNA kits to hand out as part of our project's aim to identify genetic markers associated with prominent Welsh lineages. I think the best way forward is for anyone interested to contact me, and I will then give you contact details for Ms Jones of Green Bay Media who is working on the programme, which is due for broadcast in autumn 2015 on S4C. I have no particular interest in this project other than to make it widely known to those researching family history with Glamorgan ancestors. Jeff Coleman Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com PS maybe they think it would be a bit ambitious to look for putative descendants of Macsen Wledig !

Hello Jeff Or as the Jones boy would say. Macsen may have left Wales in AD 383 but Yma o Hyd Ry'n ni yma o hyd, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth which translates as "We're still here, in spite of everyone and everything. Regards Gareth

Or, to save Jeff work you could simply go to http://www.green-bay.tv/news/2014/09/26/cymru-dna-wales-project-set-to-rewri te-welsh-history/ and http://green-bay.tv/videos/DNA%20Promo.mp4 Jill -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coleman via Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 12:40 AM To: glamorgan@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLA] Welsh clan DNA TV programme planned I have heard, via Glamorgan Family History Society, that a TV company called Green Bay Media is working on a factual TV series about ancestral DNA testing and genetic genealogy. "The research has already begun on a group of Tudors to find out if their surname group has significant DNA matches. If so, we will then look for known male descendants of the Tudors of Penmynydd, Henry VII's ancestors, to test for Y-chromosome matches in order to identify possible genetic connections between members of our surname group and the Tudor dynasty. Similar genetic genealogy work has been done in Scotland and Ireland where 'clan markers' have been identified with a number of prominent family lineages. To extend our search for Welsh clan markers they are keen to contact family history society members who have documented family trees which show descent from historic figures such as Rhodri Mawr, Hywel Dda, Rhys ap Tewdwr, Iestyn ap Gwrgant, Bleddyn ap Cynfyn or any other prominent Welsh patriarch." Anyone who has knowledge of possible descent from a Welsh prince or patriarch would be welcome to get in touch. Green Bay Media have a number of a free ancestral DNA kits to hand out as part of our project's aim to identify genetic markers associated with prominent Welsh lineages. I think the best way forward is for anyone interested to contact me, and I will then give you contact details for Ms Jones of Green Bay Media who is working on the programme, which is due for broadcast in autumn 2015 on S4C. I have no particular interest in this project other than to make it widely known to those researching family history with Glamorgan ancestors. Jeff Coleman Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com PS maybe they think it would be a bit ambitious to look for putative descendants of Macsen Wledig ! -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message