Has anybody had their DNA tested to confirm their Irish descent? Can this be done. If you send your DNA (a swab from the inside of your cheek) to Oxford University, they can tell you which of the seven women who "mothered" the European people you are descended from. I wonder if an Irish University has set up a similar system. Many thanks Tony MacGregor -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MAYO] DNA - Y Chromosome Quoting Paet Burcham <[email protected]>: <snip> > At least it's good to have an idea where we originally came from. So > many books I've read simply say that they have no idea where the Irish > originally came from. Of course I've always secretly thought that we > were the last remnants of Atlantis! (LOL) Perhaps not so far-fetched. A modern occult writer who follows the Dion Fortune tradition (Gareth Knight or Christine Hartley?) suggests this; which is why the idea comes up in the popular "Arthurian novels of Bradley, Kurtz, Lawhead etc. Peter [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237