Once in a while, someone swells up his chest and announces to me that he has 8,000 names in his family tree, or he has 25,000 names, or, or, or....... So, how big is your family tree? Columnist Pat MacAdam's column appeared in the Ottawa Sun last Sunday (May 13) and towards the end of it, he changed the subject and explained he had been asked by a university in Oregon for a DNA sample and they would pick up the $253 (US) cost. "The object of the DNA test was to determine if I might be a descendant of Brian Boru, one of the last great kings of Ireland and, therefore, I might be a Pretender to the Irish throne." He then explained how the university emailed him weekly reports and he and an orange grower in California shared 37 identical DNA markers. He concluded with: "Cold water was dashed on my dreams of ermine and purple when I read an online story about Genghis Khan. It seems that a team of credible PhDs has conjectured there might be between 16-17 million "offspring" of the warrior walking around with his DNA." Now, have you nearly finished collecting everyone in your family tree? Bill

What is it that the Scots say -- "we're all Jock Tamsen's bairns"?? Marilyn in Vancouver ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Tufts" <dg052@freenet.carleton.ca> To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com>; "ns roots" <nsroots@ednet.ns.ca>; "Lunen Links" <Lunen-Links-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 10:50 AM Subject: [ NB ] How Big is your Family Tree? > Once in a while, someone swells up his chest and announces to me that he > has 8,000 names in his family tree, or he has 25,000 names, or, or, > or....... So, how big is your family tree? > > Columnist Pat MacAdam's column appeared in the Ottawa Sun last Sunday > (May 13) and towards the end of it, he changed the subject and explained > he had been asked by a university in Oregon for a DNA sample and they > would pick up the $253 (US) cost. > > "The object of the DNA test was to determine if I might be a descendant of > Brian Boru, one of the last great kings of Ireland and, therefore, I might > be a Pretender to the Irish throne." > > He then explained how the university emailed him weekly reports and he > and an orange grower in California shared 37 identical DNA markers. He > concluded with: > > "Cold water was dashed on my dreams of ermine and purple when I read > an online story about Genghis Khan. It seems that a team of credible PhDs > has conjectured there might be between 16-17 million "offspring" of the > warrior walking around with his DNA." > > > Now, have you nearly finished collecting everyone in your family tree? > > Bill > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 5/2/07 2:16 PM > >

My great uncle was of Scottish descent and his response when I asked if we were related to someone was, "we all walked through the same pasture." I assumed that he meant that we might have been related distantly. Kendra (in Boston) At 04:09 PM 5/14/2007, you wrote: >What is it that the Scots say -- "we're all Jock Tamsen's bairns"?? >Marilyn in Vancouver

While I have been actively searching for a large Jewish Webber family in St. John and Halifax who married into my family, I myself had my father do a Y-male DNA test several years back. As his father was a Levite, we now have learned that we do not match the usual Hebrew Levite group. But because we are such a large group of Levites, the DNA experts now believe that we descend from King Bulan of Khazaria (The Khazars) who converted to Judaism in 750 AD. All his subject became Israelites, but his sons and their sons and on and on were Levites to distinguish them from the others. So now, I am a Jewish American Princess! How's that for fabulous genetics! Diane Jacobs Somerset, NJ -----Original Message----- From: newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Tufts Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:50 PM To: newbrunswick@rootsweb.com; ns roots; Lunen Links Subject: [ NB ] How Big is your Family Tree? Once in a while, someone swells up his chest and announces to me that he has 8,000 names in his family tree, or he has 25,000 names, or, or, or....... So, how big is your family tree? Columnist Pat MacAdam's column appeared in the Ottawa Sun last Sunday (May 13) and towards the end of it, he changed the subject and explained he had been asked by a university in Oregon for a DNA sample and they would pick up the $253 (US) cost. "The object of the DNA test was to determine if I might be a descendant of Brian Boru, one of the last great kings of Ireland and, therefore, I might be a Pretender to the Irish throne." He then explained how the university emailed him weekly reports and he and an orange grower in California shared 37 identical DNA markers. He concluded with: "Cold water was dashed on my dreams of ermine and purple when I read an online story about Genghis Khan. It seems that a team of credible PhDs has conjectured there might be between 16-17 million "offspring" of the warrior walking around with his DNA." Now, have you nearly finished collecting everyone in your family tree? Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message