I don't quite agree with all of that. Being fat is a combination of genetics and lifestyle. When I was young maybe one out of every four or five people was overweight, and that not grossly so as I see so many today. Yet today it's more like four out of five--same genes. Also I believe likes and dislikes are more from environmental conditioning than from genes. Is this a suggestion for improvement or change on the URL that I gave? I thought I covered the central idea of what you said about X and Y. Roy Johnson -----Original Message----- From: pace-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pace-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of jrb6886@aol.com Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 1:55 PM To: pace@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PACE] DNA explained DNA is the magic stuff that controls who we are. If you are a male you have an X and a Y gene. The Y gene (the most important) comes from your father and his father and his father's father back until the beginning of time. The Y gene contains the IQ for math and sciences. This is why girls cant do those subjects. The X gene comes from your Mother and her mother and her mother's mother line all the way back. This is why it is important when chosing your wife to look at her mother. If she is fat, your wife will be also. And since this gene is passed to your child, if you mother in law doesnt like you, your kids wont either. I hope this helps. Remember without the past, we would have no furture. Merry Christmas all -----Original Message----- From: Roy Johnson <royj@webster.edu> To: pace@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, Dec 12, 2009 12:30 pm Subject: [PACE] DNA explained A recent email from a member of the list who felt he was a bit "DNA hallenged" led to my sending him a simplified explanation that I had been orking on. He said it was helpful, so I worked it over a couple more times nd uploaded it to the Internet. I would invite one and all to look at it and give me feedback. Those who are nowledgeable about DNA should let me know if I oversimplified or was ncorrect on anything, and those who need a simplified explanation can let e know if it worked for you. I have not linked to it from the DNA page yet ntil I am fairly certain it will be helpful. You will find it at http://www.pacesociety.org/DNA/DNAExplained.htm Your comments, please. Roy Johnson ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACE-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message