On the DNA subject. How do you tell from results your slavic. My hubby's mtDNA came in today and all I can figure out from it is that he left Africa 60,000 yrs ago and 20,000 yrs ago was in NW or north central Europe. Is there more to the test? His "Y" hasn't come in yet, but this doesn't seem like much info. How do you get to the Slavic part. He had 3 mutations. Is there some chart from there that matches these mutations. I'm lost how this helps in genealogy. Any discussion on subject would be appreciated. Michaele -------------- Original message -------------- From: WhitmerJ@aol.com > For what it's worth... > > The Prussians were not Germanic nor Slavic, and, like the Kashubians, they > resisted the intruding Germans. Rather, the Pruzzen (Prusai) were a Baltic > Tribe -- related to the Latvians and Lithuanians. When the Poles began to > invade > the area of the Pruzzen tribe around 992, the tribes fought back. Considered > a "heathen race," the German Teutonic Knights were sent in to the area in > 1226 to conquer/convert the Pruzzen or eject them from the land. > > The indigenous Baltic Pruzzen tribe occupied the area of what became East > Prussia. From time to time they fought the Poles and Teutonic Knights but > managed to stand their ground. It's interesting that the Pruzzen tribe united > with > the Kashubian tribe to fight the Knights. For a time they both regained and > kept their land, but the Knights were bringing in German settlers from the > west. By the early 1300s, many new villages were established and all were under > German Law. > > The Kaszubi and Pruzzen tribes resisted Germanization, but the Kaszubians > retained their identity and the Pruzzen did not. In time, some Pruzzen's fled > to > the east or south. Those who stayed and were not annihilated began to merge > with the German settlers brought in by the Knights. > > By 1600, the old Baltic Pruzzen language became extinct. Prussian surnames > differ greatly from the German surnames of other more German ethnic areas. > Some Prussian names are Slavic in their derivation. Place or field names of > Baltic Pruzzen origin have been found father west in the medieval Duchy of East > Pomerania, etc., the heart of which became Kashubia, so it is believed the > Pruzzen moved around a bit. > > > Karen B. Whitmer > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message