Aha... whenever I look down that DNA tunnel and see a light, it IS a freight train coming. :-) Perhaps ethno ancestry report will say something like... Descent is from a Nubian in service of the Roman Legions, with possible relations to the Han Chinese. We find the allelle frquency at 389 1 and 2 resembles that of a Haggis, and there may be just cause to claim Scottish descent ". Anyway, thanks for being there Ken Rich -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <knordtvedt@bresnan.net> > John, I took a first look at the Clarkson haplotype, and it looked like a > freight train rolled over the repeats. Quite unique and unusual. I can see > why he is not finding close matches. > > Ken > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Carr" > To: > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 9:00 PM > Subject: Re: [SCOT-DNA] Scot ? > > > > Now that Ken is on this list, he is one of the leading analysts of our > > DNA data trying to discern it's secrets, so he is a very good person to > > ask what your results mean. > > > > John Carr > > > > On Dec 11, 2006, at 7:34 PM, Ken Nordtvedt wrote: > > > >> We are just dying to know what Ethnoancestry said about whether you > >> were > >> Pictish or not, and which of your STR markers indicated you were or > >> were > >> not? > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: > >> To: > >> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 8:29 PM > >> Subject: [SCOT-DNA] Scot ? > >> > >> > >>> I have just sent in my alleles I previously received from FtDNA to > >>> find out > >>> if I am a Scot. The name CLARKSON should say it all, but I have found > >>> that > >>> we tend to change the surname with just about each generation. Claxon, > >>> Clason, Claxton, Claxson and Clarkson since about 1850, which was not > >>> all > >>> that long ago in surname terms. I thought Ethno Ancestry may give the > >>> best > >>> chance of accuracy... perhaps I am Pictish? At this point, I could be > >>> just > >>> about anything that one may find in Britain, who can trace back to > >>> about > >>> 1700. I have sent in to DNA Tribes, but they seem to think I am > >>> Sudanese! > >>> Really. No links to Britain or Scotland after 400 years ? Buyer > >>> beware. > >>> Richard Clarkson > >>> 4jdg5 > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> SCOT-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCOT-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCOT-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message