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: <r_clarkson@comcast.net> > To: <scot-dna@rootsweb.com> > 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 >

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" <jcarrgensearch@earthlink.net> To: <scot-dna@rootsweb.com> 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: <r_clarkson@comcast.net> >> To: <scot-dna@rootsweb.com> >> 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 >