You can find more information on the Sarmatian auxiliaries of the Roman legions on the Border Reiver site and these links: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gallgaedhil/ elliott_border_reivers_dna.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gallgaedhil/haplo_j_j2.htm http://www.livius.org/sao-sd/sarmatians/sarmatians.html http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/no144/p113.html John Carr On Dec 13, 2006, at 1:59 AM, Jim Mcpherson wrote: > a friend of mine of the surname Fish has tested Y12 and found the > haplogroup J2 and his roots are in the Scottish borders, but I > mentioned to him a program was on TV recently about King Arthurs > Knights of the round table, that his Knight probable originated from > horsemen from Hungary brought by the Roman legions to Britain as there > cavalry and descendants of the Hungarian cavalry are still to be found > in the border region perhaps in some way adding to the gene pool of > the borders much reputed Horsemen. > > My friend agreed with this hypothesis as his haplogroup confirms an > origin around Hungary, and his grouping represents only 6 per cent of > the British population. > > Jimmy McPherson >