Ah,,, the famous Ken Nordvedt ? I am honoured sir. :-) We meet again. I should have explained myself better. My first line was ."I have just sent in my alleles I previously received from FtDNA to find out.. " Anyway, I am not so sure Ethnoancestry has the markers for Pictish DNA, which they appear to claim.... I have spoken to Dr Faux before in e mail, and I gather from his selected occupants of certain Scottish Isles on his web site that I am NOT in the running for this esteemed position. ( assuming that my detective work is correct). At any rate, sorry for my confusing post, it could have been worded better. The other side of the coin here is that even though my DNA APPEARS to be Celtic.... I understand that there is really no such thing as "Celtic" dna... just that there are certain allelles that show up in higher frequencies in known Celtic populations. Anyway Ken, still searching for my origins... favorite DNA quote... " We are always who we are, we are just not always who we THINK we are.." Rich -- Clarkson Family -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <knordtvedt@bresnan.net> > 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