Hi Ray, That's one of my favorites! Meanwhile, here's a link to some interesting research. Suggests that the English aren't Angles and Saxons and probably has implications for the rest of the rest of us! EDITOR'S DESK: Peering into Britons' Past BRITONS' COOL ANCIENT ROOTS. Despite invasions by Saxons, Romans, Vikings, Normans, and others, the genetic makeup of today's white Britons is much the same as it was 12,000 ago, a new book claims. About 80 percent of Britons' genes come from hunter-gatherers who came in immediately after the Ice Age, according the author, David Miles. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0719_050719_britishgene.html It's from the Rootsweb Review, which is free and comes weekly from www.rootsweb.com Linda Merle ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Ray Kinkaid" <fredaray@sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:52:39 -0400 >O.K. Linda & Brian - that does it! As suggested in a private communication I am breakig down and posting the following: > >The Scots keep the Sabbath and anything else they can lay their hands on. (Scotch is a drink) > >The Irish don't know what they want but are willing to fight for it. > >The Welsh are always on their knees - either digging coal or praying. > >And the English! The English are a self-made race ............ thus saving God a LOT of embarressment > >Ray Kinkaid >Ontario (A Canadian of Scottish parentage and Ulster grandparent) > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net