Yes, that's right, I was; I am sure I said so. My reply was in response to James's research into high arches - which I have - being attributable to people born in Mull - which I am not - because I feel sure they are to be found more widely. I didn't intend to confuse. It may not be widely know or appreciated that we Brits were almost starving during the wars and if it wasn't for the food parcels from Canada as well as living off the land and saving all our waste for animal feed, I think our bones wouldn't be as good as they are. Rickets was prevalent up to the 20th century but no longer. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 3:21 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] re medical condition > Janet, > > Evidently, you are referring mostly to statistics within England/Scotland. I am > referring to my own family and to other famlies of these counties Stormont/Glengarry, > wherein, on average, the people [especially of 'Scotch [highland] descent' ]seemed to > be much taller than those I saw within England/Scotland on my visits. I am short by > heredity from some short ancestor [ probably my German], not by nutrition. Heredity is > part of history. My grandmother Cameron, born 1854, a cousin to her husband, was tall > [by heredity]. > > Margaret Cameron > Long Sault > Ontario > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message