It appears you missed the point completely. I apologies for miss using the word Caucasian, a word commonly used which refers to 'white' people. However, a fact is still a fact. Lynette from OZ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Hayes" <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:10 PM To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Ethnic Percentages > On 22 Nov 2011 at 10:30, Kevin and Lynette wrote: > >> Recently settled by other countries by mainly Caucasian people.. The >> Aboriginals have been living in Australia for tens of thousands of years >> and >> the Africans in Africa since time in memorial. The American Indian also >> native to North America. It is only since white invasion that these >> ancient >> lands became 'new'!!!!!!!!!!!! A sensitive point to all ethnic groups who >> were >> not even considered citizens of their own land in all the countries you >> mention until reently. Lynette from OZ > > The "Caucasian people" seems to be an odd kind of myth that has spead > around, > apparently from some French traveller in the 18th or 19th century who > claimed > that Caucasian people were the most beautiful that he had encountered in > his > travels, and since then nearly everyone in Europe (and their offshoots in > places like the USA) has been trying to claim Caucasian ancestry. Joe > Stalin > was a Caucasian, so I suppose if you consider him beautiful, you could > claim > Caucasian ancestry. > > But I believe that there are more than 40 different languages in Caucasia, > most of them mutually unintelligible, and some of them belonging to > completely different language families, so ethnically the Caucasians are > themselves a pretty mixed bunch. And since Caucasia straddles the boundary > between Europe and Asia, some of them are Asian and some European. > > It really does seem an odd designation to claim. > > In my researches all my ancestors have been from the UK, back (in some > branches) to the 16th century, and not a single Caucasian among them. > Perhaps > DNA tests might reveal Caucasian ancestry. > > > -- > Steve Hayes > E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk > Web: http://hayesstw.tumblr.com/ (follow me on Tumblr) > Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com > Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 > Fax: 086-548-2525 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message