Wendy, I just checked my satellite menu and your information is correct. This will air again tomorrow (Sept 1) on the National Geographic Channel at 8 pm CDT. David Pitts On Aug 31, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Wendy C wrote: > http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/the-human-family- > tree-3706/Overview#tab-Videos/07001_00 > > if I read this right.. it is being re broadcast. And these type > programs often wind up as videos on the site? > > --- On Mon, 8/31/09, David E. Pitts <pitts-gen-281@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > > From: David E. Pitts <pitts-gen-281@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [TXWISE] National Geographic Special on DNA > To: txwise@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:23 AM > > Brenda, > It was difficult to follow the details of each case study. I'll have > to watch it again to better understand each person that they studied > in detail. This was the result of a 4 year study that Spencer Wells > and National Geographic have done, traveling the world and getting > samples from 50,000 indigenous people around the world. > The total number of DNA kits used in study is 296,000. The study > will conclude in 2010. Some > of the DNA used in the study comes from people like myself who had > their DNA > studied for personal (genealogical) purposes and shared their data > with National Geographic. > These personal results came from cheek swabs, but their field work > with indigenous populations involved > blood draws because the blood is more robust and will withstand the > rigors of the field > better than cheek swabs. They were in a lot of very remote primitive > conditions. > > When I heard Spencer Wells speak last March I asked him how they knew > they were sampling > with an indigenous group of people. He said they base that > distinction on: 1) language, 2) oral history. > > For this special production Spencer Wells went to Queens New York and > took cheek swabs from about 100 very diverse people, then analyzed > their DNA (SNP's) to determine how their ancestors migrated. A black > guy turned out to have y-dna (from his black father) that was > European, whereas his mitochrondrial DNA (from his black mother) was > African. The expanation was that one of his white European male > ancestors many generations married a black lady. This guy was a male > model in New York and looked very black. Needless to > say he was surprised. An Arab from Turkey turned out to be Jewish on > his father's side. > > They analyzed what they thought was an indigenous tribe in Chad in > the Sahara and > found that they were from Iran (I think, but it could have been > another middle east country). > > They did this with several of the cases and then had everybody stand > in central park > clustered as to their points where their ancestors migrated to. A > helicopter view showed > these clusters of people and then using image processing they > superimposed a map > of the world. Finally they had each group at a time move backward > along their migration > route, so that eventually everybody ended up in Africa. Africa has > the greatest diversity > of DNA of any place in the world and this is the evidence that this > was the cradle of civilization > about 60,000 years ago. The bottom line was that 99.9% of all our > DNA is exactly the > same for all of us and we are all kin. There is no such thing as > race as we were all black > when we go back to our Scientific Adam and Eve in Africa. > > I would have like for it to have concentrated on fewer cases and gone > into more > details about the SNP markers and the DNA aspects, but the average > person > would have been lost if they had done that. > > David Pitts > > On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:30 AM, Brenda Minor wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> I'm afraid I missed the program. Can you give us some of the >> highlights? >> >> Brenda Minor >> Tucson, AZ >> >> (at 12:30 am) >> >> >> >> --- On Mon, 8/31/09, txwise-request@rootsweb.com <txwise- >> request@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> >> From: txwise-request@rootsweb.com <txwise-request@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: TXWISE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 125 >> To: txwise@rootsweb.com >> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 12:02 AM >> >> >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. National Geographic special tonight on genetic anthropology >> using DNA (David E. Pitts) >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:36:51 -0500 >> From: "David E. Pitts" <pitts-gen-281@sbcglobal.net> >> Subject: [TXWISE] National Geographic special tonight on genetic >> anthropology using DNA >> To: txwise@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <AD3FC458-8BDA-4A08-97A7-A1A09B5EED46@sbcglobal.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >> >> This is a 2 hour special on the National Geographic Channel at 8 CDT >> (2 hours). >> I have heard Spencer Wells talk twice about the Genographic Project >> and if he is involved it will be spectacular. >> David Pitts >> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the TXWISE list administrator, send an email to >> TXWISE-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the TXWISE mailing list, send an email to >> TXWISE@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- >> request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of TXWISE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 125 >> ************************************** >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
I got my TiVo set to record it this time. Title is "The Human Family Tree" 8PM on Sept 1st. LaDarla was much better yesterday when I saw her. She is still in ICU, but she was sitting up in a chair. She can stand and walk a little. She has her computer, but her mailbox was full and she had to delete everything. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Pitts" <pitts-gen-281@sbcglobal.net> To: <txwise@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE] National Geographic Special on DNA > Wendy, > I just checked my satellite menu and your information is correct. > This will air again > tomorrow (Sept 1) on the National Geographic Channel at 8 pm CDT. > David Pitts > > On Aug 31, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Wendy C wrote: > >> http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/the-human-family- >> tree-3706/Overview#tab-Videos/07001_00 >> >> if I read this right.. it is being re broadcast. And these type >> programs often wind up as videos on the site? >> >> --- On Mon, 8/31/09, David E. Pitts <pitts-gen-281@sbcglobal.net> >> wrote: >> >> From: David E. Pitts <pitts-gen-281@sbcglobal.net> >> Subject: [TXWISE] National Geographic Special on DNA >> To: txwise@rootsweb.com >> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:23 AM >> >> Brenda, >> It was difficult to follow the details of each case study. I'll have >> to watch it again to better understand each person that they studied >> in detail. This was the result of a 4 year study that Spencer Wells >> and National Geographic have done, traveling the world and getting >> samples from 50,000 indigenous people around the world. >> The total number of DNA kits used in study is 296,000. The study >> will conclude in 2010. Some >> of the DNA used in the study comes from people like myself who had >> their DNA >> studied for personal (genealogical) purposes and shared their data >> with National Geographic. >> These personal results came from cheek swabs, but their field work >> with indigenous populations involved >> blood draws because the blood is more robust and will withstand the >> rigors of the field >> better than cheek swabs. They were in a lot of very remote primitive >> conditions. >> >> When I heard Spencer Wells speak last March I asked him how they knew >> they were sampling >> with an indigenous group of people. He said they base that >> distinction on: 1) language, 2) oral history. >> >> For this special production Spencer Wells went to Queens New York and >> took cheek swabs from about 100 very diverse people, then analyzed >> their DNA (SNP's) to determine how their ancestors migrated. A black >> guy turned out to have y-dna (from his black father) that was >> European, whereas his mitochrondrial DNA (from his black mother) was >> African. The expanation was that one of his white European male >> ancestors many generations married a black lady. This guy was a male >> model in New York and looked very black. Needless to >> say he was surprised. An Arab from Turkey turned out to be Jewish on >> his father's side. >> >> They analyzed what they thought was an indigenous tribe in Chad in >> the Sahara and >> found that they were from Iran (I think, but it could have been >> another middle east country). >> >> They did this with several of the cases and then had everybody stand >> in central park >> clustered as to their points where their ancestors migrated to. A >> helicopter view showed >> these clusters of people and then using image processing they >> superimposed a map >> of the world. Finally they had each group at a time move backward >> along their migration >> route, so that eventually everybody ended up in Africa. Africa has >> the greatest diversity >> of DNA of any place in the world and this is the evidence that this >> was the cradle of civilization >> about 60,000 years ago. The bottom line was that 99.9% of all our >> DNA is exactly the >> same for all of us and we are all kin. There is no such thing as >> race as we were all black >> when we go back to our Scientific Adam and Eve in Africa. >> >> I would have like for it to have concentrated on fewer cases and gone >> into more >> details about the SNP markers and the DNA aspects, but the average >> person >> would have been lost if they had done that. >> >> David Pitts >> >> On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:30 AM, Brenda Minor wrote: >> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> I'm afraid I missed the program. Can you give us some of the >>> highlights? >>> >>> Brenda Minor >>> Tucson, AZ >>> >>> (at 12:30 am) >>> >>> >>> >>> --- On Mon, 8/31/09, txwise-request@rootsweb.com <txwise- >>> request@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: txwise-request@rootsweb.com <txwise-request@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: TXWISE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 125 >>> To: txwise@rootsweb.com >>> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 12:02 AM >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. National Geographic special tonight on genetic anthropology >>> using DNA (David E. Pitts) >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:36:51 -0500 >>> From: "David E. Pitts" <pitts-gen-281@sbcglobal.net> >>> Subject: [TXWISE] National Geographic special tonight on genetic >>> anthropology using DNA >>> To: txwise@rootsweb.com >>> Message-ID: <AD3FC458-8BDA-4A08-97A7-A1A09B5EED46@sbcglobal.net> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >>> >>> This is a 2 hour special on the National Geographic Channel at 8 CDT >>> (2 hours). >>> I have heard Spencer Wells talk twice about the Genographic Project >>> and if he is involved it will be spectacular. >>> David Pitts >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To contact the TXWISE list administrator, send an email to >>> TXWISE-admin@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> To post a message to the TXWISE mailing list, send an email to >>> TXWISE@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> __________________________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- >>> request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the >>> email with no additional text. >>> >>> >>> End of TXWISE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 125 >>> ************************************** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >