Ida, thanks for sharing this. John has been eagerly waiting to see this program for weeks now since he saw it advertised. I hope others in WGS watch and enjoy it. ~~Kathleen Pebley Winn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ida Lee B. Cann" <[email protected]> To: "Ida Lee B. Cann" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:26 AM Subject: [WGS] National Geographic program > Hi to All: > > > > I received the following message, telling about a program on the National > Geographic Channel, from a cousin in California. Dave and his wife had an > opportunity to preview this presentation and they were very impressed with > the contents. Based on my cousin's background and knowledge of genealogy, > I > would very highly recommend that you try to watch the program. > > > > Take care. > > Ida > > > > From: Ida Lee B. Cann [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 9:06 AM > To: Ida Lee Brewer Cann > Subject: > > > > > > > I strongly recommend that any of you who get the National Geographic > Channel > on cable or satellite watch The Human Family Tree. It will air on Sunday > at 6 PM here in California with a repeat at 9PM. This will give you an > idea of the power of mitochondrial (maternal) DNA to identify your deep > ancestry. It will not tell you the exact person you descended but since > it > remains fairly constant over hundreds of years, it is very useful in > identifying the migration of the clan of your mother's mother's mother's > maternal ancestors back past the last ice age. > > Denise and I had a chance to preview the show and we were both very > impressed. > > I just finished reading The Seven Daughters of Eve and found it to to be a > very good compliment for each for The Human Family Tree. I strongly > recommend both. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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