| Tango01 | 17 Apr 2012 3:21 p.m. PST |
"Actor Tom Conti is related to Napoleon Bonaparte."
"Conti and Napoleon both share the M34 marker, which is Saracen in origin"
"Researchers believe that Scotland's location could be a factor in the "astonishing and unique" origins of people from the country"
"Scotland's DNA also found that more than 1% of all Scotsmen are direct descendants of the Berber and Tuareg tribesmen of the Sahara, a lineage which is around 5600 years old"
Full article here.
link Now I know why my Scots friends are "extraordinary" (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
2close2theflame  | 17 Apr 2012 4:01 p.m. PST |
explains my "quirks" being half a scot myself! |
| Rassilon | 17 Apr 2012 4:05 p.m. PST |
It's a small world, we're all just human beings… |
Dan Beattie  | 17 Apr 2012 4:07 p.m. PST |
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| DJCoaltrain | 17 Apr 2012 7:01 p.m. PST |
It's interesting, but not astonishing that we should all be so closely related. We are the descendants of a genetic bottleneck in human history. Therefore, we are all essentially cousins. |
| Jovian1 | 17 Apr 2012 8:33 p.m. PST |
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 Swampster | 17 Apr 2012 11:56 p.m. PST |
Gosh, a man of mediterranean origin shares a genetic marker with another man of mediterranean origin. Who'd have thought it? |
| Gazzola | 18 Apr 2012 8:52 a.m. PST |
Tango01 Good one. And funnily enough he did play one of Napoleon's French soldiers in the brilliant film The Duellists? |
| Tango01 | 18 Apr 2012 10:51 a.m. PST |
Yes indeed!.
Happy you had enjoy it my friend!. Amicalement
Armand |
 RelliK  | 19 Apr 2012 12:33 p.m. PST |
I found out I'm part sheep. Bee ee eeR! |
| latto6plus2 | 20 Apr 2012 4:02 a.m. PST |
The bit about the berbers is interesting, historian Alastair Moffat, claims that the grammar structures of gaelic are very unusual. So unusual that only about 10% of the worlds languages share them – the nearest being non arabic languages in north africa.I dont have the gaelic myself but interesting anyway. |
| Gunfreak | 25 Apr 2012 8:24 a.m. PST |
"I found out I'm part sheep. Bee ee eeR!" Good one, but I can top it, I'm part Athlete's foot. Which explanes why people always say I'm a pain in thier foot. |
| XV Brigada | 26 Apr 2012 2:53 a.m. PST |
How interesting. Does this account for schizophrenic symptoms such as: 1. Disorganized speech.
2. Disorganized behavior (e.g. dressing inappropriately). :-) |
| melfortuk | 27 Apr 2012 2:29 a.m. PST |
It is alleged that the Scots, travelled from North Africa (Egypt – A Roman General and an Egyptian Princess – leading their followers) all the way along the Mediterainian through Spain and France Southern Britain and then to Ireland, before crossing to Scotland – end of the World. This accounts for all the celtic peoples in these places. They also brought with them Jacobs Pillow from the ladder fame. This is the stone of Scone. |
| Ban Chao | 03 May 2012 9:01 a.m. PST |
Its also alleged that Giants lived there too and that Britain was settled from people from Troy etc.
Considering international trade routes have existed since at least from the Stone Age non of this is suprising really eh. |
| Edwulf | 20 Jun 2012 8:19 p.m. PST |
1% of all Scotsmen are descended from Berbers? So 99% aren't? Not so special.. All it would take is one Scotsman to take a Berber wife some 500 or more years ago and have a healthy number of kids and today boom a large number of Scots have Berber ancestory. But it doesn't mean there is some special Berber link. If you add in any Spanish, French, Portuguese or Italian immigrants that might have entered the Scottish gene pool then it's not surprising at all. I believe 80% of all white Englishmen, who have ancestory are in some way descended from Edward the III. 1 person can have a huge genetic legacy. |
