Recent content by Gary C.

I'm of the opinion that the powers behind the scenes would very much like to return to European feudalism. This would entail lowering the living standards of the industrialized nations,and raising the standards of the 3rd world nations-by taking what you have,and giving it to them,until there is...

Have you considered the possibility that it could be intentional,instead of misguided policies?

It will exist on September 29th,and thereafter.

A lady at Radio Bremen tells me that their online Plattdeutsch course will begin on September 29th. Here is a link to it: http://www.radiobremen.de/wissen/dossiers/plattdeutschkurs/intro100.html The page is not ready yet,but you can save the link,and start using it on the 29th. Just in case...

You did,at that. Thanks.

I see it when I click your name,but you can also make it display when you make a post-like mine does.

Northern Germany is largely Lutheran and agnostic,I believe. And Southern Germany is largely Roman Catholic. France is almost totally Catholic,I'd bet-as are all Latin countries. England is Protestant and agnostic,Ireland profoundly Catholic.

What are you? Maciamo fixed it where we can put that info in our sigs now.

This will be a good thing. It will eliminate a lot of wasted space and effort. With me personally,it'll take away all those false matches I have with people that I know aren't U106's. My particular haplotype is one of the U106's that is closest to the WAMH,so I always look similar to people that...

I,too,am very interested in what will be found in France. Especially Normandy,as I have a Norman surname.

Roy-check out this link: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/U106/default.aspx David Weston is of the opinion (and I agree) that the U106 polymorphism likely first appeared in Scandinavia,and from there was taken westward and southward. There is a sharp difference in DYS390 repeat...

The people that can know whether they are Celtic or not,with the highest level of certainty,would be the folks that are R1b-M222. A large chunk of the population of Western Ireland has the M222 marker,and it's a good guess that you had Irish ancestors,if you have this marker.

"It seems odd as an American looking in that we are all lumped into one group like the entire United States has a stereotype." Ua' Ronain-I was thinking along similar lines as I was reading this thread. Various parts of the USA are very different from each other. My state,Texas,used to be its'...

English is a West Germanic language. It is in a group with Anglo-Frisian,if memory serves. It is the 'most-modified' of the Germanic languages,mostly because of the impact of Norman French. This likely isn't news to most folks on this forum...

http://www.languagesandpeoples.com/Germanic