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You may well be correct re R1b U152, rms2, and I am tempted to agree with you that the Belgae are responsible for most of it. The modern day continental distribution seems to indicate that its ultimate origins are Hallstat Celtic. However, Jim Wilson for one has recently commented that U152...

Yes, of course, any pedigree has the possibility of a ratio of NPEs, and they all involve a leap of faith in the sense of ancestral fidelities. However, in your case, all you appear to possess is the famous pedigree compiled by Cambrensis. That in itself proves nothing either way because there...

I have only ever encountered deliberate rudeness and transparently anti-English aloofness on a regular basis in Paris, but then the English delight in this familiar cultural trait and thoroughly enjoy baiting the 'snooty' Parisians. Outside of Paris, in places such as Normandy and Aquitane, I...

The Classical musical contribution is definately under-rated. Aside from the more well-known Sibelius, Grieg, and Nielsen there are other wonderful composers such as Svendsen, Halvorsen, Stenhammar, Alfven and Gade.

Yes, but the big difference between Britain and countries like Germany and Norway is that our climate is damper and arguably less healthy overall. No doubt that northern Germany and Norway have colder, more snow-laden winters, but there the coldness is more crisp rather than damp. The UK's awful...

I am no expert, and I do not know what the average Norwegian would score. However, I wonder if the links to populations like Balochs, Central Asian and Caucasus are there because your male ancestry is R1a1a-heavy? I am largely English from the Danelaw areas, with some more recent Norwegian...

You refer to old pedigrees that link your name Walsh [which, according to Richard Roche's [1995] 'The Norman Invasion of Ireland' hails from Pembrokeshire in Wales] to several Cambro-Norman sources including your 'dear relative, de Clare'. That Walsh links to the Barrys may well be true as there...

oh! a very "cool" thread where I suppose there will not be too hot quarrel! only supposition that will not bring civil war or verbal terrorism (joke!) I agree with almost what is said here because I do not see to great oppositions for the principal HGs concerning Y-I2a1a OK even if I think it is...

O'Grady and O'Driscoll actually turn up in reasonable numbers in L161 I2a1b2-Isles. I think O'Grady is more 'C' and 'D' subclade and O'Driscoll more 'A'.

Sparkey, You mention me previously. Well, to be honest I've changed my tune about I2a1b2 a little. Much as I respect Nordtvedt, his age estimates are just that- estimates. I've talked to both Bryan Sykes and Peter Forster about the age and origins of L161 I2a1b2 [or 'Isles' as Ken Nordtvedt...

Sparkey, The poster called 'hope' refers to I2a1b2-Isles, and I think the reference may be to a posting of mine rather than to Ken Nordtvedt, who does not post on here. I get my info largely from Ken though. As far as I can see, there are I2a1b2-Isles members in Ulster but also in the western...

The bulk of my ancestry is from the eastern side of England and I have a high E/E score of 10.01%. Having no known , recent East European ancestry, I can only assume that this score is an echo of Germanic admixture; Scandinavians, Anglo-Saxons etc. Others with ancestry from the eastern, more...

You will find, Franco, that a lot of Scots pay lip service to the idea of independence. However, the majority [admittedly, a reduced majority] realise that even with oil they are not going to emulate Norway. It is a gamble to plan survival and prosperity largely on one source, if that is the...

Were it not for massive [and I mean massive] subsidisation by English tax-payers Scotland would 'financially crumble' now, never mind via independence. Don't worry though, if Scotland ever does get independence and inevitably falls flat on its face, it will be the English tax-payers who will be...

Dr McDonald informs me that his English samples are largely from Kent with a few from Cornwall. I came out as 100% English, by the way. I think these two sampling frames replace the Orcadians in the latest version of his superb BGA system. I must say that his choice of largely Kentish tempered...

When exactly did the Irish 'kick the English out'? Successive waves of 'English', from Strongbow's Anglo-Norman invaders through the Elizabethan and Williamite Plantations to the present day have settled in Ireland, and are now absorbed within the population. Like it or not, Northern Ireland is...

I agree that there is definate historical evidence for both Danish and Norwegian Viking settlement in Ireland, but as McEvoy and Bradley's study appears to show, they seemingly have left few genetic echoes. At least, the markers [I1 and R1a1a] one might associate with them most strongly are...

I don't think about Australia very often, but when I do I slightly shiver. Maybe not in my lifetime but I have a feeling that one day China will invade and take Australia's vast open spaces for its surplus population. Factions in Japanese politics at the beginning of the 20th century often...

Sparkey, I know that Jean Manco holds the view that it is the 'B' subclades that can be associated with the Anglo-Saxons but I am not so sure. Nordtvedt has continental examples from A, C and D subclades too, I believe. I seem to remember a German 'Krause' in either D1 or D2, for example. All...

Bertrand, Some of your delightful French ways puzzle us too- eating Ortolan, snails etc, your truly terrible popular music, and the way you drive to name but three. However, thankyou very much for Proust, Camus, Sartre, Berlioz, Debussy, Satie, Boxe Francaise-Savate and your...