John Ashdown-Hill weighs in on adultery and bloodlines
John Ashdown-Hill weighs in on adultery and bloodlines
2014-12-14 02:30:10
From http://nerdalicious.com.au/history/what-do-king-richard-iiis-latest-dna-results-really-prove/
"What does this prove?
"It proves that somewhere between Edward III and the present day one of the mothers in one of these lines of descent had had sex with another man not her husband or recognised lover.
"There is no way of knowing whether this misdemeanour took place in Richard III's ancestry or in the ancestry of the modern Somersets. However, the number of generations involved makes it much more likely that the misdemeanour occurred somewhere in the Somerset family tree.
"Also, since the Y-chromosome results from the living Somersets revealed two different Y-chromosomes in what is supposed to be the same modern family, the most likely explanation is that this sexual misbehaviour was comparatively recent, possibly 18th or 19th century.
"Another possibility of course, since the Beaufort descent from the Plantagenets and the Somerset descent from the Beauforts pass through two known illegitimacies, is that either John Beaufort was not the real son of John of Gaunt or that Charles Somerset was not the real son of Henry Beaufort."
Thoughts?
Tamara
"What does this prove?
"It proves that somewhere between Edward III and the present day one of the mothers in one of these lines of descent had had sex with another man not her husband or recognised lover.
"There is no way of knowing whether this misdemeanour took place in Richard III's ancestry or in the ancestry of the modern Somersets. However, the number of generations involved makes it much more likely that the misdemeanour occurred somewhere in the Somerset family tree.
"Also, since the Y-chromosome results from the living Somersets revealed two different Y-chromosomes in what is supposed to be the same modern family, the most likely explanation is that this sexual misbehaviour was comparatively recent, possibly 18th or 19th century.
"Another possibility of course, since the Beaufort descent from the Plantagenets and the Somerset descent from the Beauforts pass through two known illegitimacies, is that either John Beaufort was not the real son of John of Gaunt or that Charles Somerset was not the real son of Henry Beaufort."
Thoughts?
Tamara
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