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Today, I added the keyword phrase 'Anglo Saxon' to my Google Alerts
profile, and here is the first submission that landed in my mailbox.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1980639,00.html#article_continue

--- In , Bill Barber
<bbarber@...> wrote:
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> Today, I added the keyword phrase 'Anglo Saxon' to my Google Alerts
> profile, and here is the first submission that landed in my mailbox.
>
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1980639,00.html#article_
continue
>

I've just finished reading Brian Sykes' 'Blood of the Isles', which I
got for Christmas. Descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages is
apparently pretty common for anyone with a NW Irish background. I too
can list the old rogue amongst my direct ancestors.
It's referred to as the 'Genghis effect'. Owing to what one might call
male-pattern behaviour, there is, sadly, much less variety of Y-
chromosones in the population than there is of mitochondrial DNA.
Question: Will this have tended to make us a more aggressive species
over time?

I once posted an article about tracing roots back to a common ancestor.
After some thought, I began to believe that we are all related to
everyone who fought on either side at the Battle of Towton. Being
related to Niall is not a big stretch.

So how ya doing' cuz?

mariewalsh2003 wrote:
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> <mailto:%40yahoogroups.com>, Bill Barber
> <bbarber@...> wrote:
> >
> > Today, I added the keyword phrase 'Anglo Saxon' to my Google Alerts
> > profile, and here is the first submission that landed in my mailbox.
> >
> http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1980639,00.html#article_
> <http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1980639,00.html#article_>
> continue
> >
>
> I've just finished reading Brian Sykes' 'Blood of the Isles', which I
> got for Christmas. Descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages is
> apparently pretty common for anyone with a NW Irish background. I too
> can list the old rogue amongst my direct ancestors.
> It's referred to as the 'Genghis effect'. Owing to what one might call
> male-pattern behaviour, there is, sadly, much less variety of Y-
> chromosones in the population than there is of mitochondrial DNA.
> Question: Will this have tended to make us a more aggressive species
> over time?
>
>