Sundae..........
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...........some people they tested in the North East were disappointed that their ability to walk around half-dressed in January did not in fact come from Viking ancestry.
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One branch of the family (dad's mother's side) seem to have shuffled around the Home Counties for a century or so before pitching camp in Aylesbury at the back end of the 19th Century. So the case for me belonging to the Early English Peasantry becomes stronger by the day.
Damn. Another illusion shattered. That's four this week already.
I suppose as we get older we become a bit duller, but I still have a great sense of curiosity about what makes things tick and where we stand in the grand scheme of things. That's why I was looking into the business of DNA analysis. I don't have delusions of grandeur (honest!), I would just like to know how and where I fit into things.
Coincidentally, today's Daily Telegraph (other newspapers are available) carried an article about a DNA test that was carried out on Charles Darwin's grandson. It makes interesting reading. I'm not sure what the Cellar's rules are about the copying and pasting of copyrighted material so I'll just post a link.
Daily Telegraph
Carruthers
PS As previously mentioned it seems a ruinously expensive exercise, but I suppose there will be economies of scale and eventually the price will come down. Well, I can dream...........