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Originally Posted by mobertol
Genetic studies have shown that we all originate from seven different female lines -known as the seven sisters. Also mathematically we all have a common ancestor going back to the seventh generation. Seven is a mystical number.
My family have humble working class origins but my looks -which are unique in my family, suggest a viking influence - probably due to some pillaging etc. going back many centuries!!
My hairdresser, Andrea (a frequent visitor to Mykonos!) assured me on my last visit that i am part of a rare breed -threatened by extiction due to interbreeding of the races i.e. a real blonde. Apparently he'd read this in a trade magazine!
Just a small aside Garinda -you need to update your profile, i'd add charmer of snakes and teller of tales to your interests
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That's just through one person.
Many of Marmaduke Beckwith's ancestors go back to Normandy, and before that Scandinavia.
Many other family lines peter out not long before the first census.
Aren't the whole of mankind meant to be descended from one woman in east Africa, scientists have called Eve?
I once did a thread on here because someone, Westender, said they only had Lancashire roots.
If you keep doubling your parents/grandparents/great grandparents etc., once you go back a thousand years you end up with 100,000's of direct ancestors.
Which was greater than the population around here then, so she was wrong.
We're all mongrels.
