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April 14, 2005
The Old Family Tree
Today's NY Times has an article about a new project to map the human family tree. This is basically part of the old Human Genome Diversity Project. The resistance it has encountered is absurd. It is a very exciting project that holds out the possibility of learning allot more about the story of where we all began. I'd like to know where my people came from but, alas, at this point all of my research has reached a dead end: all lines of lineage seem to converge at a rundown pub in Easkey, County Sligo, Ireland. Evidence from ancient and astronomical bar tabs suggests that my ancestors have pretty much been there since late pre-Roman times, but then the trail goes cold...
Posted by dag at April 14, 2005 02:44 PM
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I would have taken the test, but the damned kit is $100.00! As a grad student, it is a hefty price to pay, moreover I can trace the family tree a good 700 years. Before that? Who cares while a student. I'll indulge in this type of distraction later.
Posted by: Mohammad at April 16, 2005 02:11 PM
Uh-huh. I have a feeling that your lineage converges at some cafe on a pretty town on the Caspian sea, where people like us sit around all day, drink deeply of life (and, er, other stuff) and argue about the great issues of the day.
Posted by: dag at April 16, 2005 04:17 PM
By the way, Mohammad, I'd love to see your experience with these political tests. Thoughts?
Posted by: dag at April 16, 2005 05:14 PM