Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Basques


By far the majority of male gene types in the derive from Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal), ranging from a low of 59% in Fakenham, Norfolk to highs of 96% in Llangefni, north Wales and 93% Castlerea, Ireland. On average only 30% of gene types in England derive from north-west Europe. Even without dating the earlier waves of north-west European immigration, this invalidates the Anglo-Saxon wipeout theory... ...75-95% of British and Irelanders (genetic) matches derive from Iberia...Ireland, coastal Wales, and central and west-coast Scotland are almost entirely made up from Iberian founders, while the rest of the non-English parts of the Britain and Ireland have similarly high rates. England has rather lower rates of Iberian types with marked heterogeneity, but no English sample has less than 58% of Iberian samples...

In Rosser's work, the closest population to the Basques is in Cornwall, followed closely by Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, East Anglia and then northern France.

Monday, August 27, 2007

The Nordic & Celtic DNA Project

The Nordic & Celtic DNA Project

John Raciti was the founder of The Nordic & Celtic DNA Project started back in April 2006 and now is one of the largest Celtic DNA group that has 1593 members and growing (3rd largest Celtic DNA group in the World).

Group Administrator:
John Raciti

Group Co-Administrator:
Jane Raciti

Here's the link:

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Nordic-Celtic