This sounds like one of those stories put out to see how gullible the press is. I’m looking for it to be revealed as such or refuted within a week.
Ah here we go:
“Alistair Moffat (born 1950, Kelso, Scotland) is an award winning writer and journalist, former director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and Rector of the University of St Andrews.[1] Moffat was educated at the University of St Andrews[citation needed], graduating in 1972 with a degree in Medieval History[citation needed]. While at St Andrews Moffat earned first team caps in both rugby and cricket, also playing basketball and athletics.[citation needed]”
There’s a sound scientific backgound, eh laddies?
“On the BBC Today Programme, Moffat made a couple of inaccurate statements, including that the company has discovered Eve’s “grandson” and that 97% of men surnamed Cohen share a common genetic marker.[13] These statements were later retracted by the chief scientist of BritainsDNA.[14] In the meantime, two geneticists at University College London, David Balding and Mark Thomas, as well as other UCL colleagues, have attacked both these statements and genetic ancestry companies in general.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Moffat