Posted on 05/13/2006 10:43:55 AM PDT by blam
Wow! They found DNA from a Michigan rock band? They must have been on tour, or something.
My mother always told us that Gypsies steal babies. Maybe the Anglo-Saxons stole one back, huh?
Sailors?
Romani = Gypsy
But calling it Gypsy DNA is not PC.
Romani = Gypsy
But calling it Gypsy DNA is not PC.
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I presume that by Romani is meant the people also known as gypsies. As they were nomadic traders, tinkers and horsemen I don't think that finding the gene there is so surprising. Since it is mitochondrial DNA, then it means a woman is involved, so family travel makes sense.
Some time ago I read that the Romans used troops along Hadrians Wall from far in the East, Sythians or Sogdians I think it might have been.
Has Mike Nifong charged anyone yet?
Or ROMANI ITE DOMUM for that matter?
The Byzantine Empire hired English warriors as mercenaries during that period. They also hired others like Russians, leading eventually to the Orthodox religion taking root in Russia.
No mention of the fact that their culture is based on the belief that they are the superior race and that this justifies their con jobs and stealing anything that is not nailed down.
What? they finally linked a white guy to the Duke "rape" case?
People got around early on more than most people think. OTOH, one skeleton does not a population make.
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The mitochondrial DNA could not have come from Roman troops. Troops are male.
You get mitochondrial DNA from females, only.
All males and all females get mitochondrial DNA from their mothers, but no males pass it on.
On the other hand, no females carry Y Chromosome DNA.
The reason archeologists study mitochondrial DNA is that it's much more resistant to decay than nuclear DNA.
Maybe the gene's found in other populations besides Romani. They've only been testing DNA for a couple of decades.
What are the odds that a mutation would only occur once?
No, but with luck it'll make a research grant.
Mitochondrial DNA is inherited through the mother's line. We all have mitochondria and we all have mitochondrial DNA that traces back through maternal bloodlines. A roman soldier could have had a mother or other female antecedant who was Romani.
There is no such thing as "Romani" - they're talking about gypsies. They have nothing to do with Rome, and it's a deliberate misassociation with "Romania". Repeat: Gypsies.
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