Ancient Ancestors Tour ~ Hotel Palacio de Trasvilla, Puente Viesgo ~ Cantabria!

  DNA for genealogy or anthropology is not just about finding the ancestors, their information and rellies - it is about going to visit people and places from the cemetery down the street to the archives in any country in the world or the Ice-Age art of the caves of southern France and northern Spain. … Continue reading Ancient Ancestors Tour ~ Hotel Palacio de Trasvilla, Puente Viesgo ~ Cantabria!

Finally! After Three Orders ~ ‘The’ Book, Prehistoric Cave Art Is Here, and Dai Is Reading ~ Its ~Its ~ A ‘First Signs’

My abebooks.com account shows the trail of ordering books and how my getting a copy of Genevieve Von Petzinger's, The First Signs, has taken several tries. I have shared my love of Jean Manco's work, her books, her web pages and her saved pages; I have added David Reich's, Who We Are And How We … Continue reading Finally! After Three Orders ~ ‘The’ Book, Prehistoric Cave Art Is Here, and Dai Is Reading ~ Its ~Its ~ A ‘First Signs’

Ice-Age Ancestors Tour ~ Ancient DNA

WIKIPEDIA: They are the only source with 'color' The abri de Cap Blanc is a prehistoric limestone rock shelter with Magdalenian animal sculptures. It is in the Marquay commune on the right bank of the Beune River, a few kilometers west of Eyzies-de-Tayac, in Dordogne. Wikipedia Address: 24620 Marquay, France abri de Cap Blanc in the Dordogne The … Continue reading Ice-Age Ancestors Tour ~ Ancient DNA

Magdalenian, Ice-Age And Ancient Ancestors Tour(S) ~ The Ones That Got Away

The itinerary, story and the blog are just forming... Any suggestions, requests? It is never too soon to plan and this would be the same trip as begun before, but which fell to the wayside. The plan was French spas and Pyrenees cave artists and then the train to the East. The Balkans with Croatia … Continue reading Magdalenian, Ice-Age And Ancient Ancestors Tour(S) ~ The Ones That Got Away

mt-DNA Haplogroups ~ U5 Mother Ursula Uma

A modern group gave mt-DNA haplogroup U the name of Uma. I believe Ursula was the name that British geneticist Brian Sykes used in his early DNA work. The seven something Eve. But Urusula-Uma is our mother for today. I have family and friends who are descendants of her carrying her mt-DNA maternal line Haplogroup … Continue reading mt-DNA Haplogroups ~ U5 Mother Ursula Uma