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Prof. Bryan Sykes at Oxford University has identified a total of 36 groups or clans, each representing a single female ancestor through a direct maternal line. A mitochondrial DNA sequencing will determine your maternal clan. Likewise a Y-chromosone analysis will determine your paternal lineage. A study of randomly selected individuals in a localized population -like Goa - would be interesting. Check www.oxfordancestors.com for more details. The book by Prof. Sykes entitled The Seven Daughters of Eve gives more details. T.D'Silva __________________ on 02/04/2003 12:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > In a message dated 02/03/2003 1:18:42 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Out of curiosity, were these the only two classifications available to the > registrars when it came to race? Also, was there any criteria to determine > race or merely skin color? >> > > My first US Driving License listed my "Race" as Code '2' > > The Race/Color Code (listed on the reverse of the driving license): > > 1. Black, Colored, American Negro > 2. White Caucasian, Asiatic Indian (Natives of India and some Arab countries) > 3. Mongloid, Oriental Asiatic > 4. Mongloid, American Indian > > Such documents, as Goa's birth registries, can barely identify one's roots. > They are designed to serve an intended purpose. And the old era changes, > yielding place to new. > > Meticulous research is needed to delve into family history and available > records for developing a family tree. And a continuity commitment is > essential to justify such an effort. > > Colo(u)r, like beauty, is only skin deep. Caste and race, just as blinders, > obfuscate the real life situation. It is who or what we are that make our > mark in history! > > Proud to be a Goan: > > Pat de Sousa > Maryland, USA > > > > > > >
