On 20 Oct 2003 at 18:50, Thrainn Vigfusson wrote:
> If you mean the Thordur Hermannsson born on the 21st of November 1955, then I'm
> afraid I don't know him, since he lives on the opposite side of the country. And
> I'm afraid we're not very related. Our nearest common ancestors are Thorarinn
> J
If anyone on the list plans to visit Iceland, I will be more than happy to
help them plan their trip and to book vehicles and lodgings.
Thrainn
On Monday 20 October 2003 09:11, Bob Walkden wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Monday, October 20, 2003, 9:03:34 AM, you wrote:
> > :-)
> >
> > I was just thinking of
Alas, I really doubt I will have the time to put together a web page, since
I've never seem to get around to it, despite (?) working with computers day
in and day out. But I will keep trying.
However, I have seen the PUG and may well contribute to it. I won't make the
November PUG, but I'm prett
If you mean the Thordur Hermannsson born on the 21st of November 1955, then
I'm afraid I don't know him, since he lives on the opposite side of the
country.
And I'm afraid we're not very related. Our nearest common ancestors are
Thorarinn Jonsson (1630 - 1699) and Halldora Thorsteinsdottir (1630
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From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Genealogy is a very small subset of genetics, if it can actually be
considered
> related at all. One is social science, the other is very basic biological
science.
Absolutely.
Besides, genealogy generally follows family names. I
Heh?
Genetically you are related to the cockroachs (basic DNA). Do you have a
cockroach in your family tree? I doubt that you do.
Genealogy is a very small subset of genetics, if it can actually be considered
related at all. One is social science, the other is very basic biological science.
I was speaking genealogically, not genetically. Of course every living thing on
earth is genetically related, at least according to current theories.
Bob Walkden wrote:
Hi,
Monday, October 20, 2003, 12:20:30 AM, you wrote:
I have many thousands of ancestors, but not billions, or even
millions,
Thrainn Vigfusson posted:
> I thought you might be joking, but it's not often I get the chance to tell
> people I saw Bjork shopping, since everybody here has also seen her.
>
> We get a lot of "...then you must know..." questions here, mainly because the
> whole nation is interested in genealo
I already knew that.
BR
From: Bob Walkden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
congratulations, you must be a different species to the rest of us.
. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Bob Walkden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:40:27 +0100
congratulations, you must be a different species to the rest of us.
--
Cheers,
Bob
Hi,
Monday, October 20, 2003, 12:20:30 AM, you wrote:
> I have many thousands of ancestors, but not billions, or even
> millions, and am certainly not related to everybody in the world even
> indirectly. [...]
congratulations, you must be a different species to the rest of us.
--
Cheers,
Bo
Hi,
Sunday, October 19, 2003, 11:44:33 PM, you wrote:
> You have to go back 6 or 7 generations for my whole nation to be interrelated.
> I don't know haw far you have to go for the whole of earth's population
> though.
> Thrainn
Mitochondrial 'Eve' lived about 150,000 years ago. That is about
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I thought you might be joking, but it's not often I get the chance to
tell people I saw Bjork shopping, since everybody here has also seen her.
We get a lot of ".
before the whole of today's population is interrelated? :-)
>
> Jostein
>
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> From: "Thrainn Vigfusson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Se
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