My last name Tate is either English or Scottish...... one of my mom's grandparents was from Southern Ireland so..... it is quite likely that some of my dad's ancestors may have committed atrocities on some of my mom's ancestors and relatives in southern Ireland......... I strongly suspect that some of my relatives across North America may well be guilty of shooting buffalo from the windows of trains...... as well as of participating to some degree in the extinction of passenger pigeons that we boiled, barbecued, trapped, snared and shot into extinction........ through our greed, ignorance and lack of self control over hunger............. On some levels my tendency toward "guilt" in some form or another might indicate a past life as a Jewish person..... (assuming the validity of the Dr. Ian Stevenson research)?????
Not really....... we old white guys have been figuring out diabolical ways to have lots and lots and lots and lots of children and grandchildren all over the genetic spectrum for centuries.... and millennia?!
Thanks for sharing. I have some Irish ancestors. I am not sure if I have any English or Scottish ancestors. The Irish and Scots are both Celts, so it is possible that I may have Scottish ancestors. The English have ruled over the Irish and Scots in the past, if I am not mistaken, so it is possible that I have English ancestors too. I imagine people from all walks of life have ancestors that have committed genocide or atrocities and also have ancestors who have been the victims of genocide or atrocities. What matters most is the values you hold as a person now.
Humankind have been wandering every since they wandered out of Africa. * * * * United States President Andrew Jackson's parents were Scots-Irish colonists. And, look what Jackson did... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson Something like 30 Irish soldiers died with Custer at the Little Big Horn. Did they wander too far into someone's else's lands?
Those are very good questions indeed....... Several American Presidents feared the First Nations of the USA partly because if England had gone into total war against America..... they could have armed their First Nations allies and the American Republic would have been doomed...... the mathematics for that was probably valid for at least fifty years if not for the first century of the existence of the USA as a Republic. Being feared by Presidents of the USA is a very dangerous position to be in.
Well said..... there is no possible way that we as individuals could ever repay for the injustices committed on others and the guilt of our ancestors ourselves.
The acts of our ancestors in the past are in no way our own acts as individuals now. What matters is the beliefs and values we hold and the acts and good deeds we engage in now. We can make a better present and future if we try.
I was curious, are the surnames Colfer, Kelly, and Blake English, Welsh, Scottish, or Irish? I happen to have Colfer, Kelly, and Blake family.
I did some research and I discovered my Meyer and Hesse ancestors are German, my Rozanski ancestors are Polish, and my Colfer, Kelly, and Blake ancestors are Irish.
i hear those dna tests are not reliable dont spend any real money on it depending on how they run the test it can be wildly inaccurate my family come from pirates actual pirates legally recognized as pirates by a corrupt system which in todays money confiscated around 100 million dollars off the family & turned them into criminals stealing their land & possessions. thats probably why i like guyforks soo much
program like 60 minutes did documentary they got many testes did tests got results results were different some results were complete rubbish very simple but most of those companys probably use the same data set base sets(sequencing like a library listing which is fixed and only checked once and not checked properly & never re done from the beginning up) so dont take your results to heart. they may be one of the wildly wrong ones which is around 15% of tests only around 15% of tests are accurate roughly the 70% in the middle rely on the same basic non specific base data its just another type of game to make money
you need to do about 5 different testes cheap & expensive you will find a general result you will find some are rubbish probably 1 in 5 will be roughly ok(20%)
If you do the test called the 'big Y' you will probably find out some interesting information, especially if there is a research group going. https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/r-z16526-and-subclades/about
All I know about my ancestry is that it almost certainly goes waaaay back! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
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