Comments on: Thomas Jefferson Shares Y Chromosome with Two Britons http://www.blisstree.com/articles/thomas-jefferson-shares-y-chromosome-with-two-britons/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Al http://www.blisstree.com/articles/thomas-jefferson-shares-y-chromosome-with-two-britons/comment-page-1/#comment-570097 Al Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:04:31 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/02/06/thomas-jefferson-shares-y-chromosome-with-two-britons/#comment-570097 I am a K2 (y) and my toes are normal. I am related to Jefferson, I suppose. I am 1 step away from his markers. My origins are Fulani. I am from the Caribbean though I am a K2 (y) and my toes are normal. I am related to Jefferson, I suppose. I am 1 step away from his markers. My origins are Fulani. I am from the Caribbean though

]]> By: Linda Merle http://www.blisstree.com/articles/thomas-jefferson-shares-y-chromosome-with-two-britons/comment-page-1/#comment-568840 Linda Merle Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:05:26 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/02/06/thomas-jefferson-shares-y-chromosome-with-two-britons/#comment-568840 Unfortunately this toe configuration is also called "Celtic Toes". Some use it to distinguish "Saxon Toes". None of this is scientific. A discussion occured on the Genealogy DNA list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GENEALOGY-DNA/2005-02/1108825384 As well as this from a Scots mag: http://thecapitalscot.com/pastfeatures/feet.html Search for "Celtic Toes" for lots more. The Y chromo is the shortest of them all. To attempt to ascribe all (positive) human traits to this shrimpy little thing is very very silly. Most of our genetic traits come from the rest, which intermix each time an egg is fertilized. I got Celtic toes from my English dad, of unknown Y type...though his ancestors were from Durham north of Yorkshire, so maybe he's K2 too. But K2 is too rare to account for Celtic Toes. Unfortunately this toe configuration is also called “Celtic Toes”. Some use it to distinguish “Saxon Toes”. None of this is scientific. A discussion occured on the Genealogy DNA list:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GENEALOGY-DNA/2005-02/1108825384

As well as this from a Scots mag:
http://thecapitalscot.com/pastfeatures/feet.html

Search for “Celtic Toes” for lots more.

The Y chromo is the shortest of them all. To attempt to ascribe all (positive) human traits to this shrimpy little thing is very very silly. Most of our genetic traits come from the rest, which intermix each time an egg is fertilized.

I got Celtic toes from my English dad, of unknown Y type…though his ancestors were from Durham north of Yorkshire, so maybe he’s K2 too. But K2 is too rare to account for Celtic Toes.

]]> By: Kenneth W. Congrove Jr. http://www.blisstree.com/articles/thomas-jefferson-shares-y-chromosome-with-two-britons/comment-page-1/#comment-568573 Kenneth W. Congrove Jr. Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:03:28 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/02/06/thomas-jefferson-shares-y-chromosome-with-two-britons/#comment-568573 I find I am realated to Thomas Jefferson through his Randolph side an Field family links. It would be more revealing to search these names for the K2 link I think. But I have noticed a physical characteristic shared by some Wesh, Lebanese, Palestinians, Maltese, Jews, Romanians and Greeks. That trait is the greek foot. The second toe is longer than the the first toe or big toe. It is called a Morton's foot by pediatrists. I think it would intersting to know if that foot type is related to the K2 gene marker. I find I am realated to Thomas Jefferson through his Randolph side an Field family links. It would be more revealing to search these names for the K2 link I think. But I have noticed a physical characteristic shared by some Wesh, Lebanese, Palestinians, Maltese, Jews, Romanians and Greeks. That trait is the greek foot. The second toe is longer than the the first toe or big toe. It is called a Morton’s foot by pediatrists. I think it would intersting to know if that foot type is related to the K2 gene marker.

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