tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post7933941770883615077..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Who do you think you are? By Sue PurkissMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-64212547846086162682012-08-17T08:32:31.883+01:002012-08-17T08:32:31.883+01:00Yes - it gave him a lot of kudos as a history teac...Yes - it gave him a lot of kudos as a history teacher!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-79369467194166738842012-08-17T08:29:26.315+01:002012-08-17T08:29:26.315+01:00I read about this in the papers when it happened. ...I read about this in the papers when it happened. It's a fascinating story - and you KNOW this guy! Wow! Living history.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-12184907203233463952012-08-16T21:50:56.398+01:002012-08-16T21:50:56.398+01:00Wow, makes me glad I've had a child to pass my...Wow, makes me glad I've had a child to pass my DNA onAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016379786798060395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-22359826433596568092012-08-16T20:14:08.762+01:002012-08-16T20:14:08.762+01:00What a great story!What a great story!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-61823449136697679252012-08-16T17:05:33.265+01:002012-08-16T17:05:33.265+01:00Thanks, Sue and everyone - yes, it's really in...Thanks, Sue and everyone - yes, it's really interesting how the mapping of DNA is changing ideas about who and where we came from.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-38082103409993484262012-08-16T16:46:00.795+01:002012-08-16T16:46:00.795+01:00Cheddar Sir? Such a remarkable tale, Sue, especial...Cheddar Sir? Such a remarkable tale, Sue, especially with the Stonehenge time point that Kath's added. The West/East UK DNA studies of poulation movement sound fascinating too - where was the article?<br /><br />As for such skulls? They remind me of the imprisoned Wayland Smith sending the king his gift of two drinking cups made from the skulls of the proud young princes.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-14374301267153047632012-08-16T15:53:35.786+01:002012-08-16T15:53:35.786+01:00Not if he has sisters, who've had children, Fr...Not if he has sisters, who've had children, Frances - it would march on into the future with them.<br />Thanks for reminding me of this, Sue. DNA is reviewing quite a lot of history. I was reading recently that the idea that 'the welsh were driven into the west by invading Saxons' isn't borne out by DNA research. It seems that the East/West divide goes back to Britain's earliest inhabitants.<br />It seems that the 'African diaspora' came up through Europe in two ways. One crossed to Britain from somewhere near Spain, and colonised the West - the other crossed from somewhere in Denmark or Germany (across the land bridge) and colonised the East. Stone Age people tended to hug the coast, because marshes were full of food: birds, eels, fish etc.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-17995491132432796402012-08-16T11:59:24.984+01:002012-08-16T11:59:24.984+01:00Sadly, if it's mitrochondrial DNA, he'll b...Sadly, if it's mitrochondrial DNA, he'll be the last in this particular line of descendantsfrances thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717833251829537628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81285101350823536072012-08-16T10:17:27.018+01:002012-08-16T10:17:27.018+01:00Yes, Kath, I think that's quite a favoured the...Yes, Kath, I think that's quite a favoured theory. They've found skulls shaped into bowls, belonging to children as well as adults - so they think this may well have been a way of honouring the dead. Thanks for the detail about Stonehenge - it really is difficult to imagine 9000 years, isn't it? Helpful to have points of comparison.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-54187286954879521722012-08-16T08:38:51.019+01:002012-08-16T08:38:51.019+01:00And long, long before Stonehenge (unless you count...And long, long before Stonehenge (unless you count the massive wooden posts on the site that date to 8000 BC.) Sue, this story gives me a shiver down the spine. What a sense of belonging to the place Adrian Targett must feel! I wonder if the cannibalism may have been ritual, honouring the dead rather than desecrating them? But who knows. Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66208239185324379612012-08-16T07:13:38.366+01:002012-08-16T07:13:38.366+01:00Wow, Sue, what a mind-boggling story. And you tell...Wow, Sue, what a mind-boggling story. And you tell it so well. Imagine tracing your ancestor back 9000 years! Thank you for sharing this. Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.com