"Who were the
> Picts?"

The original inhabitants of England, Scotland, Ireland and outlying islands,
before the invading Celts, and others. They had ancient Kings, etc. It is
felt that a great deal of their genetics survived. Especially the women's.
There is an ongoing project in England to analyze bones from an ancient
Pictish burial ground.

Janet Crain



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hobbs" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Origins of Red Hair in the UK


> Very interesting information. And now, the $64 question, "Who were the
> Picts?"
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Hobbs
>
>
> Paul Drake wrote:
>
>>FYI: Courtesy of Teresa Del Rios of El Salvador.  Paul Drake JD
>>
>>Subject: Origins of Red Hair in the UK
>>
>>Some of you might be interested in the several paras, below, which I've
>>taken from an article which appeared in a leading UK national daily
>>newspaper on 6 June.
>>
>>"According to David Miles, a research fellow at Oxford University, the
>>first people to inhabit the British Isles had flame coloured hair and
>>pale, freckled skin. Archaeologist Mr Miles claims Scots can trace their
>>ancestors back to the red-headed nomads who arrived  in UK more than
>>14000 years ago. He said the first settlers came to Britain in about
>>12000 BC from parts of what are now Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark.
>>He added that these original hunter-gatherers would have been relatively
>>tall with very little body fat, athletic and would have had red hair.
>>Scotland has the highest percentage of redheads in the world, with some
>>estimates suggesting they make up as much as 13 % of the population.
>>
>>Mr Miles believes 80% of the genetic characterist! ics of the average
>>white Briitish person can be traced to the first human settlers of the Ice
>>Age The other 20% derive from the Celts who he believes were a Semitic
>>race of farmers from Syria and Israel. These settlers had become a
>>population of millions before the arrival of the Vikings and other
>>incomers. Mr Miles said that subsequent invaders like the Anglo-Saxons,
>>Romans
>>and the Normans had very little genetic impact Their impact was largely
>>cultural and linguistic".
>>
>>Mr Miles has expounded his ideas in a book, The Tribes of Britain,
>>based on a science apparently known as "archeogenetics".
>>
>>To my mind the most interesting of Mr Miles remarks concern the Celts
>>who, he believes, were a Semitic race of farmers from Syria and Israel.
>>I've always speculated that my E3b Haplogroup (centrered in the Eastern
>>Mediterranean area) was the result of a Roman soldier's dalliance with
>>a Border wench whilst the soldier was part of the Hadrian Wall
>>garrisons. I now take back that speculation. That Haplogroup
>>classification
>>seems no longer to be at odds with my red hair (when much younger) and
>>pale skin of the so-called typical Celt.
>>
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