> Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
>> On 21.1.2008 Mark J. Reed wrote:
>> > Joseph Fatula wrote:
>> > > > The idea that someone's ancestors, back three
>> > > > generations, would be almost entirely from the country
>> > > > you live in now, seems so odd to me.
>> >
>> > Really? I would imagine it's the norm over most of
>> > the world.
>>
>> Certainly. In fact North America and Australia are probably
>> the chief exceptions.
>
> Probably so.
>
> Some studies in Britain have shown the same DNA hanging around in some
> rural communities from way back in the Bronze Age - predating the
> Romans and also BTW even pre-dating the supposed arrival the 'Celts'
> (for which there is no good archaeological evidence - but that's
> another story.
>
> One line of my ancestry has been traced back to the 14th century. Not
> only did they all live in England - they all lived in the _same
> location_: around Horsham in West Sussex. See:
>
http://127.0.0.1/MyWeb/Personal/Voice.html
>
> My Dad's paternal grandfather moved down to London from East Bradenham
> in Norfolk in the 19th century (that's Norfolk, UK, of course!). I bet
> if I trace this line back further I shall find that Browns have been
> living in that part of Norfolk for centuries :)
>
>