Re: OT Ethnotypes WAS Re: FWD [OT but interesting]....

Quoting Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>:

> I think it's neat how many people (at least here in the States -- don't
> know about the rest of the world) are of such mixed heritage. I'm 1/2
> Portuguese, 1/4 German, 1/8 French, 1/16 Irish, 1/32 Scottish and 1/32
> Welsh. :)
One of the most important things that America and Australia share is
the legacy of being immigrant countries.

My uncle has done considerable research into our family tree. There
isn't a lot that isn't Wales/Ireland/Scotland/England, however.

The Morgan family came to Australia from the Welsh/English border
(Shropshire) via London, during the Ballarat goldrush. My mother's
ancestors were among the people kicked off the north of Scotland to
make way for the sheep. There is a theory - to explain my own and my
grandfather's relatively dark skin - that I have some unofficial
Spanish ancestry, probably via someone who was shipwrecked and
stranded in northern Scotland on account of the Armada.

Adrian.