tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post6066450381771127053..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Grok Say 'Uff Da'Murr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-65159785921665640752019-01-16T11:30:33.787-08:002019-01-16T11:30:33.787-08:00Fascinating! I think there's a novel in here s...Fascinating! I think there's a novel in here somewhere.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28330422383327355182019-01-16T11:16:41.402-08:002019-01-16T11:16:41.402-08:00Nah. You're just cheap. :)Nah. You're just cheap. :)Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33686869399957334992019-01-16T11:16:11.465-08:002019-01-16T11:16:11.465-08:00Ooo, I hate that too. You know what else I was thi...Ooo, I hate that too. You know what else I was thinking? That there was such a push to give people DNA tests for Christmas presents--and how many dads out there were dead set against it....Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20986525417718091662019-01-16T11:14:55.414-08:002019-01-16T11:14:55.414-08:00I look at it as a slightly more upscale edition of...I look at it as a slightly more upscale edition of palm-reading.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54210618797563702942019-01-16T11:13:18.699-08:002019-01-16T11:13:18.699-08:00Gee, almost everyone finds some Ashkenazi Jew, for...Gee, almost everyone finds some Ashkenazi Jew, for some reason.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-1448502390517221102019-01-16T11:12:52.159-08:002019-01-16T11:12:52.159-08:00Maybe you're Swedish from the neck up, or some...Maybe you're Swedish from the neck up, or something, with a solid Neanderthal base.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33381106795054340572019-01-16T11:12:11.832-08:002019-01-16T11:12:11.832-08:00What the heck is it with the eyebrows? Was eyebrow...What the heck is it with the eyebrows? Was eyebrows too much to ask for?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-30571149573113353092019-01-16T11:11:38.361-08:002019-01-16T11:11:38.361-08:00See, now you HAVE to do it!See, now you HAVE to do it!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53322615006891847032019-01-16T11:11:18.891-08:002019-01-16T11:11:18.891-08:00Honestly? I think I did it for the blog post.Honestly? I think I did it for the blog post.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23304645136513108862019-01-16T10:54:27.840-08:002019-01-16T10:54:27.840-08:00My old history prof used to say you could give a N...My old history prof used to say you could give a Neanderthal a haircut, put him in a suit, hand him a briefcase and you'd never notice him on the subway. Wonder how he'd fare on e-Harmony? I sit at the 97th percentile, i.e. compared to other homo sapiens only 3% have more Neanderthal DNA than I have. Otherwise my DNA results came back pretty much as expected, with one monumental surprise.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133236228952504852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-42519095844510016422019-01-13T15:19:09.826-08:002019-01-13T15:19:09.826-08:00For me, I am Swedish all the way (defined as three...For me, I am Swedish all the way (defined as three generations) back on both sides, but my mother has passed along the rumor that some gypsy blood snuck in there somewhere. I like sticking with the mystery (and am stingy with the money - makes me grab the rumors of inconsistent results as an excuse not to plop down some dough to find the facts.)Stig Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928888078024948188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71016095324694011242019-01-13T07:02:00.735-08:002019-01-13T07:02:00.735-08:00Skin cancer? I was blaming that on my now-gone Sc...Skin cancer? I was blaming that on my now-gone Scandinavian ancestry, so now I have to just blame the Irish and UK. knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27354403659104278042019-01-12T21:14:09.708-08:002019-01-12T21:14:09.708-08:00Like some of you. I rather like being "myster...Like some of you. I rather like being "mysterious" although I do know I have recent Scandinavian lines on my mother's side. I think there may have been some German on my father's side, but they probably kept that pretty quiet in England at the time! Then again...Battenberg only "became" Mountbetten, the genes didn't change.<br />Oh I'm happy enough knowing somedinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-63913559809982940622019-01-12T20:39:28.642-08:002019-01-12T20:39:28.642-08:00On the privacy issue, you might want to read this ...On the privacy issue, you might want to read this from The Guardian:<br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/10/dna-ancestry-tests-cheap-data-price-companies-23andme<br /><br />On the validity issue, knittergran's comment is right on the money. As more people contribute their DNA samples, the results for other individuals may change.<br /><br />I read an illuminating article jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50725882915207157352019-01-12T18:56:55.990-08:002019-01-12T18:56:55.990-08:00Strictly North Carolina Scots-Irish-English, me, a...Strictly North Carolina Scots-Irish-English, me, as pasty as they come. Probably a pack of librarians involved. And I was longing for some exotic tidbit in my DNA, but there was nary a jot. One probably must pay more for exotic.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81443891634908680162019-01-12T18:52:44.034-08:002019-01-12T18:52:44.034-08:00Now I'm wondering just how much Swedish is in ...Now I'm wondering just how much Swedish is in me, but I can't be spending money on any testing. I'm not tall and blonde though, being of the short chunky variety, with strong bones, so maybe a smidge of Neanderthal. I may look into just exactly how much $$$ I have to spend to find out for sure. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89688111739448226172019-01-12T11:56:45.053-08:002019-01-12T11:56:45.053-08:00This was from Ancestry; they didn't send an up...This was from Ancestry; they didn't send an update. I just got curious one day and looked at the results again and the page explained the changes. knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53532709038422167682019-01-12T11:10:38.251-08:002019-01-12T11:10:38.251-08:00 I did the same thing and I end up pasty past whit... I did the same thing and I end up pasty past white Scandinavian and English and Welsh and..... very very boring but I have no eyebrows. Gosh I was hoping for some real excitement..... Jerry did his too...aDecemberGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070382700540097142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37397113879394208992019-01-12T11:06:17.639-08:002019-01-12T11:06:17.639-08:00I'm like Elephant's Child, above. I don&#...I'm like Elephant's Child, above. I don't want to be disabused of the family's legend of being part "Black Irish", i.e., "Another theory of the origin of the term 'Black Irish' is that these people were descendants of Spanish traders who settled in Ireland and even descendants of the few Spanish sailors who were washed up on the west coast of Ireland after Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85750948570982202722019-01-12T10:50:26.363-08:002019-01-12T10:50:26.363-08:00This is something I have not done. I like mystery...This is something I have not done. I like mystery. Perhaps because they are often more appealing (to those with a VERY fertile imagination) than fact. Pretty certain most of me would fit the pasty faced description though).Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23821213126317633642019-01-12T09:39:02.822-08:002019-01-12T09:39:02.822-08:00No, that ain't right. Do they send you updates...No, that ain't right. Do they send you updates, then?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-6535989071596426812019-01-12T09:38:29.147-08:002019-01-12T09:38:29.147-08:00Did you know (interesting tidbit) that the probabl...Did you know (interesting tidbit) that the probable reason there are so many large animals left in Africa is that they evolved along with us and learned to fear us? And when we spread out around the globe, we were able to walk up to any local megafauna and club them on the head. Extinct.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53795571803364355752019-01-12T09:36:32.279-08:002019-01-12T09:36:32.279-08:00Well I am. I am a proud Neanderthal-American.Well I am. I am a proud Neanderthal-American.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18537466971342727952019-01-12T07:11:51.228-08:002019-01-12T07:11:51.228-08:00Don't get too tied to your Norwegian roots. I...Don't get too tied to your Norwegian roots. I was 27% Scandinavian until this year, when I am no longer. Seems that as more and more testing is done on more and more people, things change. Now I'm not even 1% Scandinavian---and when I was there two years ago, I kept seeing people who looked like me, could have been "my people," but now they aren't. knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-56312715207854350512019-01-12T05:41:05.396-08:002019-01-12T05:41:05.396-08:00Fascinating, ain't it? I have some Irish, too,...Fascinating, ain't it? I have some Irish, too, but there is no direct lineage unless you go way way back on my Icelandic bits. Then again if you go back fifty thousand or one hundred thousand years ago we are all African. Technically, we are all African-American in this country if taken that far. There are some folks who wouldn't take too kindly to that notion, though.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01171465643644263860noreply@blogger.com