English, Danish, Irish, Scottish, French

We have had our DNA analyzed several times by the National Geographic Society's "Genographic Project" and by 23andMe.  Lynn has considerably more recognizable groups than I do.  Somebody commented that with migration and air travel and all, the association between certain locations and groups of people is getting lost more and more.  France is more associated with the Latin countries and language than the others I have listed in the title but it is still European, if not that Germanic. My grandfather told me there is a family story that a law in France required a first son to join the army and a second son to become a priest. A 2nd son did not want to join the priesthood and emigrated to the US.

I got started on much of my ancestor interest when the local paper had a map of my home state that included my family name.  I have read some books on human ancestry and one of them that stuck with me most was "The 10,000 Explosion" by Cochran and Harpending.

I realize that the story is that humans came from the development of primates but I like to say my ancestors are blue-green algae and cockroaches.