Comments on: Me, myself, and Myanmar

By: pconroy

pconroy — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:54:37 +0000

Razib,
This is a fantastic analysis of your heritage using DNA. I’ll have to look into doing the same for mine over the weekend.

By: KJS

KJS — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:51:15 +0000

Dear Rajib,
Where can we get a check like this done in India? What might be the cost? $1000?

By: Kiwiguy

Kiwiguy — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:02:57 +0000

OT, but the ‘The 10,000 Year Explosion’ just got reviewed (positively) in the prestigious Financial Times.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e3465a8a-19e1-11e0-b921-00144feab49a.html

By: Razib Khan

Razib Khan — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:59:11 +0000

Any chance that East Asian component is from ruling islamic mogul?

possible. though the ratio of “east asian” in the burmese communities likely high in any case. i assume i have some line of descent from a turk within the last 500 years, but i doubt it was that much.

By: ohwilleke

ohwilleke — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:58:57 +0000

Thank you for your candor that really gives life to an otherwise clinical discussion. Your conjectures seem to be on point.

By: AG

AG — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:33:50 +0000

Any chance that East Asian component is from ruling islamic mogul?

By: Roger Bigod

Roger Bigod — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:39:14 +0000

My goodness, we R1a guys get around. The highest density of my surname (not really Bigod) is in Shropshire, the limit of Anglo-Saxon conquest around 800 CE. The Immigrant in Virginia may have been born in London in 1746. Or a farm boy in NW England who hopped on a boat.