Found This On MSN, Irish not Celts!

[Shadows]

Follow this link for an interesting article:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-man%...A1&ocid=DELLDHP

[CelticRadio]

Amazing article Shadows, thanks for posting it.

It truly is an interesting story to follow about where our ancestors came from, if there is a link to Russia with there many red heads and Ireland too.

2000 BC is a long time ago. Love this stuff!

[munchkin5450]

This kind of stuff is so very interesting. It turns everything we think we know about the Irish culture on its ear. The scientific tools to provide this kind of information are just amazing as are the people who discover, research, & prove or disprove the theories.

[FloridaCracker]

That was a great article that highlights how developing technology increases or adds more mysteries to the past. Molecular genetics and genomics has shed light on how early Europeans interbred with Neanderthals and how Asians interbreed with Denisovans. There is no telling what we will learn of the fields of genetics and genomics continue to grow!

[RuralCrone]

I believe that the Neanderthals gave the human race red hair, green eyes, and freckles. It was in a National Geographic cover story a few years ago. I recently had my DNA tested for the NatGeo Genographic Project and I am 1.9% Neanderthal. That tickles the cockles of my little heart.

[FloridaCracker]

RuralCrone,

I have heard that hypothesis as well in regards to the green eyes and red head. It seems that the red hair hair and paler skin has to due with variant versions of the MRC1 gene. Though there hasn't been evidence to link the same variant between modern humans and Neanderthals yet. It may just be a result of convergent evolution.