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Subject: [DNA-R1B1C7] What's the connection here?
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:55:27 +0000


John,
Unfortunately, the sole Burns R1b1c7 who is 447=24 is almost certainly of Scots ancestry. We can't trace him back across the ocean, but he has a good paper trail back to a David Burns who owned the land on which the White House is situated. George Washington referred to him as "that canny Scot" (George was too gentlemanly to use the 'F' word) when describing his negotiations to purchase the property.
Paul


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