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Subject: [DNA-R1B1C7] R1b1c7 on the Continent?
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:47:43 +0000
The other day someone sent me a website about Newgrange in which it was stated that it was "the oldest roofed structure in Europe." Or something like that. If I recall correctly (I am several thousand miles away from my files) the oldest structures in Ireland and Europe are the Carrowmore complex and some nearby tombs in Sligo. My point is, I don't think Oppenheimer should be dismissed out of hand. Perhaps R1b1c7 did spread from west to east. Surely there were Irish contigents fighting in the European wars long before theWild Geese. There are Scotts in Sligo today who can trace their name to the Anglo/Norman Berminghams, one of whom went from Sligo in the late 1200s or early 1300s to fight for his king in Scotland (and presumably took local soldiers with him). when he came back he was known as "the Albanach" which became the family name, and later was Anglicized to Scott. Names surely are not definitive when discussing the early spread of a haplogroup.
As for the Brune (QVDQ9) in Germany who is 35/37 with my Byrne Northwest Modal and 34/37 with thee Northwest Irish Modal, though he is unaware of any Irish ties--well, the striking similarity in names may not be definitive but it certainly is interesting.
Paul Burns (pronouced "Brunes" by many here in Mexico)
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