What is your weather like ... today

[j.w]

Sun was out here this morning and then the fog rolled in.....getting thicker by the minute! Only mid 30's and 22 tonight.

Sissy, think they can get DNA from bones/fossils in area's of the world and also take samples from people known to have continued to live in the same area for many generations for comparisons.

Taken from: http://www.amnh.org/...ord-of-the-past

Inherited History

You inherit half of your DNA from your mother and half from your father. Before the DNA is passed to the next generation, it gets recombined, or shuffled--that's what makes each person unique. But two chunks of DNA--mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome--break the rule. They never get shuffled, so from generation to generation they remain unchanged. As a result, scientists can use them to look millions of years into the past.

Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA passes from a mother to all her children, but only the daughters pass it to the next generation. Experts can trace female ancestry by studying patterns of mutations in mitochondrial DNA. Some of the mutations happened millions of years ago, others more recently.

 

[sissy]

hope they are not going around digging up my relatives sure would not want those looney's around .Geeze I don't want to be related to them either ,except my mothers mom and pop ,my fathers mom and pop were nutty Germans ,no offense to any German people ,but meant them once and that was enough for me .I tried to like them but that was hard to do .Nasty people that hated everyone including there own children and grandchildren

 

[CountryEscape]

Oh, man, that's really sad, Sissy, about your father's parents!!! I'm German and take no offense. Sometimes people are just so hateful and crazy, it's best to never be around them, no matter if they are family or not.
I also learned (through my job) that when people die now, they automatically take DNA samples. Not sure how long this has been done, but found out about 10 years ago. We had a parentage case, just getting ready to file it, and the alleged father was killed in an auto accident. We found out AFTER he was buried. Called the funeral home and they said no problem, they had DNA sample, just needed the appropriate court Order and DNA kit info of where to send sample to.

 

[taherrmann4]

5 for a low tonight with gusts up 25 mph so a low of -10 with wind chill.

 

[sissy]

Oh, man, that's really sad, Sissy, about your father's parents!!! I'm German and take no offense. Sometimes people are just so hateful and crazy, it's best to never be around them, no matter if they are family or not.
I also learned (through my job) that when people die now, they automatically take DNA samples. Not sure how long this has been done, but found out about 10 years ago. We had a parentage case, just getting ready to file it, and the alleged father was killed in an auto accident. We found out AFTER he was buried. Called the funeral home and they said no problem, they had DNA sample, just needed the appropriate court Order and DNA kit info of where to send sample to.

I know that it has only been the last any where from 5 to 12 years and that depends on what state you live in .I found that out when I got all the records from my fathers safety deposit boxes and found some really shocking news that my blood type does not match either one of my parents and also found out my mom was married before .She was closed to around 30 when she married my dad in Baltimore Maryland and can't really read the certificate because it is so damaged and faded .I may even have a twin dead or alive I have no clue as I was 7/7 and the other one I can barely read says 7/6 .The hospital I was born at back then had the records room in it and hospital burned to the ground .I only get bits and pieces of info and don't know which are right and which are wrong .Tried Baltimore records but the found no marriage records for my parents .So it all could be fake .I am still going through stuff yet when I get the nerve up ,not sure I really want to know ,I am happy with what I knew before I got this stuff .My memories fade with each thing I find .I do know my father was registered as a shaker and my mother a quaker . secrets are scarey ,I don't want to know them any more . :sad:

 

[CountryEscape]

Sissy, can you explain what a "Shaker" and "Quaker" is? I just read a book and they referred to people that called themselves Quakers, and they were helping Negros be freed from slavery states. Have not heard that Quaker reference for many years, probably since I was in grade school, so wondering now what a Quaker is!

 

[sissy]

Quakers is close to Amish and some cases intermixed and Shakers are Germans who came to America and swore celibacy and did not marry .But that was not the greatest because they were known as hard workers and made all kinds of furniture and cabinet work .Could explain why my dad got married later in life .Thats why you here shaker cabinets shaker furniture .Quakers and Amish were Dutch in some cases .Not sure how my mom left the community or much about her first hubby except his name or what I think is his name .Quakers are not quite as stern as Amish people but the intermingled because they were so close in there ideas .Hard for me to say since parents took us out of that life when i was 4 and moved to NJ and how my mom and dad meant and got married no clue .They told us some because of my mothers mom and pop and help us understand the rules when we visited them ,they also were ostracized from the community because the family did not follow the rules .But they were nice but strict

 

[sissy]

Children were to be seen and not heard and minded your manners when elders were around .The cane and switch were what you got whipped with if you spoke .

 

[HARO]

hope they are not going around digging up my relatives sure would not want those looney's around .Geeze I don't want to be related to them either ,except my mothers mom and pop ,my fathers mom and pop were nutty Germans ,no offense to any German people ,but meant them once and that was enough for me .I tried to like them but that was hard to do .Nasty people that hated everyone including there own children and grandchildren

Aren't you glad you're not in that society anymore?
John (Another sour old Kraut) :grumble:

 

[sissy]

yep very strict and organized .Like you are a robot or under mind control /not that I have much of a mind left

 

[brandonsdad02]

Had a low of minus 2 this morning. Pond is still doing good for now. Got 1500 watt heater plugged in tonight. The bog has froze. Not sure how it happened because the waterfall is still doing good. Just went out to check on it today after work and the bog was filled to the very top and the spillway back into the pond was frozen solid. Going to let the heater run for a few days to see if I can get more open water.

 

[sissy]

You will need to hope for sun and a rise in temps

 

[mtpond]

Sorry to here that sissy. I'm German also and my grandparents were good to me.

 

[callingcolleen1]

I am half German, did not get to see my dads parents, but if they were like him, no loss there....

I got real cool fairy houses and I am so excited I can't hardly wait for spring! I am going to have them out for Easter maybe if it is nice! Just look at all the second hand junk I got for cheap!!
JuNk aLwaYs looks GREAT in the GaRdEn!

 

[mtpond]

Low of 24F tonight and high of 37F tomorrow. Bottom of the pond still running 38.3 F- 38.8. Pond still frozen over 90 % so haven't seen my fish in some time. Staying lighter longer so I know spring is coming. :banana: