From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Aug 12 09:38:51 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7CFcpjb027107; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:38:51 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7CFcpSZ007814 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:38:51 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7CCxNFI032118 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:59:23 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7CCxNDP032117 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:59:23 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7CB7oFI031855 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:07:50 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7CDl7cq016312 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:47:07 -0600 X-Envelope-From: drewsmithtpa@gmail.com Sat Aug 12 07:47:07 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7CDl7jb016303 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:47:07 -0600 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.227]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7CDl6C5023170 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:47:07 -0600 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t4so139500wxc for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:47:08 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:x-mimeole:in-reply-to:thread-index; b=AdfysnVGdavPxeVPcEiY7xc2ZdNePlFREVDasxUcx+njZP6dQEkRuSIDqgDb14nlh1P09ydrF4cvJV748v1J6TrVlSmeKhAH9tX430AFDJy+AF+HF9/lX08Q8o2MSmTUX+ySXdO/oxXs8dTOPot1fGWpP/a7JiXwDAs0K2/sCj8= Received: by 10.70.99.11 with SMTP id w11mr6753395wxb; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:47:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Drew ( [70.126.18.234]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id i36sm4681820wxd.2006.08.12.06.47.06; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:47:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Drew Smith" To: "'Sondra Prowett'" , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] INTERESTING MITROCHONDRIA SEARCH Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:47:06 -0400 Message-ID: <007401c6be15$cda410f0$640fa8c0@Drew> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 In-Reply-To: <006f01c6bdeb$79a15be0$6601a8c0@Yoda> Thread-Index: Aca98IbrjZLht3/xR+eN7mMQve7gywAI8fKQ X-Spam-Score: 1.958 (*) BAYES_00,RCVD_BY_IP,RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sondra wrote: "The only problem I've had with the programs on PBS lately that deal with DNA was the one that they did on one of their shows about the Da Vinci Code. It's the show that has kind of an 'in search of' premise. I can't remember the host or the name of the show off the top of my head. Normally I really like it, the guy travels all around the world and explores different topics through science and history. This particular show was set to discover if the Morovingian (spellings probably wrong *BG*) Kings in France were REALLY, possibly related to Christ." I think you're talking about a History Channel (not PBS) show: an episode of "Digging for the Truth" entitled "The Da Vinci Code: Bloodlines", hosted by Josh Bernstein. Bernstein tested the DNA of Aregund, wife of Merovingian ruler Clotaire I (which, as you pointed out, wouldn't tell us anything about the ancestors of the earlier Merovingians themselves). But let's not blame PBS for the History Channel's poor science. Drew Smith