From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Aug 12 14:25:47 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 k7CKPljb017093; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:25:47 -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 k7CKPjQk002570 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:25:45 -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 k7CHkFFI001694 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:46:15 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7CHkFBl001693 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:46:15 -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 k7CFfEFI001433 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:41:14 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7CIKYlX007208 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:20:34 -0600 X-Envelope-From: sdm.prowett@gmail.com Sat Aug 12 12:20:34 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 k7CIKYjb007192 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:20:34 -0600 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.232]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7CIKU2B018061 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:20:31 -0600 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t4so174782wxc for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:20:31 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:from:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole; b=CtBoIAcIhh1+F7FIVfGLjogZKFRQ2mZA1/kQXr33N0Ilruwyv5OJS8gLspGDr/ipV/uKsfeODU6S+lHy82eVnvNTtF9Jv6hX3EHnIjjRWUY8Auqn9aUP7w+7rYQnok2PtF63wFZny2lUEhftdoEnXnIw18OiGpotQL9xtScmLak= Received: by 10.70.52.5 with SMTP id z5mr7171443wxz; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:20:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Yoda ( [64.146.135.196]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id i19sm753572wxd.2006.08.12.11.20.29; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <004a01c6be3b$ffba86c0$6601a8c0@Yoda> From: "Sondra Prowett" To: References: <007401c6be15$cda410f0$640fa8c0@Drew> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] INTERESTING MITROCHONDRIA SEARCH Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:20:24 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2905 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Spam-Score: 1.293 (*) BAYES_00,RCVD_BY_IP,RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 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 Thanks for the correction Drew! LOL You are right. It was frustrating because I wanted to jump through the TV and shake the producers for the fallacious logic they were using. Good memory! Sondra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Smith" To: "'Sondra Prowett'" ; Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:47 AM Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] INTERESTING MITROCHONDRIA SEARCH > 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 >