From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Aug 12 16:28:32 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 k7CMSWjb000331; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:28:32 -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 k7CMSDJB016329 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:28:13 -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 k7CJmjFI001942 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:48:45 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7CJmjNx001941 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:48:45 -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 k7CI7bFI001750 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:07:37 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7CKktVd029916 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:46:55 -0600 X-Envelope-From: drewsmithtpa@gmail.com Sat Aug 12 14:46:55 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 k7CKktjb029907 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:46:55 -0600 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.226]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7CKktxg012327 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:46:55 -0600 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t4so192417wxc for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:46:56 -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=k3hm3ViSC6TmwL28O3bgu0baKpLGNTOaJ4nvZ32VQkyaKD3sIBCtyfxAp8U4PFZUf5Xi0UZJ0jh8lht+v8mX9yL9KHEpzbtd4becAqAxccP7xwJ8n48P2a2UILcOP2eF2c4heq2sFKLU3QBsKHJkuPueoNnSCMV5dVxeBCCdizs= Received: by 10.70.99.9 with SMTP id w9mr5078083wxb; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:46:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Drew ( [70.126.18.234]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h35sm3661763wxd.2006.08.12.13.46.54; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:46:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "Drew Smith" To: "'Sondra Prowett'" , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] INTERESTING MITROCHONDRIA SEARCH Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:46:55 -0400 Message-ID: <00ed01c6be50$73367e10$640fa8c0@Drew> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 In-Reply-To: <004a01c6be3b$ffba86c0$6601a8c0@Yoda> Thread-Index: Aca+TY306FRALdmUQDKjcC7EP+ve+AAAsBrQ 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, I can't claim a good memory. I had to go searching online for the info. ::grin:: Drew -----Original Message----- From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com [mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sondra Prowett Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 2:20 PM To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] INTERESTING MITROCHONDRIA SEARCH 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 >