Joerg and I live about 10 miles apart, we are not near the evacuation area and the fire is moving in the other direction.

On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:42:45 AM UTC-4, jeff.li...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Oh-oh. I might be related to Tom. I ran a DNA test in 2016(?). The
> test declared that I had ancestors mostly from eastern Europe, but
> also from China (Mongol?). I have reason to believe that there may
> have been errors and am tempted to try again.

It may be worthwhile to just wait a bit and re-check the results. I know a guy who says
his ancestry "changed" after a year or so. I guess the company's data got updated.

But the territory of Poland did suffer many invasions - Mongols, Tartars, Swedes, etc. etc.
I'm not surprised that some of those invaders found ways of leaving genetic evidence.

- Frank Krygowski

On 9/12/2022 9:33 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:42:45 AM UTC-4, jeff.li...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Oh-oh. I might be related to Tom. I ran a DNA test in 2016(?). The
>> test declared that I had ancestors mostly from eastern Europe, but
>> also from China (Mongol?). I have reason to believe that there may
>> have been errors and am tempted to try again.
>
> It may be worthwhile to just wait a bit and re-check the results. I know a guy who says
> his ancestry "changed" after a year or so. I guess the company's data got updated.
>
> But the territory of Poland did suffer many invasions - Mongols, Tartars, Swedes, etc. etc.
> I'm not surprised that some of those invaders found ways of leaving genetic evidence.
>
> - Frank Krygowski
>

Which is why families of Ashkenazi refer to 'the old
country' without naming it. Bessarabia, Moldava, Rus,
Byelorussia and on and on.

--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 8:57:06 a.m. UTC-4, William Crowell wrote:
> Joerg and I live about 10 miles apart, we are not near the evacuation area and the fire is moving in the other direction.

Thank you very much for that reply. I'm glad that you are both safe and that the danger is moving away from you.

Cheers

On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:33:41 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 9/12/2022 9:33 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:42:45 AM UTC-4, jeff.li...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh-oh. I might be related to Tom. I ran a DNA test in 2016(?). The
>>> test declared that I had ancestors mostly from eastern Europe, but
>>> also from China (Mongol?). I have reason to believe that there may
>>> have been errors and am tempted to try again.
>>
>> It may be worthwhile to just wait a bit and re-check the results. I know a guy who says
>> his ancestry "changed" after a year or so. I guess the company's data got updated.
>>
>> But the territory of Poland did suffer many invasions - Mongols, Tartars, Swedes, etc. etc.
>> I'm not surprised that some of those invaders found ways of leaving genetic evidence.
>>
>> - Frank Krygowski

>Which is why families of Ashkenazi refer to 'the old
>country' without naming it. Bessarabia, Moldava, Rus,
>Byelorussia and on and on.

True. My parents, relatives and friends always referred to Poland
without mentioning the name. There's a complex story behind that
habit.

Over the centuries, the name has changed many times and meant
different things to each cultural group or invader. At one time,
Poland was a major power in eastern Europe. At four times in the
past, it was partitioned between the neighboring states and ceased to
exist as an independent country:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitions_of_Poland>
Using a politically incorrect name for the country was a very bad
idea. Using the former name for the country was considered a serious
crime. After the various partitions, if someone even mentioned
"Poland" or any of its previous names, they were considered to be a
nationalist revolutionary and were arrested for sedition. Therefore
everyone including the Jews, made it a habit of not using the name of
the old country lest they irritate the rulers. Note that "old" does
did not always mean the country from where they had emmigrated, but
more commonly meant the former name of the country.

"The Many Different Names of Poland"
<https://culture.pl/en/article/the-many-different-names-of-poland>

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