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DNA: UK Ancestry 25,000 years ago in Persia

2023-12-052023-12-05Rob CathyLeave a Comment

My DNA ancestry test revealed that many of the people who consider their ancestry to be in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and coastal Spain, actually originated from the Persian Plateau area of the Middle East, about 25,000 years ago! This northward migration happened as the Ice Age was receding and plants and animals were being […]

Wikivoyage – makes travel guides obsolete

2023-10-122023-10-13Rob CathyLeave a Comment

Wikipedia has a sister site called Wikivoyage for travelers. The more I use Wikivoyage to investigate and plan travel destinations, the more I realize my old faithful paper travel guides, like Lonely Planet, Frommer’s Guide, etc. are now obsolete! The whole world is at your fingertips. It’s better than TripAdvisor because it is not trying […]

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DNA: UK Ancestry 25,000 years ago in Persia

Wikivoyage – makes travel guides obsolete

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