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07/29/2009: The Fighting Irish; is it in the Genes? Print E-mail
Wednesday, 29 July 2009 17:38

Apparently Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley both trace their Y-DNA back to Niall of the Nine Hostages, the 4th or 5th century Irish warlord who supposedly created one of the dominant strains of Irish DNA signatures because he had so many offspring.  Here is a link to the story in Irish Central, an online Irish blog and newsletter.