Saturday, June 7, 2025

Homebound with smoke

 Staying home with the heavy smoke in the air outside although it is not swirling about yet so not as bad as two years ago but still a danger to those with chronic health conditions like asthma. It just looks hazy outside this morning but the contaminant is very real in the air. At least we got in four trips to the beach before this arrived!

Working on the matches for the brother least like me and they are interesting as overall Pincombe predominates in his matches (19 in total) but he most resembled the Pincombe line of all my siblings tested.  The other three (Buller, Blake and Rawlings) are at seven, eight and nine. We were close as small children and he taught me how to tie my oxfords when I was just four years old; I can remember that as clearly as if it was yesterday. He taught the proper way and then he taught me (when my mother wasn't watching) how to just tie the two loops as it was quicker. He was a lovely person and it was my mother who got us back together on a regular basis asking him and myself to do DNA work on the family as it interested her that we would do that. So we did testing at all the available companies at the time and collecting vast amounts of information on the family lines. He liked to hear about all the discoveries and we met several times a year in London (my home town) to discuss results. He was especially excited by the yDNA results which I said was his contribution to the family since he did not have any children. He liked that. 

Slow going once again with the first matches as a couple of them were just strange as I do not expect the results that occurred. Matches with all four of the grandparents are unlikely to occur in people I do not know and so I put them into my suspicious category although they may sort themselves because of endogamy later. But for the moment I do not trust those results particularly as more than likely endogamy but until I can prove that they remain suspicious. A few in the not sufficient even at that high level because the lengths are too short and although they do not necessarily show endogamy they could but I have the two categories and when I am sorting later I will look at them with those two thoughts in mind. A couple of new and interesting and the bulk of the matches continue to be in the British Isles proper which is not surprising given our genetic history with 100% of our ancestors being either born in England (and died there) or descendant of people all of whom were born in England although Scotland and Ireland do appear to play a role there as well but back into much earlier times in terms of Scotland and Ireland is still somewhat of a mystery although the matches with the 1772 people who went to the Carolinas with the Rev William Martin in the mitochondrial line seem to point to truth in the family lore that my maternal gramdmother's mother was Irish but descendant of Scot Planters in Northern Ireland. However my Irish genetic heritage shows up in the Irish Republic so that is interesting but gradually the proof will out itself likely. 

I did like Prime Minister Carney's comment that he was quite willing to sit Parliament through the summer. Given the present situation I think it would be the perfect solution to getting things done. So we will see how that goes. Pierre Poilievre has also stated his willingness once he is returned to Parliament with the by-election. No comment yet from the Bloc although they are pretty close to Ottawa and nothing yet from the NDP returned to parliament and not sure about the Green Party as I may have missed a few comments yesterday. 

Today continuing with the extraction of matches for the brother least like me and I expect that will be a few days. I must also think about the two newsletters and will try to get them both done this weekend. The books do dominate my thoughts to be honest. But the newsletters have been a regular item for years now and I should keep them up. 

Tea drank, solitaire puzzles completed and breakfast shortly.  

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