The advent of cheap genetic sequencing has given birth to a burgeoning ancestry industry. But before you pay to spit in a tube,let me give you a few facts for freeSometimes I get asked whether I’m related to the powerful physicist Ernest Rutherford. His discoveries about the atomic nucleus gave birth to physics in the 20th century. He is the father of nuclear physics, with labs and atoms named after him.
I’m not related to him. I can reveal however that I am a direct descendent of someone of similar greatness: Charlemagne, and Carolingian King of the Franks,Holy Roman Emperor, the powerful European conciliator. Quelle surprise!Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com