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Bloodhail

This song from the Album: Deathconsciousness by Have a Nice Life is about The Death of Marat. A journalist and a political influencer during the Reign of Terror. He was part of one of the most extreme factions within the Jacobin Club during the French Revolution.

His writings and speeches fueled the September Massacres of 1792, driven by fears of counter-revolutionaries and the advance of Prussian and Austrian forces into France after the overthrown of the French monarchy.

This is beautiful Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont, know as The Angel of Assassination (L'ange de L'assassinat). She held Marat responsible for the September Massacres of 1792 which was one the most violent period during the French Revolution when radical Jacobins murdered in cold-blood half the prison population in Paris.

Of those who were massacred, 72% were non-political prisoners including forgers of galley convicts (slaves), common criminals, nobles, women and children. And 17% were Catholic priests and the Swiss guards protecting the Churches.

Many hailed her action as a heroine. At her trial she said: "I killed one man to save France". She was executed by her actions but she remains as one of the most bravest women of the Girondin faction. She was considered by many as "The Second Joan of Arc".

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Condolences to Those Affected by Texas' Devastating Flash-floods

I am so sad to see the terrible destruction caused by the floods in Texas. And New Mexico. And Virginia is in the path of another aggressive rainfall.

I am don't live in Texas, or have family or closed friends to me that are in Texas however I am sending support and condolences to everyone that lost family, friends or anyone that suffered during that terrible tragedy.

The story about the children that lost their lives at the campground was the most heartbreaking 💔

I sent a small but sincere donation from my heart. Any help is help that can impact entire communities.

The devastation is unbelievable and certainly a lot of people are displaced or homeless. Many have lost everything. The situation is dire, and people are desperate for aid. They need help to recover and survive after that horrible natural disaster.

Here are two funds and several independent campaigns via GoFundMe General Relief and GoFundMe Non-Profit. You can also donate directly to the GoFundMe Floor Relief.

It's definitely the effects of La Niña weather pattern. More floods are expected in other States. So it's important to prepare and exercise precaution.

⚠️ If you're in a flood zone, avoid venturing into the wilderness or driving during heavy rainfall or near flooded areas. Instead, find higher ground and stay away from rivers, lakes, or any bodies of water. These are the main pathways for runoff, and floodwaters often accumulate there quickly

🌧️ If you're in a flood zone, seek shelter immediately. Create an escape plan and identify designated evacuation routes in your area. If you live near a river, evacuate as early as possible to avoid rising waters. Stay tuned to local news and follow instructions from emergency services and first responders.

🧰 Prepare your emergency kit—include essentials like food, water, medications, and flashlights. Consider purchasing flotation devices in case of unexpected flooding.

🐾 And don't forget your furry babies! Make sure your pets are part of your emergency plan. Please do not leave them behind—they depend on you to stay safe. 🙏

Sending love and support and I hope everyone is safe.

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My mtDNA Journey Part III

I'm 3 DNA tests and 3 results combined got me to the end of this research.

I must say of all of the DNA platforms 23andMe has been the most accurate with the most comprehensive detailed results. I was able to find relatives and closed family traced back to my great-grandmother's relatives and up to my 11th cousins.

I had mixed and inconsistent results from other DNA sites but I am only trying to compare data so I can extract the haplogroups that connect me to those ancient distant relatives.

After doing a full trace of my mtDNA haplogroups groups I conclude that I am not the descendant of Latin Americans that migrated to Europe, but I instead from Europeans that migrated to America and Latin America possibly escaping wars in Europe. I don't believe they went to the new world to settle into new colonies.

Given the fact that the large majority of my maternal haplogroups are mostly European and a huge percentage of my haplogroups are connected back to several European royal houses and monarchies instead of just settlers from Europe that came to America searching for new land. However in contrast to my paternal side, I do see a lot of English, Irish-Scottish migrants that came to America as settlers, some of them before the colonies and some of them came in the Mayflower.

Going back to my mtDNA, I do see in the migration path from my maternal haplogroup's connections to Latin American that goes far back to haplogroups N -> R0 -> finally ended in A2 Haplogroup (since I do have Mesoamerica ancestry in my DNA results) and that's when I started writing about my discoveries in my blog: My mtDNA Journey Part I and My mtDNA Ancestral Discoveries - Part II

I'm a descendant of Europeans monarchs. It's impossible for me to ignore the long list of Haplogroups connecting me to different royal houses in Europe.

Who was or were the women in my ancestral bloodline that disconnected from Europe and went to America is something I cannot reveal since I need to have a degree or certainty to finally conclude she or they were the missing link and my great great great grandmother. She could possibly be of Spanish-German descent.

However she and I are connected to her same H Haplogroups that are all over my DNA sequences, which are a lot, 65+ different combinations from H to HV9a. I will start with H and H1 given that's the one connected to my oldest ancestry.

H, H1, H1a Haplogroup: The House of Garsenda 👑

The House of Garsenda refers to a matrilineal dynasty traced through Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier (c. 1180 – c. 1242/1257). She was a powerful noblewoman in Provence, France in the 13th century. Her husband, Alfonso II, was the second son of the King of Aragon, whose territories included parts of northeastern Spain. 

The House of Garsenda is considered to have produced more European kings and queens than any other dynasty when traced through the same maternal haplogroup lineage. 

This Dynasty's lineage includes prominent figures such as Blanche II Queen-Regnant of Navarre, Anne Queen Consort of Bohemia and Hungary who was married to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor. Louis XIV of France, Marie de' Medici, Ferdinand VI, Maria of Austria Holy Roman Empress, Catherine the Great of Russia, Victoria Empress Consort of Germany, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Alexandra Empress-Consort of Russia.

The legacy of the House of Garsenda continues today through 21st Century monarchs like Queen Sofia Queen-Consort of Spain and her son King Felipe VI of Spain and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

The Full House of Garsenda Dynasty is extensive and this graphic illustrates the many Queens and Kings in Europe that inherited the same Haplogroup.

N1 - I2 Haplogroups -

The Ovilava Mother-Daughter grave refers to a double burial discovered in Wels, Austria, dating back to the Roman period (around 200 CE). Initially mistaken for a medieval burial, research revealed the remains belonged to a mother and daughter who were buried together, potentially embracing each other. This is the earliest known genetically confirmed mother-daughter burial from the Roman period in Austria.

The grave contained two golden pendants – one wheel-shaped and one crescent moon-shaped – suggesting the women held high status in their community. Possibly of Celtic burial traditions.

Rare Connection 1 in 135. Only 2,027 people has been closely related to Ovilava Burial.

H7 Haplogroup: Agnes of Antioch Queen of Hungary and Croatia (1172 to 1184) 👑

Agnes of Antioch, also known as Anna of Antioch, was the Queen of Hungary and Croatia from 1172 until her death around 1184. She was the first wife of King Béla III of Hungary. Agnes was the daughter of Raynald of Châtillon and Constance of Antioch. Her marriage to Béla III united the Hungarian royal family with the House of Châtillon and the Byzantine Empire, where she had previously resided.

F1, F1b Haplogroups: Dmitry Alexandrovich or Dmitry of Pereslavl 👑

Grand Prince of Vladimir: He served two terms as the Grand Prince of Vladimir: 1276–1281 and 1283–1293. He was the second son of the renowned Alexander Nevsky, the Russian hero and saint.

Dmitry's reign was marked by internal struggles for the throne against his younger brother, Andrey of Gorodets. Andrey utilized Mongol-Tatar forces to temporarily usurp the throne from Dmitry.

Abdication and Death: In 1293, facing renewed pressure from Andrey who had once again mobilized Mongol and Rus' forces against him, Dmitry chose to abdicate and became a monk. He died the following year, in 1294.

He was buried in the Saviour Cathedral of Pereslavl-Zalessky. 

Only 1 in 2,800 or 96 people have been identified to be this closely related to Dmitry Alexandrovich.

H3 and H3c: Peder Winstrup ✝️ 1605 - 1679 CE

Peder Pedersen Winstrup (1605-1679) was a prominent Lutherand Bishop of Lund in Scania, a region in what is now modern-day Sweden, during the 17th century. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark-Norway in 1605 and was appointed royal chaplain to King Christian IV of Denmark. Later on in life he was awarded a doctorate in theology. He was considered one of the founding fathers of Lund University where he became a bishop.

After Scania became part of Sweden, he shifted his loyalty to serve to Charles XI King of Sweeden.

He was mummified and buried in the Lund Cathedral in January 1680.

Finally I'm going to dedicate this blog to my maternal Grandmother. Here is an AI retouched picture of her.

My grandmother was born in 1927. She was a devoted Catholics with a very strict upbringing like her mom and dad. She spent most of her childhood in all-girls boarding School and was practically raised by nuns.

She held two degrees: A Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed.) and a Master of Science (MS) in Biology and Pharmacology. She also went to nursing school where she dropped out to pursue her degree in Biology instead.

She inherited her father's estate after she lost her dad at the age of 14 years old when my great grandfather died suddenly.

Years later my great-grandmother a widowed died after a long battle with chronic Asthma. Then my grandmother at the request of my great-grandmother went to live with her maternal aunt who was in charge of her estate until she became an adult at 21 Years old and finished her education then got married to my grandfather. That was her dad's wishes and she didn't disappoint him.

My grandparents met through family. And they were married for 67 years until she passed away.

My grandmother loved her dad and he did everything to secure her future. Thanks to his connections in business and government, my great-grandfather became a successful businessman and landowner, who worked diligently to provide for his family the comfort and stability they needed. He wanted his daughters to have a safety net so they didn't have to suffer deprivation in life.

She was a woman who believed strongly in the power of education and became a Professor and the Director of a private Catholic High School Education and institution, where she dedicated her entire life to educate the next generations. She knew early on in life she had to prepare herself to compete in the world as a woman so she earned an education and make sure she didn't have to depend on anyone to support herself. Luckily, her dad gave her everything she needed to become independent during a time when women had only a few freedoms.

My grandmother mourned the death of her parents all her life, especially her dad since she was very close to him.

My grandmother was a woman of impeccable ethics and character and at an early age she taught me the importance of standing up for principles. She held very conservative values and was extremely disciplined.

I never saw my grandmother cry despite the many curve-balls life throw at her. She told me once: Nothing can be solved with tears. You have to stand up and fight for what is yours.

I miss you Grandma, you were an unsinkable force. RIP 💐

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Nasty People

Nasty people are the depravity of the human race... all sources of evil evolve from there. Their minds are really wire differently than the normal and average person. It is the want they think, the way they see things, the way they talk... they can turn something normal and inoffensive into a full shit-show.

It doesn't get lower than that. How to counterattack what they do to others is a whole different kind of diversion. You either step away and watch them their repugnant-self or you crush them down at their games.

But they are truly evil.

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Peace: I Hope You Feel The Same Way

🌎 The World is in fragile state.

We are at a time in history where too many mistakes could easily lead us into a point of no return.

Alternative: Restrain. Cease Fire. Diplomacy.... small steps towards Peace.

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The Sweden Royal Family 👑🇸🇪

The entire family gather to celebrate the christening of baby Ines with her proud parents Princes Carl and Princess Sofia. The little princess looked angelical. Everyone looked so happy!

From Left to Right: The King, Carl XVI Gustaf in his military uniform & Queen Silvia right next to crowned Princess Victoria Duchess of Västergötland, the future Queen of Sweden, both wearing beautiful floral theme dresses. She's next to her husband Prince Daniel and their children Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar. Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland seeing behind her father King Carl along with her children and husband Christopher O'Neill.

This tender father and daughter moment when Prince Carl gently shows his affection toward his baby daughter. Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland, right next to her husband and their three sons, Prince Alexander, Gabriel and Julian.

Representing the other color of the flag, Sofia was wearing a radiant yellow and tiara.

It was a day filled with love for the little princess 👶

And she was given her first responsibility as a royal family member. Here is the King in this heartwarming moment presenting his granddaughter a traditional pale blue sash from the Order of the Seraphim, the most senior order in the country. Of course she's a baby and she doesn't know what it means... one day she will understand.

Finally this child has been christened and presented to her family by her full name: Princess Ines Marie Lilian Silvia, Duchess of Västerbotten.

I know her parents have been waiting for so long to finally have a daughter and she's finally here. We wish the baby princess many blessings and a happy childhood.

More pictures can be seeing here at Hola! magazine.

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My Grandpa

I retouched a picture of my maternal grandfather with an AI tool.

Born in 1927. When the picture was taken he was around 43 years old. RIP Grandpa. I miss you dearly.

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Today Is Flag Day 🇺🇲 And The Birth of the U.S. Army

June 14th commemorates the adoption of the American flag 🇺🇲 by the Second Continental Congress in 1777.

This paint depicts Betsy Ross, the American Patriot and Creator of the Iconic First American Flag, the reverence to the flag is known as Old Glory.

Today we also observe and celebrate the birth of the US Army in 1775 🪖⭐ marking the establishment of the Army by the Continental Congress.

While I don't have any family that has served in the US Military. I only share distant ancestry with one figure from the US Revolution: Alexander Hamilton who served as an Army officer during the Revolution war.

We salute all those who have served the country and we remember those who have fallen in combat.

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The Case of Children Living With Narcissistic Parents

In the case of Narcissistic parents there are stages you can identify. Not all of them are extreme. Some cases are less harmful and some of them can turn lethal. Let's start with the basic one.

The case of the Social Narcissist or Attention Seeking Behavior: Social media for many is publicity and a window into what is happening into other people's lives. However, it's making kids more depress and more insecure than ever, especially when the parents are also competing with them for likes 👍 and dislikes 👎.

There are countless examples of celebrities and average people online where the parents are taking selfies or getting their best pose ready for the camera and forgetting their children are right next to them on the flood crying for mom or dad's attention; or left alone while the parent is preoccupied with their physical appearance. Sometimes, the child looking slightly neglected, sad or confused by their narcissistic parents' behavior who are all about attention in front of the camera for the media and the curious looking to what is happening in their lives.

And on top of that, the parent is looking at the child with disdain or slightly upset and disappointed by the child's behavior for ruining their perfect day. That constitutes parental psychological and emotional neglect.

It's one thing to act unintentionally like a inexperience parent and another situation is when the parent is acting selfish and starting to really get upset at the child's behaviors. Or continues shaming or punishing the child for not following their instructions.

The Narcissistic Punisher: Abusive parents will transfer the blame to the child for everything that is wrong in their lives. And it can get really toxic and tragic when one of the parent doesn't have a healthy perspective of who is the child and who is the adult. Who is supposed to be the caregiver and who is supposed to be the child. Like those parents who emotionally neglect their kids so badly that they don't care about what happens to them and let them at their own luck. The tragedy for those kids is not only the psychological punishment and neglect but sometimes they suffer abuse at the hands of strangers.

When the narcissistic abuse escalates to pathological and unhealthy levels, it can become a threat to the child's development and life, especially if it turns into constant verbal, psychological and physical abuse.

Parents who try to psychological break their kids by harming them and destroying their ego, self-esteem or threatening their well-being are the worst humans you can possibly encounter. Parents who try to harm or kill their own children are simply monsters who deserve no sympathy from anyone and they probably deserve capital punishment for killing their own children, especially if there are malicious motives and premeditated intent to harm the child.

In my opinion, despite how terrible this may sound, is it justifiable for a child to defend themselves from their abusive parents if its a matter of life and death, and self-defense?

If the abuse is so extreme that they need to act in self-defense... Is it justifiable for a child to defend his/her life? I have debated this over and over and no matter how many times I've tried to find alternatives, I conclude, if it's a matter of life and death, it is justifiable.

This applies to the same principle of an aggressor threatening the life of someone and the victim's right to self-defense. If someone is actively attacking you or abusing you... It's a natural reaction for the victim to want the abuse to stop or under the law the victim has the right to stand their ground and resource to self-defense. It's perfectly justifiable.

We have seen the high profile cases like Gypsy-Rose Blanchard. I know she probably wasn't asking for all the things that she suffered at the hands of her mother, especially to be famous. No child does. The Menendez Brothers is another case that is still puzzling the media and we don't know what exactly happened in their mind when they decided to murder their parents. Was it anger, fear, disgust, revenge, pain or all of that... the truth is, they couldn't stop themselves. Or for example, the Barton and Pamela Knuckles case who were terrorized by their mother for years until they couldn't handle it anymore and they ended up killing her. And so many other cases.

Children naturally care for their parents. It's in our DNA. And for a child to lose a parent is the worst that could ever happen to them and the last thing they ever wanted... when there is love. To contrast, when the abuser doesn't have any love for the child, there is little concern to what happened to them. That's the biggest tragedy in the life of those children. There are full studies around the subject. The cases of The Battered Child Syndrome.

I don't want to compare any of the cases or give any verdict of course. But if any of the other children or teens who didn't survive have had the chance to speak up at least or understand the danger, they wouldn't be dead by now.

And in many cases, sometimes it's best for one of the parents who is living with the abuser, to take the child away from the abusers, file a restraining order, press charges in case of abuse and fully separate the abuser from the child before anything terrible happens to them. When it is both parents then others would need to intervene like grandparent or relatives. Many precious children's lives have been saved that way, when other family members stepped in to save the child before one of the parents commits the unspeakable act against their own children.

I am not apologizing for this. Forget about mental health, No Excuses. Parents who premeditatedly murder their own children they really deserve to pay for their actions and capital punishment is justifiable in many cases. Zero compassion for them. It's never the child's fault. Never.

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Don Quixote Act 1: 3 Prima Ballerinas, 3 Variations

Don Quixote, a Spanish masterpiece of classic literature turned into the beauty, delicate and grace of ballet dancing performed by 3 renowned Prima Ballerinas from 3 different schools of ballet.

Natalia Osipova went to study at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Russia, a top ranked and prestigious ballet school in the world.

Marianela Nunez from the Royal Ballet School in London, a top ranked ballet school in the world, the 2nd ranked best ballet company in Europe.

Svetlana Zakharova from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet one of the most prestigious ballet schools in Russia.

I love classic music and I loved everything about ballet, except the sore feet and the pain. It took 1 year for me at the tender age of 8 years old to realize that it wasn't for me. My mom understood. Yet, I still love everything about the art, grace and beauty of the dancers.

Happy dancing everyone! 🩰

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Hollywood Influence Is Destroying Society

Everything that is disturbing and crazy about Hollywood is the biggest nightmare your parents warned you when you were a teen. At least people from my Generation or GenX feel about.

After briefly hearing and watching pieces of the evidence, news and reading about The Sean Combs Diddy Trial Vs Cassie or Cassandra Ventura coverage... I would not get tired of expressing how shockingly and disturbingly the entertainment industry scandals are a bad example in our society. We see all sorts of twisted, corrupt, perverted and depraved scandals that are difficult to even comprehend or imagine. No one is a saint in that case, but let's wait for the final verdict.

However their impact is affecting our perception of the kind of people our society worships and who's working for them inside that industry. Or how people are treated behind doors. It is so toxic to even watch it unfold.

For people like me who are complete outsiders and observers since we are not part of that industry, so I can only feel a sense of repulsion, distrust and disdain.

We need to repeal that kind of influence to protect young boys and girls listening to all the garbage coming from Hollywood. We don't want them to think that's normal in our society.

Even politicians, famous personalities, business influencers are getting affected and dragged into the web of criminally happening inside the murky social circles within the entertainment industry. We have seen it all: from blackmailing, murder, wrongful deaths, hit-jobs, coercion, drugs, rape, forced servitude, harassment, child abuse, exploitation, stalking and all sorts of predatory behavior. I am not talking about any particular case, just the general information that is presented to the public by the media.

The corrupts in Hollywood think money can buy anything: fame, excess, and a fake image, and it's giving the public the impression that they are willing to pay crooks and very unscrupulous people under the table money to clean up after their crimes. And I am sure the government is watching those cases very closely.

Again, I am just another person sitting at home watching the news.

Well, I will continue cheering for my favorite celebrities and I hope they are never dragged into any bad situations. I guess my advice is to pick your friends and advisers very very carefully.

Remember the old sayings:

"You cannot hang out with bad people and expect to have a good life"

"Don't worry about a thing... worry about everything"

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Those who cared for us never really leave us. There are things dead cannot touch. Their memories echoes in our heart. And in the darkest moments, their essence is an unseen light that steers away malicious people, bad spirits and they guide us through difficult times. May Angels Shield His Soul. Rest In Peace

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The Super Bacteria That Can Survive Space Radiation

🦠 Apparently The Novel Species was isolated from the Phoenix Spacecraft assembly clean room.

My theory is that, it was terrestrial bacteria that was transported from earth into space and went into adaptation to survive the hostile space environment 🌌 or it mutated from absorbing the natural elements in space like hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon and helium plasma as well as the tiny amount of oxygen that is present in space. Then became stronger and survived radiator... Which mean that it could be also radioactive ☢🦠

And it should be isolated to prevent contamination since we don't know what can transform from those bacteria... Let's hope is doesn't turn into a Invasive bacterial pathogens 🧫🦠 that can cause harm here on Earth.

A new name has been generated to describe the super bacteria and it called "Extremophiles Microbes" or extremo-tolerant microbes... basically super bugs. According to Junia Schultz who was the first author of the study that was published May 12, 2025 in the journal Microbiome, she explained: "Space travel provides an opportunity to study microorganisms that possess relevant stress-resistance genes. The genes identified in these newly discovered bacterial species could be engineered for applications in medicine, food preservation and other industries."

Other than that, if you are a germaphobe like me, who has adapted to survive and tune out the dangers of touching surfaces that haven't been properly decontaminated, it's not good news to let the pathogens to go wild. We all know what can go wrong. Just think about antimicrobial resistance (AR) in bacteria and the damage they can cause.

Let's start thinking about Plan B or antidotes, just in case we have to combat those super bacteria if they go rogue. Rogue means really, really bad 🧬🧟‍♂️

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Tracing My Y-DNA Ancestry - Last Blog

It's been a difficult quest to trace my paternal ancestry as I explained in my 1st blog. Since Tracing My Paternal Y-DNA through my cousins only provides a partial view of half my DNA mapping. Because, I am a woman and I don't carry the Y chromosome then I have to extract those haplogroups from the haplogroups of my relatives and find common ancestral connections. That means I can only trace my grandmother's ancestry from my paternal side. Since the X chromosome I have, comes from his mother.

It sounds simple but it isn't. The rule is: sharing a haplogroup with an ancestor of a famous person suggests a distant relationship, that could potentially go back hundreds or thousands of years. It means you both descend from a common ancestor who lived in the past and carried the same genetic markers defining in your haplogroup. However, this doesn't necessarily imply a close, recent family connection.

So are we related? If we match to the exact haplogroup there is big maybe, to yes, we are potentially related.

E-M34 Haplogroup

I did a few mistaken searches due to typos and had to delete them. However, I had one interesting result with E-M34 haplogroup that is connected as a common ancestor from 500 CE with Napoleon Bonaparte, so when I plugged that haplogroup it linked it to a distant but more detailed haplogroup E-BY36878... and that one is the Napoleon Haplogroup which only 3 people apparently have it. There are no direct living descendants of Napoleon only descendants from his brother. E-M34 didn't result in any direct ancestry and that was the result of this experimental example. I share that haplogroup with a few 3rd and 5th cousins, so I can say, I am related to them only.

Also, France is not listed in my DNA results. So that means I am not French. Period. I do see a big 50% Spain 🇪🇸 or Spanish in my DNA. Spain and France share borders therefore they may have haplogroups that share similar migration paths. But that doesn't make me French.

Now, I cannot attest the same about my relatives since their DNA results may show different connections even if we are related, we have different results. However, E-M34 is prevalent among Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews so that could explain the small 1% Ashkenazi DNA percentage in my DNA result.

Anyway, I did have a few surprising discovery like finding out that there is a big possibility my 3rd-grandmother up to my 5th-grandmother were certainly of Scottish-Irish-Welsh descent based on the many haplogroups I see in my DNA pool, which are shared among my closest cousins up to my most distant 10th cousins which provide the oldest ancestry in my DNA.

Getting a bit more personal, I can say I was very close to my Grandmother who was born around 1893. My grandfather died of sadness months after she passed away. He was around the same age 99 - 100 years old. She was a caring grandmother to me. And I also knew my great-grandmother who died around the age of 112 years-old. Calculating the time of her death, she was probably born around 1871 and peacefully passed away when I was just a toddler. I have a vague memory of her of course, we visited often and I had the chance to talk to her, but she wasn't speaking or walking anymore. I never met my Great-grandfather but they were married until he passed away at a younger age.

In my previous blog I talked about all the different haplogroups I found mostly in that region. Including a close ancestry with Robert Burns from the R-CTS278 Haplogroup, which gets me to the closest Scottish ancestry from someone who was alive at some point in history. A very rare connection that only 1 in 5,500 people or 127 people have been identified to be closely related to the former poet. I am not claiming direct family lineage of course but clearly we share ancestry.

Another interesting and rare connection is that I was able to trace Celtic ancestry from both my maternal haplogroup U and H and my paternal Y-DNA haplogroup R-M222.

R-M222 Haplogroup

Celtic Mystery Ancestor 🧬 350 BCE - 250 CE. The Celts were a collection of tribes with origins in central Europe during the Iron Age, that shared a similar language, religious beliefs, traditions and culture. They originated from central Europe and spread throughout the continent, including the British Isles, Ireland, Scotland and Spain, and even parts of Anatolia.

Several tribes made up the larger population of the Celtic people. The Gaels, Gauls, Britons, Irish which are mostly my paternal haplogroups and the The Galatians who populated mostly the Asturias region of what is now Northern Spain, which were mostly predominant in a few of my maternal mtDNA haplogroups' H. The Galatians settled as far as regions like Anatolia and Rome and you can see traces of their culture around Europe, predominantly in ancient architecture and traces of the Celtics Religion and Sacred sites.

Haplogroup R-M222 is linked to Niall of the Nine Hostages and indicates direct ancestry to him from that haplogroup.

R-M222 and R-A260 Haplogroup

In the same Haplogroup is the O'Conor House 👑 1088 CE. The O’Conor family was one of the most distinguished and powerful royal houses in Ireland, ruling the Kingdom of Connacht for centuries up until 1475. His son Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116–1198) was the last High King of Ireland.

1 in 411 or only 1,678 people are this closely related to O'Conor House👑

And the Uí Briúin Dynasty 👑 250 CE. The Uí Briúins (pronounced ee brew-in) ruled the kingdom of Connacht in western Ireland from the 5th to the 15th centuries.

There isn't a lot of data around the Uí Briúins except that Brión, the ancestor of the Uí Briúin, was a half-brother of Niall of The Nine Hostages; meaning they shared a common parent, Eochaid Mugmedon, but their mothers were different.

If you have Haplogroup R-A259 is direct ancestry to the Uí Briúin Dynasty.

1 in 411 or only 1,678 people have been identified to be this closely related to Uí Briúin dynasty.

G-P15 Haplogroup

Yuya 🛕📜Unknown - 1374 BCE. Was a powerful Egyptian courtier man in the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He served as a key adviser for Amenhotep III and carried many titles such as "King’s Lieutenant" and "Master of the Horses."

He married the Egyptian noblewoman Thuya and was the great-grandfather of Tutankhamun through their daughter Tiye, who was the Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III, the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

This is to me, a real archaeological discovery that left me speechless. It's very very very distant ancestry shared mostly with a few 7th, 8th cousins. It's a very rare ancestry.

I do have 3% Northern African in my DNA, which means it could be divided between my parents. It's a very very small percentage but I am guessing on my mother's side it is either Turkish or Algerian, based on the haplogroups I'm researching.

R-CTS4528 Haplogroup

Slonk Hill man 391 - 203 BCE, he lived around 300 BCE during the Late Iron Age in Great Britain. His remains were found in an Iron Age burial near Brighton, England, dating back to between 2,400 and 2,200 years ago. He was discovered in 1968 during an archaeological digging. He likely had light skin, brown or black hair, and brown eyes.  His direct maternal line belonged to mtDNA haplogroup H1.

This is considered an Ancient Connection from my haplogroups.

1 in 295 or only 2,341 people have been identified to be this closely related to Slonk Hill man.

This concludes my research on my paternal ancestry.

I found through my discoveries many inconclusive haplogroups and that's mostly because my biological father and mother didn't have a son. In the absence of a biological brother from their marriage, I can only access a partial map of my Y-DNA. Like for instance I found haplogroups from Hungary and America but they were not fully detailed. And asking my biological father for a DNA test is out of the question; plus the subject of paternity has never been a concern.

My biological father and I don't have any communication, we are very distant and it is better that way, and not the subject of this blog. My paternal Y-DNA research is mostly for closure and to finally find conclusions to my questions around the other half of my DNA.

Another reason was to find distant and unknown relatives that I found during my research. Also more importantly to make a public fact, that I Do Not Have A Missing Brother from either my mother or my father's side.

Also that I am not someone else. I am one person. My names are mine, my current or any former legal identity I had are all mine and my genetic information is mine and not someone else's. I own them all unquestionably and irrevocably.

I will call out any attempts from scammers, criminals or anyone else trying to steal my identities since I have dual citizenship. Or anyone trying to steal my genetic information or alter my ancestry, or to represent me as someone else I am not. And I will take legal actions against anyone trying to use it in any form or anyway. That includes false or malicious attempts to change my Personal Identifiable Information, Legal Identity, ethnicity or genetic information in any way, for any reason. I choose what I decide to disclose and no one else.

It goes beyond that. Since we are now living in the age of digital crimes and scamming. I have to say, I think about the multiple scammers fabricating the impostors pretending to be that fake brother named Chris who is allegedly living in Texas or that other one named Christopher... I don't have any brothers in Texas. There was another one named Christian from Mexico who claimed to be my brother and wanted to collect money for "medical reasons".

Also that my mother or my father are Black or of African descent... No, they are both Caucasian/Hispanics. Or that I'm French, or have lived in France or that I have family in France. All False. I have never even visited the country of France. I can read French, but no one in my immediate including myself speaks French... Also we are not from Mexico either or of Mexican descent. It is All False.

Or that other false claim from another scammer claiming, he and I were separated at birth... I Do Not Have a Twin Brother or Sister. And with this, I rest my case.

This concludes the Y-DNA blog. I have more to write about my mtDNA. So I am not done yet.

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Ocean of Night

One of my favorite indie bands and lead singer.

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14 Year Ago He Asked Her To Marry Him

The engagement announcement 💌💕 . 。・゜✭・.・✫゜・。.

The wedding day ⛪👩‍❤‍👩💍♩♪♩♬ ♬♩♪♩ The handsome princes and most eligible bachelor marries his beautiful girlfriend and college sweetheart.

After the weeding, their first kiss as husband and wife 💏... The iconic flower girl *＊✿❀ ❀✿＊*

Their young family. He's always there for her, in health and sickness... they always have each other's back 👫👦👧👦

14 Years later... their love is still going strong 💞💑

Happy Wedding Anniversary to Prince William & Princess Catherine 💝

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Tracing My Y-DNA Ancestry - Part I

I have to admit, since I am a woman, extracting DNA from my paternal side hasn't been a simple task.

My mother and my father didn't produce a son. So I had to dig into my cousin and distant relatives' DNA to find the closest haplogroup that can provide more information about my ancestry from my biological father's side.

In simple words, I don't have all DNA sequences with their respective mutations to establish full ancestry in some instances.

In the absence of an biological brother from my mother's and father's union, I had to resource into comparing my closest relatives' relationships on my paternal side. Meaning I extracted it from the mutual and closest DNA haplogrupos from my 1st to 3rd cousins to the 5th to 6th cousins.

Anything beyond that, are distant relatives that just provide a partial relationship to my Y-DNA. Important DNA relationships, but less likely to give me a full map of half my DNA. Since the further you go away from your biological Maternal and Paternal DNA sequences who are shared among my siblings, the further away I get to an accurate mapping.

The rule is: First cousins share grandparents, counting back two generations to their shared ancestors. Second cousins count back three generations to their great-grandparents. Third cousins count back four generations to their great-great-grandparents. Anything beyond the 5th cousin is relevant but they're considered very distant relatives; unless you find a living relative or someone who lived in the same timeline or century that shares the exact same haplogroup ... then, they're related by ancestry.

I don't carry the Y Chromosome in my DNA since I was born a female or woman; I only have one X chromosome from my biological mother and one X chromosome from my biological father, which means I got only my father's mother chromosome (or my paternal grandmother). It's complicated but it's how nature designed it. In this case my biological grandfather doesn't count to trace ancestry even if he is biologically related to me, like all of his children.

In the absence of a brother, my male cousins are the ones carrying the paternal X chromosomes (or my paternal grandmother chromosome). In my case, there are more males on my father's side than on my mother's side so basically they are like "half brothers" (twice removed from my paternal Y-DNA) sort of speaking. This article from 23andMe explains the percentage and predictability of your shared DNA based on the family relationship. It's incredible, only identical twins share 100% of their DNA relationship in the sibling chart. Yes, your identical twin is your natural clone. Any other sibling brothers or sisters, only gets 50% of your shared DNA. Thank God I am not a twin.

Even my biological sister and I share only 50% of our parents' DNA. So technically our DNA sequences are not probably similar.

That's why it is so difficult to insert a fake sibling into someone's DNA pool. No matter if you use a similar last name, you can only be related through DNA. For instance in the US, I legally removed my father's last name by choice and adopted a different family last name that is from my maternal ancestry, my mother raised me with my stepdad, she was mom and dad after they divorced when I was 10 years old; however I am still genetically related to my biological father.

And in my opinion that's why DNA should be protected by law at the federal level to prevent people from trying to snatch your DNA since altering physical appearance can be use as a disguised to impersonate you, if the intention is to cause any harm. Also, there are a lot of scary things that can happen if we don't protect our rights to retain our DNA data.

Back to my research and why this is important to me. A year ago, I received a notice via text from a hospital in Tijuana, Mexico trying to claim that my brother was hospitalized in their facility and they were asking $10,000 to cover for medical bills and they sent me a picture of a heave weight Caucasian man intubated and connected to a respirator. They said his name was Christian and goes by Chris and he provided his sister's phone number to cover for his medical bills. They pleaded for me to reach out to the hospital over the phone so they can give me instructions on how to wire the money so they could continue with his medical treatment.

Yep, that story didn't fly with me. The same name has been used in the past to claim I have a brother from my mothers side named Christopher who was stolen from my mother at birth. I know with 100% certainty, that I do not have a maternal brother. None of my siblings have been separated from her. I told my mom the story and she thought that was crazy. Absolutely not possible. Especially because my mother always wanted a boy and she tried 3 times to have a boy and she couldn't.

She gave up after the 3rd child. And I know there is no possibility my mother had a son while she was in some sort of comma or that she gave away any of her children. She married young and had no illegitimate sons or daughters.

Clearly that was a scammer trying to collect ransom and in the other instance, my number was given to someone in Mexico in an attempt to phishing me into sending money. It's not the first time.

Anyway, back to my DNA tracing. My mother's family and my father's family are from two separate branches that in time, distant ancestors were all located in Europe. My mother is Caucasian and clearly closer to her Spanish, Italian, Scandinavian ancestry and I discovered her ancestry have several Royal Houses, a few American history personalities and most recently I also discovered I have Russian-Germanic ancestry too.

While my biological father who is olive skin Caucasian, his ancestry is closer to some of the British Isle: Scotland, Ireland and Wales and Arabian.

From my Y-DNA haplogroups the closest and oldest ones are all connected to British and Scottish clans. I am including only rare connections to be more precise as close as possible to my paternal Y-DNA, which is my maternal grandmother X chromosome. She was born around 1893 in my native country. My grandparents were married for more than 75 years until she passed away. Her mother or my great-grandmother apparently was also from the same maternal ancestry which I have sort of confirmed based on my DNA research.

More research to be done. I am primarily trying to find connections that indicate a shared ancestral line.

I-CTS595, I-F1295, I-M26, I-PF4088, I-PF4189, I-Z125 Haplogroups

Clan Lindsay 1086 CE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🗡️ is a Lowland Scottish clan, descends from Walter Lindsay of Lincoln who accompanied David of Huntingdon from England to Scotland before 1116. The Lindsays were found in both England and Scotland with Sir Baldric de Lindsay of Hemingby recorded as holding estates in Lindsey in the Domesday Book in 1086. 1 in 141 or 4,903 people have been identified to be this closely related to the Clan Lindsay.

I-Y3548, I-Z17855 Haplogroup

Martin Luther 483 - 1546 CE 🛐🙏 was a notable German theologian and catholic priest, author, and hymn writer. Martin Luther is remembered as the father of Protestantism and one of the most influential and important religious figures of his time.

His contributions as a writer and teacher drove the separation of Western Christianity into Protestants and Catholics.

Wars were waged based on his doctrines. He indirectly caused clashes between Christian theological doctrines that led to many medieval wars.

1 in 101 or only 6,850 people have been identified to be closely related to Martin Luther.

Me and Martin Luther share a common paternal line ancestor who lived around this time.

R-SRY2627 Haplogroup

Clan MacLeod 1215 CE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🛡️ is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the Isle of Skye. The clan traces its origins back to the 13th century with two main branches: the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan and the MacLeods of Lewis.

1 in 101 or only 6,825 people have been identified to be this closely related to Clan MacLeod.

I-L1498 Haplogroup

Clan Munro 🇮🇪 🍀 1320 - 1369 CE. This Clan traditionally dates from their founder Donald Munro, who is said to have come from Ireland to serve King Malcolm II of Scotland in the 11th century.

1 in 387 only 1,778 people have been identified to be this closely related to Clan Munro.

Me and Clan Munro share a common paternal line ancestor who lived around this time.

Other famous people who are closer to same haplogroup are 5th US President and founding father James Monroe 📜 1758 CE who also was a direct descendant of Clan Munro.

R-CTS278, R-Z52, R-FGC22952 Haplogroup

Robert Burns a.k.a Rabbie Burns 1759 - 1796 CE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📖 was born in Alloway, Ayrshire Scotland. He was the eldest son of tenant farmers William Burnes and Agnes Broun. He became the most recognized Scottish poet and lyricist of his century to this point. Regarded as the national poet of Scotland.

1 in 5,500 or only 125 people have been identified to be this closely related to Robert Burns.

Me and Robert Burns share a common paternal line ancestor who lived around this time.

I-Z166 Haplogroup

Stephen F. Austin 1793 - 1836 CE, born in southwestern Virginia, is often called the Father of Texas. He can also be called the Father of Anglo-American Texas and the Texas Rangers as he founded the earliest precursor of the famous law enforcement organization.

Austin also helped to meddled the territory disputes between Texas and Mexico. Eventually after the negotiations failed, he led the Texan rebels to victory over Mexico and assisted in the creation of the independent Republic of Texas.

1 in 335, only 2,060 customers are this closely related to Stephen F. Austin.

Me and Stephen F. Austin share a common paternal line ancestor who lived around this time.

R-CTS4065 Haplogroup

President George H. W. Bush 1924 - 2018 CE 🇺🇲 and his son George Walker Bush (1946) were the father and son who served as United States Presidents, as the 41st and 43rd Presidents, respectively. They both started their careers in the United State Military, Navy and Air Force respectively.

Both father and son are prominent members of the Republican party.

I am not related to them directly of course. However, I can proudly say I was an employee that worked for a U.S Embassy during George W. Bush's 1st presidential term. And I personally admire him for his leadership and service to our country.

1 in 346 or only 1,989 people have been identified to be this closely related to George H. W. Bush.

Me and President George H. W. Bush share a common paternal line ancestor who lived around this time.

Since this research is about my paternal Y-DNA and I have to rely on relatives to extract the correct haplogroups to uncover ancestry, I am going to omit some haplogroups that have minimal shared segments or those from far distant cousins with no direct connection. Since they don't provide accurate ancestry links. Again I don't carry the Y chromosome but I see theirs.

Also I seem to have a small percentage of Arabic ancestry in my Y-DNA however more research needs to be done to find the correct haplogroups and connections to the correct timeline.

Until the next blog.