EXCERPT:
The genetic link with India is believed to originate from Williams’s great-great-great-great-great grandmother Eliza Kewark.
Although often described as Armenian, DNA analysis has revealed that she was at least half-Indian and is known to have lived in the country’s western region.
Scottish scientists established the link after discovering that Eliza’s descendants carried a rare strand of DNA - known as mitochondrial DNA - which can only be passed on by a mother.
Only people from the Indian subcontinent have been found to carry the particular strand of DNA. It has been recorded in 14 other people - all Indian, apart from one Nepalese native.
The DNA is thought to have been passed down to Prince William and his brother Harry, as the scientist behind the research described the genetic link as ‘unassailable’.
DAILY MAIL UK - CLEAR GENETIC LINE MOTHER's SIDE - PRINCE WILLIAM INDIA by Mario Ledwith
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24 March 2015
PRINCESS DIANA'S MATERNAL LINE GENETICS - LINK TO INDIA SIX GENERATIONS BACK
ABC NEWS PRINCESS DIANA'S ANCESTRAL SECRET
Eliza Kewark (Indian) born about 1790
Katherine (sent to England)
Jane
Ruth
Ruth (another Ruth)
Frances
Diana (Princess of Wales)
EXCERPTS:
Eliza Kewark is Prince William's great-great-great-great-great-grandmother. She has long been described as Armenian, but Kewark was at least half-Indian, the genetic ancestry testing company BritainsDNA announced today. ... BritainsDNA says it is confident of Kewark's lineage because it traced Williams' mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA, which is passed down from mother to child. BritainsDNA took saliva samples from two unnamed members of the royal family and traced it back seven generations to Kewark, who was born around 1790. ...
Kewark's mtDNA is so rare, BritainsDNA said, that it has only been found in 14 other people, all but one of whom was Indian (the other one was Nepali). ...According to the biography "The Real Diana," by Lady Colin Campbell, Kewark's background was known but kept quiet by a family that was full of Europeans descended from royalty.
Eliza Kewark (Indian) born about 1790
Katherine (sent to England)
Jane
Ruth
Ruth (another Ruth)
Frances
Diana (Princess of Wales)
EXCERPTS:
Eliza Kewark is Prince William's great-great-great-great-great-grandmother. She has long been described as Armenian, but Kewark was at least half-Indian, the genetic ancestry testing company BritainsDNA announced today. ... BritainsDNA says it is confident of Kewark's lineage because it traced Williams' mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA, which is passed down from mother to child. BritainsDNA took saliva samples from two unnamed members of the royal family and traced it back seven generations to Kewark, who was born around 1790. ...
Kewark's mtDNA is so rare, BritainsDNA said, that it has only been found in 14 other people, all but one of whom was Indian (the other one was Nepali). ...According to the biography "The Real Diana," by Lady Colin Campbell, Kewark's background was known but kept quiet by a family that was full of Europeans descended from royalty.
"Eliza Kewark was a dark-skinned native of Bombay who had lived, without benefit of matrimony, with her great-great-grandfather Theodore Forbes while he worked for the East India Company," "The Real Diana" reads.
20 November 2011
MARY BOLEYN : by ALISON WEIR : ANCESTRY WORSHIP BOOK REVIEW (WHAT DUCHESS OF YORK AND PRINCESS DI HAVE IN COMMON? )
MARY BOLEYN by ALISON WEIR
Well of course they have all that in common, but did you know they share a common ancestor?
I am a huge fan of Alison Weir as an author, who puts in the research that would scare off a lesser writer.
The language of this book is fine genealogical historical writing. Where Weir has come to disagree with a previous author she will state that there is no evidence for prior conclusions. Weir is fine at teasing out detail within ACCURATE HISTORICAL CONTENT, using clues such as changes in fashion in portraits.
(When we run into a similar block in our own research, we must also state what the evidence is and the various conclusions we could reach, but have no evidence for.)
Although I know that the people of the British Isles have been keeping genealogy records for a long long time compared to records in some other countries, I'm actually surprised so much exists from the 15th century.
Did or did not Mary Boleyn, the older sister of Anne Boleyn, (who would marry the King and also be executed by him), become King Henry VIII's mistress first? Weir says yes, though reports that the young woman was promiscuous at the French Court years before are probably wrong. She was young though and suggestive and maybe been seduced by the French King.
Was she, compared to Anne, dull or simple? At the time of her sexual liaison with Henry, Mary was married and her family seemed to be displeased with her. But maybe this was just because they saw their daughters as a way to greater fortune if married as virgins. x
Mary left court, her husband died, and she married for love, much to her family's upset. But in the end it was Mary, not Anne, who survived.
Based on the evidence that Henry provided well for Katherine and that she resembled him, we know so much more about the intertwining families of the Boleyns, the Careys, the Spensers, and other old families, (genealogy charts provided).
Page 272 "It is often said that Henry VIII's line died out with Elizabeth. None of his legitimate children left issue, and his acknowledged bastard, Richmond, was childless. But if Katherine Carey was Henry's daughter, as seems likely,. then his direct bloodline
survives in numerous direct descendants.
"Under the Stuarts, the Carey Family remained prominent until the senior line died out in 1677. Among the illustrious descendants of Mary Boleyn are numbered Winston Churchill... Baron de la Warre, after whom the state of Delaware is named... Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, Princess William of Wales, Camilla Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales (through the Earls Spencer), the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and Queen Elizabeth II."
(Her list is longer than this!)
MARY BOLEYN The Mistress of Kings is C Alison Weir and published by Ballantine Books.
I am a huge fan of Alison Weir as an author, who puts in the research that would scare off a lesser writer.
The language of this book is fine genealogical historical writing. Where Weir has come to disagree with a previous author she will state that there is no evidence for prior conclusions. Weir is fine at teasing out detail within ACCURATE HISTORICAL CONTENT, using clues such as changes in fashion in portraits.
(When we run into a similar block in our own research, we must also state what the evidence is and the various conclusions we could reach, but have no evidence for.)
Although I know that the people of the British Isles have been keeping genealogy records for a long long time compared to records in some other countries, I'm actually surprised so much exists from the 15th century.
Was she, compared to Anne, dull or simple? At the time of her sexual liaison with Henry, Mary was married and her family seemed to be displeased with her. But maybe this was just because they saw their daughters as a way to greater fortune if married as virgins. x
Mary left court, her husband died, and she married for love, much to her family's upset. But in the end it was Mary, not Anne, who survived.
Based on the evidence that Henry provided well for Katherine and that she resembled him, we know so much more about the intertwining families of the Boleyns, the Careys, the Spensers, and other old families, (genealogy charts provided).
Page 272 "It is often said that Henry VIII's line died out with Elizabeth. None of his legitimate children left issue, and his acknowledged bastard, Richmond, was childless. But if Katherine Carey was Henry's daughter, as seems likely,. then his direct bloodline
survives in numerous direct descendants.
"Under the Stuarts, the Carey Family remained prominent until the senior line died out in 1677. Among the illustrious descendants of Mary Boleyn are numbered Winston Churchill... Baron de la Warre, after whom the state of Delaware is named... Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, Princess William of Wales, Camilla Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales (through the Earls Spencer), the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and Queen Elizabeth II."
(Her list is longer than this!)
MARY BOLEYN The Mistress of Kings is C Alison Weir and published by Ballantine Books.
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25 August 2010
WILLIAM and KATE - 12th COUSINS
Prince William and long time girlfriend Kate Middleton may or may not get married someday but for sure the royal genealogists are delving into her ancestry past and found that William and Kate are related to a man who lived about 12 generations ago...
LINK NOW to the full article that includes a chart by clicking to the link above! (Many articles but chose this one!)
LINK NOW to the full article that includes a chart by clicking to the link above! (Many articles but chose this one!)
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