tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post4465050358326593427..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: Genetic Geographies: The Trouble with AncestryJDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-57017327931611509402017-06-14T18:16:24.137-04:002017-06-14T18:16:24.137-04:00posting late in the day, as I've been busy. Si...posting late in the day, as I've been busy. Since adoption runs through both my husband's and my family for generations, I must disagree that "our genetic families are our families." I realize the comment is meant to be straightforward, and it avoids academic gobbledegook speech, but 'Families' are made through care, nurture, love, as much as genetics.<br />Gail Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-30669926490803920912017-06-10T17:53:10.609-04:002017-06-10T17:53:10.609-04:00Sounds like a bunch of garbage to me. Our GENETIC ...Sounds like a bunch of garbage to me. Our GENETIC families ARE our families. Period.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006166857807072917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-56010811071513764332017-06-10T11:36:54.462-04:002017-06-10T11:36:54.462-04:00Be careful: well above college-level reading diff...Be careful: well above college-level reading difficulty today could mean well above grade 6 reading difficulty and not much more. Reading levels of difficulty in Canada will continue to change and devolve. Standards for written expression will continue to weaken in response to the pressures of technology where shortest possible expressions using short forms and misspellings continue to Judy Lynn in Ontariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11039662317601179735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-13489529004638581652017-06-10T10:01:46.777-04:002017-06-10T10:01:46.777-04:00Thanks for bringing this work to our attention. It...Thanks for bringing this work to our attention. It sounds like it could be an interesting read if one did not need to work at slogging through obtuse language structures . . . sez this reader with more than one post grad degree. Celtictwigshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718740350755825554noreply@blogger.com