tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274513.post5175499713789440987..comments2024-03-17T00:59:07.795-07:00Comments on The Red Electric: You, me and the Beast of BalzanoRick Seiferthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11249323390100558270noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274513.post-62298760270260410352010-11-10T16:46:20.775-08:002010-11-10T16:46:20.775-08:00Interesting discussion of a possible hereditary gr...Interesting discussion of a possible hereditary grimace common to all Seiferts. I'd add that like your Welsh name, Lewis, which is certainly an Anglicised version of a Welsh language name (just like Wheeler and my mother's maiden name, Williams, are), it's always possible that Seifert was modified from some other name, German or otherwise, centuries ago in order to assimilate into a new community or as a result of some feudalistic relationship, meaning that you might be no more related to other Seiferts than you are to Genghis Khan.<br /><br />And of course, as you allude to at the end, a name is already pretty a weak determinant of genetic heritage, since it only keeps track of a small portion of ones lineage -- by the eighth generation back, a last name represents less than 0.4% of the people responsible for person's DNA.Office of Teaching & Learninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452012012891696256noreply@blogger.com