DNA research

Dear Editor,

DNA can answer questions about our heredity, longevity and our ancestors.

By 2055, it's estimated that 80 million people in the U.S. will be 65 or older.

DNA can help them to live longer and overcome medical problems.

The November 2009 National Geographic Magazine, p.p. 38-60 features a story about the inhabitants of England, Wales and Scotland.

In Staffordshire (to the west of Wales) the land was inhabited by Celtic tribes, Roman soldiers, Vikings and Norman conquerors.

Barbarian invaders moved across Europe and attacked Britain. Then they menaced Rome. Romans left the land their called Britiannia to defend their homeland.

Scots and Picts from Scotland raided English settlements. germanic tribes from areas inhabited by the Angles, Jutes and Saxons moved into Britain and stayed.

In 2009, a fabulous treasure of war artifacts was unearthed in a field in Staffordshire (Terry Herbert, a history buff, used a metal detector.)

No wonder DNA tests of my family tree, which includes the descendants of the Hancock and Adams families, showed interesting results. We are Welsh, English, Scotch, Danish and German with a drop or two of Italian blood.

Helen Ruth Arnold,

Trenton, Nebraska