04-07-2007, 01:11 PM
Did you know Border Reiver families of Scotland are tracing their dna from the Sarmatians and Alani ...
Some Border families have the grouping...Y-DNA Hg G - the G could indicate Sarmatian-Alanic lineage.
This description is from the Border Reivers website
Their intimate knowledge of their own terrain and their acquired skill and inborn courage provided a useful force as guerrilla fighters. They were superb light horsemen useful in repelling light attacks, and when large-scale attacks took place, usually from England, the Borderers harried the invaders by lightning strikes and then withdrawing into the dangerous wastes they knew so well, having an intimate knowledge of the terrain and used to the harshness of the conditions.
Sounds about right for the tactics of Steppes warriors....!
No, I have no idea what my DNA grouping is...!
Some Border families have the grouping...Y-DNA Hg G - the G could indicate Sarmatian-Alanic lineage.
This description is from the Border Reivers website
Their intimate knowledge of their own terrain and their acquired skill and inborn courage provided a useful force as guerrilla fighters. They were superb light horsemen useful in repelling light attacks, and when large-scale attacks took place, usually from England, the Borderers harried the invaders by lightning strikes and then withdrawing into the dangerous wastes they knew so well, having an intimate knowledge of the terrain and used to the harshness of the conditions.
Sounds about right for the tactics of Steppes warriors....!
No, I have no idea what my DNA grouping is...!
Cristina
The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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