DNA Ancestry is extraordinarily fascinating. To explain why, I will give a brief biology primer.

A human being has 23 pairs of chromosomes (so 46 in total). 1 of these pairs is known as the sex chromosomes, X and Y. A woman has XX and a man has XY. The cells in your body are called autosomal and have all 46 chromosomes. The only difference is in ( Read more... )

I love my wife for who she is.  She is funny, quick, and caring.  She is not tolerating of bullshit and is not afraid to say no and often does.  She is level headed and realistic.  She likes simplicity but is not afraid to occasionally indulge.  In front of strangers she is shy and quiet, but she is immensely passionate and romantic.

She has a ( Read more... )

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Quebec father asks court to clarify parental rights in grounding case
12-year-old girl got a lawyer after father cancels trip
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/01/13/mtl-parental-rights-1301.html

What is this country coming to when we allow 12 year old children to take their parents to court for punishing them.  This is the reason teachers ( Read more... )

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Why can I pay $1645 (this already includes tax) and get return airfare and 7 nights in a 3-star hotel in London, England, and not get the same for destinations in Asia ( Read more... )

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6 Months to the day that I last saw Fang in person. Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone. As of today the 'gumment' over in the Canadian Consulate in HK has 139 days to act, before I can even write them an e-mail and ask how things are progressing ( Read more... )

With recent happenings and flaming polemics flying over the internet, I thought I would give all Canadian readers a refresher on how a parliamentary democracy works ( Read more... )