Saturday, May 29, 2010
We Came From Russia in Altai Mountains
We Goldfoots took our name from the land. Altai in Turkic means AL (gold). Where the foot comes into play, I don't know. We may have had foot problems or had to do a lot of walking. A few of our Goldfoots in this generation have reported foot problems in their branch of the family. If we had to walk from the Altai Mountains to Lithuaia, we surely all had foot problems, I would think. Ouch! It's surprising that I haven't uncovered any shoemakers. Instead, I've found a lot of dentists!
1,000 years ago, the people who match our Ydna came from one man. We've met online through familytreedna which is in Houston, Texas where we've tested our dna.
We spoke Turkic, no doubt before our ancestors learned Yiddish, which they spoke when they migrated to Lithuania. There were other members of the Altaic language group who also spoke Turkic. These Altai Mountains are known as the original locus of the speakers of Turkic.
The Altai mountains cover a lot of territory. They are in Mongolia, China, Russia and Kazakhstan. I figure we're from the Russian sector as we did head for Lithuania which later became part of Russia.
1,000 years ago, the people who match our Ydna came from one man. We've met online through familytreedna which is in Houston, Texas where we've tested our dna.
We spoke Turkic, no doubt before our ancestors learned Yiddish, which they spoke when they migrated to Lithuania. There were other members of the Altaic language group who also spoke Turkic. These Altai Mountains are known as the original locus of the speakers of Turkic.
The Altai mountains cover a lot of territory. They are in Mongolia, China, Russia and Kazakhstan. I figure we're from the Russian sector as we did head for Lithuania which later became part of Russia.
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