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From: Dennis Cunniff <dcunniff@bellatlantic.net>
Subject: [DNA] Celtic toe, was R1a haplogroup & DNA-FP markers
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:36:05 -0400
References: <mailman.19.1160498374.26527.genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.19.1160498374.26527.genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com>


On Oct 10, 2006, at 12:39 PM, genealogy-dna-request@rootsweb.com wrote:

> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:35:53 -0400
> From: "Sue J" <macduff@infionline.net>
> Subject: Re: [DNA] R1a haplogroup & DNA-FP markers
> To: <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com>
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> The toe that is next to the great toe is the longest toe on my feet.
> It was the same with my father's feet. It that a Celtic toe?
>

Yes, though medically it would be called Morton's toe. About 10% of
the population worldwide has it; it's named for Dudley Joy Morton
(1884-1960), who described it as part of Morton's syndrome. Morton
considered it atavistic; it's been called the "Greek foot" (as
opposed to the "Egyptian foot", in statuary). The French call it the
"pied de Néanderthal", and supposedly believe it to be a mark of
intelligence. It was podiatrist Phyllis Jackson that called it a
"Celtic toe", in differentiation from a "Saxon toe".

Basically, it means nothing, and certainly doesn't say anything
definite about one's ethnicity. See the OMIM page <http://
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=OMIM&dopt=Detailed&tmpl=dispomimTemplate&list_uids=18920
0>, the Phyllis Jackson article <http://66.102.9.104/search?
q=cache:vZvWPCcJGsEJ:www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/
is_n6_v17/ai_18289437+%22distinguishes+Saxon+feet+from+Celtic+feet%
22&hl=en&lr=&strip=1>, and the Who named it? page <http://
www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2701.html> for fun and hijinks.

Dennis J. Cunniff

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