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My direct-line male ancestors are direct descendants of the first modern humans who entered Europe about 35,000BC-40,000BC; they were among the <B>Cro-Magnon</B> tribes that inhabited the caves in Southern France and Northern Spain about 20,000BC, where numerous cave paintings have been found, when Britain was still covered by the 'Ice Age' ice-cap. This Y-DNA is a highly dominant lineage in Western Europe, covering about 40-70% of paternal gene pool of continental Western European populations (Spanish, Catalans, Portuguese, French, Danes etc.) and reaching up to 82% in Ireland. Interestingly, this is also the same as <B>Basque Y-DNA</B> and I have Basque, Spanish, & Portuguese results in my overall DNA comparison with current world populations [see <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My DNA"><U><B>My DNA</B></U></A></FONT>]; the Basques have remained racial separated from the rest of Europe since ancient times. It should also be noted that the Basque (Vascon) area of Spain, known as Navarre (French side being Navarra), was where Sir Edward Drax fought and died there alongside The Black Prince at the Battle of Nájera (also called Navaret) in 1367 [see <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trees"><U><B>Trees</B></U></A></FONT>]. It seems possible that his family had ethnic roots in the Basque region, which once spread far northwards into modern France as the Loire Valley.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="5f3d72c0.jpg" border=0 width="471" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="5f52b2c0.jpg" border=0 width="555" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Pays Basque farmhouses</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5f9a72c0.jpg" border=0 width="423" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="5fca82c0.jpg" border=0 width="424" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Basque, Tolsa in 1874 & cattle</I><I> </I><I>at Attelage Basque</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6072cc10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="6052cc10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <I>Basque peasants: old man; mountain man; woman & child</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="6092cc10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6022cc10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="6032cc10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Basque musicians at Bayonne & </I><I>Basque pelote player</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="6042cc10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="5f72cc10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> If you are interested in a very readable fictional-history about the Basques, then I thoroughly recommend: <I>The Lords of Navarre - A Basque Family Saga </I>by José Maria Lacambra- Loizu, published in 2004 by iUniverse Inc., Lincoln, USA - <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.iuniverse.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.iuniverse.com"><U><B>http://www.iuniverse.com</B></U></A></FONT> (available via <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.co.uk"><U><B>Amazon.co.uk</B></U></A></FONT>) This brilliant book tells the Basque story from the Cro-Magnons of 40,000 years ago, through their occupation of the caves near the border of France and Spain 20,000 years ago, during the last Glacial Maximum, through to 1367 and the Battle of Nájera where Sir Edward Drax died, and on to the early 16th century, giving a very readable insight into contemporary life that is well grounded in known history. There is also a chapter about the author's visit to the region. This book has a very useful chronological timeline, and a good list of sources for further research.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="5e82cc40.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>