Surnames, DNA, and Family History
"Enthralling and compulsively readable, this book combines linguistics with genetics, genealogy, and local history to provide a fresh and eye-opening vision of the British past -- and indeed of family histories across a wider world. Focusing on the history of British surnames it casts a totally new light on what makes us who we are -- and how we can find out. Indispensable reading for anyone interested in their roots, this book offers nothing less than a new perspective on British history."--Michael Wood, historian and broadcaster"This approachable volume on British family names bridges revisionist genealogy and new genetic research in historical linguistics...well-presented."--eLanguage