Imitation — The sincerest form of mappery

Apr 19, 2006 Alun Science 2 Comments Mapping, Surnames

Laputan Logic links to the Sur­name Pro­filer at UCL. He also has inter­est­ing com­ments on tra­cing sur­names. If the pro­posed con­nec­tion between sur­names and Y-chromosomes holds then you can bask in the genetic link to your fore­fath­ers. If you lack a Y-chromosome then you’ll just have to com­fort your­self with the know­ledge you can think with your brain instead.

If you’re one of these people who changed their sur­name a while ago then a map like this might not tell you so much about your ancest­ors. On a totally uncon­nec­ted note I’ve found that if you’re look­ing for Mack­en­sie, you need to spell it with a ‘z’.