Who were the Seven Daughters of Eve?
It is an entirely logical, yet still awe-inspiring fact, that we are all related to each other through our mothers. Over the past ten years, research by Professor Bryan Sykes at Oxford University has identified just seven women, who lived thousands of years ago, from whom almost every native European is directly descended through the maternal line. Professor Sykes has calculated approximately how long ago these women lived and even estimated their whereabouts. We know they survived and that each had daughters, starting off lines of descent that reach right down to all of us living today. These were real people, real women who brought up families, but who lived in very different circumstances to those that we enjoy today. These really were our true ancestors. We have given them names and here are their stories… [Refer back to the Home Page for the story on Aiyana.
It is an entirely logical, yet still awe-inspiring fact, that we are all related to each other through our mothers. Over the past ten years, research by Professor Bryan Sykes at Oxford University has identified just seven women, who lived thousands of years ago, from whom almost every native European is directly descended through the maternal line. Professor Sykes has calculated approximately how long ago these women lived and even estimated their whereabouts. We know they survived and that each had daughters, starting off lines of descent that reach right down to all of us living today. These were real people, real women who brought up families, but who lived in very different circumstances to those that we enjoy today. These really were our true ancestors. We have given them names and here are their stories…
