There is a remarkable distribution of the rare (2% of the population) Haplogroup E in Derbyshire. There is a well formed hypothysis that this dna marker is a remnant of Roman auxillary troops in the British Isles. For more detailed information read
http://www.jogg.info/32/bird.pdf Anyone with a known family history in the area testing for dna haplogroups and coming up with an "E", which corresponds to "Clan Eshu" in Oxford Ancestors speak, please make yourself and your results known on the Double Helix Forum at;
http://community.haplozone.net/index.phpwhere we're trying to draw up an accurate picture of the samples.
If you haven't tested yet and are interested the standard package being used is the 67 marker test at:
http://www.familytreedna.com
