Being a nomad is in my blood-really. While debating the origins of my itch to constantly hop from place to place, I stumbled upon my mom's maiden name-Badawi, which comes from beduin, an Arab from any nomadic tribe...So, today I asked her if there was a link, and apparently, my great-grandpa was from a beduin tribe in Algeria...So, not only have a found out that, yes, being a nomad runs through my veins, but hey, I guess I'm also part Algerian? Who knew! It makes me wonder if there's like a nomadic gene, and if there is, if its recessive, because let me tell you, that trait has most definitely skipped my mother....so maybe she's heterozygous, with the dominant "non-nomadic" allele and the recessive "nomadic" allele...meaning my dad would have to be homozygous for the "nomadic" allele, seeing as how he can't stay put for the life of him...He left to Qatar this morning for his new job... So basically, although I'm pretty sure I made the whole "nomadic gene" up, and I'm also pretty sure that I've had too much of a zoology overdose this semester, I feel like this blog wasn't completely pointless, seeing as how it shed light on my nomadic tendencies through my family history. Ok I'm procrastinating, back to zoology.
Sara
2 comments:
See, now thats a good blog entry. Well, minus all the Zoo giberish.
Dania I'm originally from Egypt...we moved here when I was six and half my family is here the other half is there. How about you?
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