Several years ago the BBC broadcast this documentary looking at the role of women in 16th century England using Mary Arden as an example. DNA tests suggest my own heritage is about 65% from the British Isles, so I definitely had carious female ancestors whose lives wouldn't have been that much different from hers.
The clothing worn by the reenactors was particularly interesting to me, especially the head coverings they all wore, even the little girls and boys.
[Sketch of a 16th-Century English Woman with Children
I attended the Institute for Genetic Genealogy (i4gg) conference in San Diego for only one day (I fell ill after the first night), but since Dear Mother had paid for the two-day pass with a promise of full video of the conference to follow later, all was not lost. Now that the videos are finally available I am excited to review what both what I learned the first day, and I can also see what I missed on the second day.
Unfortunately, I cannot share the link/access to those videos with my readers, but I am looking forward to reviewing them and using new techniques with my DNA results.
