Peterski
10-31-2017, 01:54 AM
Potato is our regional vegetable, we call it pyra (the word pyra is derived from the word Peru):
http://www.poster.pl/poster/kaja_ryszard_polska_wielkopolska
https://i.imgur.com/K7geg4B.png
Potato costumes during the Potato Holiday, Pyra Holiday (Święto Pyry):
https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9IghCLi962RBeC6Q/giphy.gif
https://media.giphy.com/media/l1J9tHDDIHneNEdqM/giphy.gif
Map: https://www.potatopro.com/world/potato-statistics
https://i.imgur.com/ZzgbBER.png
Lately I tested with YSEQ for some SNPs and it turns out, that I belong to the Iberian subclade R1b-FGC31068:
http://ytree.net/DisplayTree.php?blockID=618&star=false
So maybe my direct paternal ancestor was the one who first introduced potatoes to Poland from Spanish Peru?
Or... Columbus?: https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?38296-Christopher-Columbus-was-Polish!
Before WW1 my region was the most advanced part of the German Empire in terms of producing potatoes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6-poUU6Rac#t=8m00s
Potato production before WW1:
My region - 1300 kg per inhabitant
Germany - 570 kg per inhabitant
http://www.poster.pl/poster/kaja_ryszard_polska_wielkopolska
https://i.imgur.com/K7geg4B.png
Potato costumes during the Potato Holiday, Pyra Holiday (Święto Pyry):
https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9IghCLi962RBeC6Q/giphy.gif
https://media.giphy.com/media/l1J9tHDDIHneNEdqM/giphy.gif
Map: https://www.potatopro.com/world/potato-statistics
https://i.imgur.com/ZzgbBER.png
Lately I tested with YSEQ for some SNPs and it turns out, that I belong to the Iberian subclade R1b-FGC31068:
http://ytree.net/DisplayTree.php?blockID=618&star=false
So maybe my direct paternal ancestor was the one who first introduced potatoes to Poland from Spanish Peru?
Or... Columbus?: https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?38296-Christopher-Columbus-was-Polish!
Before WW1 my region was the most advanced part of the German Empire in terms of producing potatoes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6-poUU6Rac#t=8m00s
Potato production before WW1:
My region - 1300 kg per inhabitant
Germany - 570 kg per inhabitant