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A longfather of old

Martin

Using Tolkien's phrase, I learned of a 'longfather of old' today, which has left me a little stunned.

It seems that I share a significant chunk of DNA with a man buried in the west of Ireland, in a megalithic tomb, more than 5,500 years ago. I have a large amount of Irish ancestry, but had no idea that it went so very far back in time as that.

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  • Congratulations Martin! How wonderful! I was going to ask you if your ancestor or cousin might have been high status and related to my own ancestor who was a prince in Eastern Europe, but recent scientific analysis discredits the idea of megalithic tombs necessarily being high status!

    Seriously, it is a very exciting time archaeologically speaking, to be exploring ancestry in Ireland.

    https://www.bajr.org/irelands-neolithic-passage-tombs-were-not-just-the-burial-place-of-the-elite-new-research/

    In earlier threads, you talked about DNA analysis and I recently received my results back (just in time before bankruptcy) from 23andMe. I have Irish, English, Viking and some unidentified DNA. I am also related to a late Roman Period male buried at Crypta Balbi, Rome c.400 - 600CE.

    Going back, I have just under 2% Neanderthal DNA and have inherited some traits  such as having a poor sense of direction and am (used to be) a better sprinter than distance runner. I am very proud.

    i am waiting for 23andMe to release my raw data so that I can upload it to Living DNA. Hopefully It will also give me information on the French line of my ancestry.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I have one high status ancient DNA match, to a pre-Viking, Vendel Period, warrior from Central Sweden, who was buried with weapons in a ship in what is now Estonia.

  • in reply to Martin

    Gosh you have rather exciting ancestry. I am hoping I might eventually have a match to an ancient Irish tomb or some other archaeological feature close to home here in Ireland. 

    All this DNA mixed ancestry puts humanity’s history in perspective.

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