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Higher than average amount of Neanderthal DNA

TheCatWoman

I had my ancestral DNA results back and I have 2.4% Neanderthal DNA, the average is 2.2%, it sounds small but considering how long ago it was it's probably quite huge. I also have a tiny amount of Denisovan DNA too, which is really interesting seeing as, as far as anyone knows they were a small group in a limited area.

My haplotype is H and haplogroup H1a1 which is a sub group appearing in North Africa, it would seem I'm related to the Toureg people who have a large amount of this haplogroup. It seems my ancestors came up the western seaboard to Iberia, Britain and Ireland, I had a feeling my people had been here a long time, but not how long, we were Bell Beaker people, people who moved here after a Neolithic population collapse, who repurposed henges, cursus's and barrows to suit themselves as well as building large single barrows rather than the communal long barrows of the Neolithic peoples.

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  • I have slightly less than 2% Neanderthal DNA. I also have mitochondrial haplotype H1a, that originated for me in the East End of London around 1700, as far back as I have been able to trace my maternal line. My Y haplotype is a sub-group of R1b U106 - R-Z 18 - that arose in the early Nordic Bronze Age in southern Scandinavia. I suspect it arrived in Britain via a longship.

  • in reply to Martin

    I can't do my Y haplotype as I don't have a Y chromosome and I don't think I have any male relatives on my dads side left, certainly none I'm in contact with. I suspect we came by coracle, lol

    I suspect given the places where both sides of my family have lived and that one I can trace back to a specific house in a specific village that my male line is pretty ancient too. People like us don't seem to move very far, I seem to be the exception, having moved away from the Upper Thames Valley where my people seem to have been since before most records began.

    In an interesting piece of synchronicity, my Dad bought a necklace for my Mum that's Toureg, I'd never seen it before our DNA results came in showing us to have genetic connections with them, it turns out to be quite an unusual piece, a navigational device for following a caravan route across the Sahara, stopping at oasis.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    The Tuareg group Tinariwen are well worth listening to. Some of their tracks are on Youtube - Matadjem Yinmixan is very good.

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