Genology & ancestry

[Francie, 2,765]

51 minutes ago, Seagull said:

Back to the bible, the preferred escape for those that can't grasp evolution. Lol

Genuine question,how come they can trace back to let's say the 1600s,how did they get the dna?

[Greyman 31,278]

3 minutes ago, Francie, said:

Genuine question,how come they can trace back to let's say the 1600s,how did they get the dna?

Watch the video to the end  mate it’s educated guess work at best 

[chartpolski 27,561]

3 minutes ago, Francie, said:

Genuine question,how come they can trace back to let's say the 1600s,how did they get the dna?

I’d guess they didn’t get the dna from that far back.

I assume they match your dna profile with other dna that’s available and build up a “family tree” based on birth, death and marriage records, much like we did before dna records became available. 
A New Zealand niece of mine did it the old fashioned way, going through council records, visiting graveyards etc.

Her task would have been easier and quicker if she had access to modern dna records.

Just my take on it, mate.

Cheers.

[Seagull 387]

6 minutes ago, Francie, said:

Genuine question,how come they can trace back to let's say the 1600s,how did they get the dna?

They don't lol, these tests don't just look at your DNA do they, they have access to all the genealogical records as well you know?

So, think about it, if your DNA matches with someone and their family tree goes back to the 1600's or whenever, this suggests that the person is one of your ancestors also.

[greg64 3,036]

My dna result 

[Seagull 387]

8 minutes ago, greg64 said:

My dna result 

French FFS, you might as well deactivate now.

[WILF 49,729]

I wonder if they have managed to discover pre Christian Britains burials and map their dna ?

Ive not looked it up so I genuinely don’t know.

[Francie, 2,765]

46 minutes ago, Seagull said:

They don't lol, these tests don't just look at your DNA do they, they have access to all the genealogical records as well you know?

So, think about it, if your DNA matches with someone and their family tree goes back to the 1600's or whenever, this suggests that the person is one of your ancestors also.

So it's not 100percent reliable then

[WILF 49,729]

Just browsing around, and yes I know it’s The Guardian !, but it’s interesting…..

World’s oldest family tree revealed in 5,700-year-old Cotswolds tomb | Archaeology | The Guardian

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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DNA analysis of bodies in Hazleton North long cairn finds five generations of an extended family

 

[Seagull 387]

3 minutes ago, Francie, said:

So it's not 100percent reliable then

Yes in the fact that if you have a DNA match with someone then you certainly share a common ancestor with them.

Which is why I said these tests are pointless in some ways because we are all related, we all share a common ancestor, it's just stating the obvious.

[ditchman 3,276]

Mine is Russian Irish...........a dangerous mix.......so many nutters in my family...from Ryan in county Cork running slaves and spices....to Russian...steel mill owners in the north of England ..notorious gamblers.....and old English mentioned in the Domesday book in suffolk/norfolk

 

[Seagull 387]

1 minute ago, ditchman said:

Mine is Russian Irish...........a dangerous mix.......so many nutters in my family...from Ryan in county Cork running slaves and spices....to Russian...steel mill owners in the north of England ..notorious gamblers.....and old English mentioned in the Domesday book in suffolk/norfolk

 

I wonder how much blood survives in your alcoholstream?

[scotty12 3,681]

20 hours ago, mushroom said:

Just doing a bit of this, started with my mum's side. I always thought that all my grandparents were pure north west England, Wales and Ireland. The DNA test was pretty clear on that, with NWE, Wales and Ireland markers only. Nothing Germanic or Nordic.

Just traced back and both sides of my mum's line (grandad was Welsh and spoke it) ultimately all come from County Cork and Kildare. Earliest I've got so far is 1786. Bloody interesting. I'm gonna start on my dad's side soon but like I said, with the DNA results it's likely no different.

This all started because I wanted to look into my granddad's war history (born in 1906). I've photos of his paybook etc and it took me right down a warren lol.

Anyone else done this? How far did you get back and what tools did you use?

 

We all knew you were heavily Irish blooded lol 

[TOMO 28,454]

1 hour ago, WILF said:

Just browsing around, and yes I know it’s The Guardian !, but it’s interesting…..

World’s oldest family tree revealed in 5,700-year-old Cotswolds tomb | Archaeology | The Guardian

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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DNA analysis of bodies in Hazleton North long cairn finds five generations of an extended family

 

It was interesting but I was hoping there would be descendants around now that they had located.....that would be real fascinating....and of course if they were on here could bost of being a true brit...lol

[Seagull 387]

18 minutes ago, TOMO said:

It was interesting but I was hoping there would be descendants around now that they had located.....that would be real fascinating....and of course if they were on here could bost of being a true brit...lol

Don't mean to piss on that bonfire but over 90% of our population was replaced after these people's.