I felt that I had to do at least one more post and give a My True Ancestry New Update. Rarely would I do this for one company, but they give such an enormous amount of data, and roll out new data and features rapidly. I won’t go into great detail on how to sign up here, you can list the first to posts to get that information.
One of the great things about My True Ancestry is that you can start off with a free assessment and upgrade whenever you want. Unlike some sites, you do not have to pay a monthly fee. Plus, they often offer specials to upgrade at a deep discount, and you can add family members and compare.
I did three upgrades when the discounts came up, and I now have Olympus access. This allows me to upload ten GED files. So I have added the entire family. I’m going to show you how you can use Living DNA ( I recommend that you send GED to them first, to get Haplogroups ) and My True Ancestry in tandem.
Bob's Ancient DNA
Haplogroup from Living DNA
Your fatherline has been associated with the migrations that occurred from the Near East to Europe during the Neolithic (New Stone Age). Around 11,500 years ago, haplogroup G2 split into two branches: G2a and G2b. G2b spread across Iran, whilst G2a travelled with its carriers across Anatolia and Europe. WIth the spread of agricultural technologies, practices and ideas came movements of people and populations. The populations that spread into Europe are thought to have carried the G2a fatherline with them, which helps explain the small presence of this haplogroup across Europe today. The high percentage of G2a found in samples from Neolithic burials suggests the carriers of this group played a significant role in Neolithic migrations across Europe some 6-8000 years ago (Lacan et al., 2011).
My True Ancestry
When I put this information into My True Ancestry it gave me a match to G2a2b – Oetzi the Iceman. He is the person they found in the Alps several years ago. This makes sense based on the fact that Living DNA shows that my father line DNA goes through the Alps.
Marian's Ancient DNA
Haplogroup from Living DNA
An ancient motherline, thought to be 32,000 years old.
Your motherline signature belongs to the U1 group.
U1 is rare, and there is not a huge quantity of information on this group as a result. Haplogroup U1 is most commonly distributed across the Middle East, as well as Anatolia and in low frequencies in eastern European (Derenko et al., 2013). However, it is still found in low frequencies due to being such and ancient haplogroup. It has been estimated to have arisen around 32,000 years ago. The exact place of origin is not necessarily determinable at this point, but the frequencies in the Near East today may suggest that it arose around this area.
My True Ancestry
Marian did not show any links to anyone famous at the moment, but as I explained earlier, they are always updating information. You can see the link to my Haplogroup post below.
Skeptical? I know! I always am.
A lot of people feel that the DNA tests are made up, or they just support things that people want to see. My children are both adopted so I am going to show you the My True Ancestry for each of us below. PCA (Principal Component Analysis) is a statistical procedure that lets you visualize relationships in sets of data.
It is ideally suited for visualizing genetic distance and relatedness among samples and populations.
Bob
Marian
Matt
Nicole
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Click here to join out Facebook group Our first full day in Naples began with a walking tour of the streets of Naples where my Sorrentino, Princi, Piromallo and Caracciolo lived. Our guide Vincenzo D’Onofrio, was great and explained various landmarks along the way. The current Hotel Caracciolo, on via Carbonara was the home of my Caracciolo ancestors and quite an impressive building inside and out. I could just imagine the parties held there over
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