Early in July, I wrote a piece on My True Ancestry. Here’s an update since I did the upgrade to King, which adds some extra features. First it gives you a chart that shows your DNA in relation to ancient and current DNA populations. Second, you can create custom timeline charts. They do offer a free trial where you can upload your GED from various other companies.
Explore your Ancient past using your DNA…
- Ancient DNA – Real History
- 5000 years of history at your fingertips – compare yourself to thousands of ancient DNA samples
from real archaeological sites!
- 5000 years of history at your fingertips – compare yourself to thousands of ancient DNA samples
- Compare yourself with ancient people
- Direct analysis – find your ancient relatives.
- Perform DNA breakdowns of 250+ ancient peoples, modern nationalities and ethnicities
Here’s a link to the first post. My True Ancestry Review.
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.
Your DNA is the red star.
Ancient samples appear as dark blue crosses.
Modern populations appear as light blue circles.
You can also create custom time lines based on time periods, sample data and CM’s.
Here are mine from 3 different time periods. Based on my dad’s maternal grandmother’s family, which I have been able to trace back to around 500 AD pretty confidently, these all make sense.
5000 BC to 40 BC
40 BC to 1015 AD
1064 AD to 2019 AD
These are some answers from My True Ancestry FAQ’s.
Samples are retrieved from archaelogical digs (e.g. a tooth from human remains) and the DNA is scanned in a complex process aligning the data with the human genome. Samples which are of high quality can then be processed as Ancient DNA samples.
By combining the latest archaeogenetic techniques with powerful admixture algorithms and cloud computing, MyTrueAncestry can accurately compare anyone with a wide variety of Ancient DNA samples. Via data triangulation and clustering, one can be categorized and compared with ancestors separated by thousands of years.
Unlike other companies which try to cater to target audiences pre-conceptions about their identity, MyTrueAncestry focuses in accurately determing one’s closest match based on tens of thousands of data samples.
Italian DNA — Where do we come from?
But I know my grandparents came from Italy, how come I’m not 100% on my Italian DNA test? I know where I came from, why should I take a DNA test. Ahh, there just made up anyway, somebody I know took the test and it said they where only 10% Italian, how can that be? All valid questions. One thing we have to remember is that Italy was not united until the mid 19th Century.
Italian DNA – Understanding Genetics
Because of it’s location, Italy was invaded and conquered many times, as a result, very few people have pure Italian DNA. Italian Genealogy hopes to explain this, as well as, haplogroups in more detail in several posts. We try to keep things in simple terms so that it is easy to understand, but will provide links to more scientific detail for anyone that wants to explore further. For those who have already completed a DNA
Should I do a DNA Test
Click here to Join Italian Genealogy Group on Facebook One of my first posts, updated with some new information and links. I did my first DNA test with Ancestry.com about six years ago. They, as I think most people know, have one of the largest networks. I have to say that I was very surprised when I got my results that I was not as Italian as I thought I was. Ancestry has a
DNA Comparison
I thought it would make sense to do a DNA comparison across the companies where I sent my data. I did two tests, Living DNA and Ancestry.com. I have also sent my data to My Heritage and GED Match. I may one day try the test at 23 and Me. You can Hyperlink to any of these sites, to see their deals. So far I have found that Living DNA gives the best data, and
Best Ancestry Research Links
New Links added We searched the internet for the best articles, blogs and books to help you with your ancestry research. Click the hyperlink to go to the site. Interactive Map of Italy — Rough Guides Campania — Municipal Guide From the Genealogy Blogspot — How to read Italian Birth Records Sicily — Sicilian Family Tree Professional Translations– Proz. From The Ancestor Hunt — US College Newspapers New Links added Six
Italian DNA – Haplogroups
Having received great feedback on my post Italian DNA — Where Do We Come From? I thought I would go a little deeper into Haplogroups. Very simple put, a Haplogroup is a marker of sorts that denotes a certain mutation at a certain time in history. This marker allows genealogists to more or less pinpoint a migration path. Males inherit this marker from both parents, while females only their mother. Knowing your haplogroup allows
