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by gregmaeser
Sat May 05, 2018 11:47 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Viking Warrior Woman T
Replies: 1
Views: 16612

Re: Viking Warrior Woman T

This is interesting. My mother is this same T2b. Which she of course passed on to me. Her mother from whom she inherited her mitochondrial DNA was born in Denmark. Viking makes sense.
by gregmaeser
Tue Nov 07, 2017 7:19 pm
Forum: Rare Genes from History
Topic: question about rare gene results
Replies: 3
Views: 24788

question about rare gene results

I had a question about my rare genes from history results. It shows a check mark in the Akhenaten, Thuya, Egyptian, Khoisan and Aztlan box. In the Sinti it shows a check in one box and then a straight bar in the other box for Sinti. I was wondering if this was a typo or if it had some meaning that t...
by gregmaeser
Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:33 pm
Forum: Rare Genes from History
Topic: Are you related to King Tut?
Replies: 8
Views: 43706

Re: Are you related to King Tut?

Since my rare genes include Akhenaten, Thuya and Egyptian I found this interesting.

http://www.egyptorigins.org/ginger.htm

Apparently they are finding that a fair number of Egyptians actually had light colored hair.
by gregmaeser
Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:53 am
Forum: Rare Genes from History
Topic: Are you related to King Tut?
Replies: 8
Views: 43706

Re: Are you related to King Tut?

I've Akhenaten, Thuya, Egyptian, Khoison, Sinti and Aztlan.

I have no idea how the Aztlan would be in there.
by gregmaeser
Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:28 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: Curious about Danish DNA
Replies: 2
Views: 19274

Re: Curious about Danish DNA

I think I figured it out. Estonia, which was my number one European match, has a significant Danish influence from many years ago. Reading the history of Estonia I can see the influence from the middle ages and prior.
by gregmaeser
Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:18 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: Curious about Danish DNA
Replies: 2
Views: 19274

Curious about Danish DNA

I recently had the Jewish DNA fingerprint with 18 marker ethnic panel completed. There were two Jewish markers identified (Jewish I and Jewish III) in the results. That confirmed some of our family suspicions, especially through my father where we have identified quite a few Jewish surnames. However...

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