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by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:45 am
Forum: World
Topic: Ancient DNA
Replies: 1
Views: 6526

Re: Ancient DNA Genealogy tools

This tool, has more raw data then the wiki lists I posted. This is a new find and very interesting. http://www.y-str.org/p/ancient-dna.html Ancient DNA Below is the tabulation for Ancient DNA processed from publicly available raw files and uploaded to GEDMatch for comparison. Processed files from ra...
by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:31 am
Forum: World
Topic: Ancient DNA
Replies: 1
Views: 6526

Ancient DNA

Ancient mtDNA list https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNA_tested_mummies List of historic figures https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genetic_results_derived_from_historical_figures Two of these are of interest to me, Otzi the Iceman has the same mtDNA as my paternal grandmother K Somerlad ...
by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:17 am
Forum: World
Topic: Antiquity Archaeology Journal
Replies: 0
Views: 5962

Antiquity Archaeology Journal

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/di ... al?jid=AQY
This Journal has free articles that can be viewed that may be of interest
by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:11 am
Forum: African
Topic: Africans at Jamestown
Replies: 0
Views: 8975

Africans at Jamestown

African Americans at Jamestown Some Melungeon families trace their Ancestry to this group. 2 families that are researched are Anthony Johnson and Edward Mazingo. I am interested in the related families. Some of these people are mist likely Portuguese and/or African mixed. It is quite a story. Will p...
by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:04 am
Forum: African
Topic: Bantu and percentages of Euro Ancestry in Afticans
Replies: 0
Views: 8514

Bantu and percentages of Euro Ancestry in Afticans

My interest in African Ancestry pertains to Melungeons and Jamestown 19 odd. The earliest recorded group of Africans brunt from Angola, The Bantu. In that contest here are two articles you can read of my note regarding, this admixture and Native American Both models involve continuous gene flow from...
by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:53 am
Forum: African
Topic: Duffy Null Allele
Replies: 0
Views: 9694

Duffy Null Allele

The presence of the Duffy Null Allele in your DNA confirms African Ancestry. The absence of it doese not disprove African Ancestry. It is a likely indicator. This question was brought to me by a member , here is some info http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2271/ The Duffy blood group - Blood Group...
by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:18 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: Royal DNA
Replies: 3
Views: 24975

Re: Royal DNA Princess Diana mtDNA

Princess Diana mtdna http://www.britainsdna.com/royal-revelation A wonderful story about Theodore Forbes and love in British India and summary below and how one individual DNA can be found several generations back Alexander became so homesick for Surat, his mother and his little sister that the Forb...
by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:11 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: Royal DNA
Replies: 3
Views: 24975

Re: Royal DNA King Richard III

King Richard III Discovery site http://antiquity.ac.uk/Ant/087/0519/ant0870519.pdf Health & Science Richard III, the hunchbacked king who lived in the 15th century, liked his liquor http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/richard-iii-the-hunchbacked-king-who-lived-in-the-15th-centu...
by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:10 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: Royal DNA
Replies: 3
Views: 24975

Re: Royal DNA King Alfred

Have we now found Alfred the Great? Archaeologists exhume unmarked grave in what could be one of the most significant finds ever

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... grave.html
by D J Thornton
Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:09 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: Royal DNA
Replies: 3
Views: 24975

Royal DNA

It is interesting to find out you have a Gateway Ancestor to Royal Lineages. It helps your research, and DNA testing that confirms it is exciting. One thing also about Royal DNA and the Royals it's that it is well researched and D NA studied. Here is a great place to look. I'm starting this thread f...

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