Thanks for the clarification! That is very good information and should trigger conversations.
Sue
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- Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:33 pm
- Forum: African
- Topic: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11815
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:35 pm
- Forum: African
- Topic: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11815
Sub-Saharan Africa
I am embarrassed to say that I had no idea exactly where the Sahara desert extends to. I knew it was huge but thought it was in central Africa. The map below shows it be be in north central Africa and stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. If you have had DNA testing completed and got ma...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:24 pm
- Forum: Rare Genes from History
- Topic: Are you related to King Tut?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 48717
Are you related to King Tut?
If you have ancestry in the Middle East or southern Europe, you might be! King Tut's father, Akhenaten, has passed down a rare gene that is still identifiable today. (King Tut did, too, but his is not as widespread- he only lived to be 19 years old.) Naturally, it is most common in today's Copts, de...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:29 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Green dot in pacific ocean
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12948
Re: Green dot in pacific ocean
I'm sorry, I wasn't able to find your report. However, I can tell you that Asian is a common very deep ancestral marker for someone with Native American ancestry as many Asians migrated through Alaska into the northwestern US and Canada.
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:23 pm
- Forum: Hispanic
- Topic: Iberian DNA Versus Iberian American DNA
- Replies: 1
- Views: 20163
Re: Iberian DNA Versus Iberian American DNA
Raven, Iberian is Spanish/Portuguese and Iberian American is Hispanic. From your description, this matches your and your mother's results. Your Native American II marker is common among people with ties to populations in North and South America. It is impossible to determine which markers came from ...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:46 pm
- Forum: Romani
- Topic: Map - Gypsy Migrations 900-1720
- Replies: 1
- Views: 21311
Re: Map - Gypsy Migrations 900-1720
What a beautiful map! I had no idea about the journey of the Romani.
- Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:57 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Green dot in pacific ocean
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12948
Re: Green dot in pacific ocean
Meg, when was your report completed? I may be able to look at it.
Sue
Sue
- Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:16 pm
- Forum: Melungeon
- Topic: What is Melungeon?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9987
What is Melungeon?
Have you recently learned that you have Melungeon in your background? Are you wondering what that means? Briefly, the Melungeon people are associated with the Cumberland Gap region of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. They are European, thought by some to be of Portuguese or Greek ancestry. We welc...
- Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:00 pm
- Forum: Hispanic
- Topic: Hispanic Heritage
- Replies: 3
- Views: 25042
Hispanic Heritage
Are you wondering about your Hispanic heritage? Ask a question here and we will try to help!
- Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:05 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: familytreedna MTdna test confirms Native
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8994
Re: familytreedna MTdna test confirms Native
Meg82 and Arroyah, I am the administrator for the site and we are actively trying to eliminate the spam. We may have to delete all users in order to quickly clean it up. If so, please reregister. I apologize for the confusion and we hope to have the site up and running cleanly soon. Thanks for under...