Category: Ancient DNA

Travel by ancestry to -- "Haplogroup C, a Hidden Paternal American Lineage That Beat the Odds and Survived" (Family Tree DNA Blog Post, July 30, 2024)

8/23/2024

So pleased to see the latest blog post by Miguel Vilar about the C-P39 Y DNA Haplogroup (shared below). Men only: If you have had a Y chromosome DNA test with Family Tree DNA, and have tested positive for the C-P39 Y DNA SNP or one of its subclades, please join us at the C-P39 Y DNA Family Tree DNA Project and the Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA Project where the C-P39 Y DNA haplogroup and its subclades are well-represented by project members.

Reference: Vilar, M. (2024, July 30). "Haplogroup C, a Hidden Paternal American Lineage That Beat the Odds and Survived: Explore the intriguing survival of haplogroup C—one of the world’s oldest Y-chromosome lineages—its ancient dispersion across continents, and its continued presence in North and South America despite the dominance of haplogroup Q." Family Tree DNA Blog Post. https://blog.familytreedna.com/haplogroup-c-paternal-american-lineage/

See also: "Notable Connections": https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/C-P39/notable

"Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites in Central Europe."

6/4/2024

In the cited Open Access study, DNA evidence points to a "practice of matrilineal dynastic succession in early Celtic elites."

Reference: Gretzinger, J., Schmitt, F., Mötsch, A. et al. Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites in Central Europe. Nat Hum Behav (2024). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01888-7

See also: Paul, A. (2024, June 3). "DNA suggests ancient Celtic royalty was matrilineal: Two of Germany’s most famous Iron Age burial mounds suggest nobility was passed down by mothers." Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/science/celtic-burial-gender/

Published Study (April 3, 2024): "Modern Blackfoot people descend from an ancient ice age lineage"

4/4/2024

Alex, B. (2024, April 3). "Modern Blackfoot people descend from an ancient ice age lineage: A new study of historic and modern genomes may help tribes protect ancestral lands and water rights." Science. https://www.science.org/content/article/modern-blackfoot-people-descend-ancient-ice-age-lineage

Link to original, Open Access published report:

Dorothy First Rider et al. Genomic analyses correspond with deep persistence of peoples of Blackfoot Confederacy from glacial times.Sci. Adv.10,eadl6595(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adl6595

From the published report summary: "We show that the genomics of sampled individuals from the Blackfoot Confederacy belong to a previously undescribed ancient lineage that diverged from other genomic lineages in the Americas in Late Pleistocene times. Using multiple complementary forms of knowledge, we provide a scenario for Blackfoot population history that fits with oral tradition and provides a plausible model for the evolutionary process of the peopling of the Americas." Read the rest of the published journal article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl6595

"Researchers use ancient DNA to map migration during the Roman Empire" -- February 18, 2024

2/18/2024

Reference: Williams, S.C.P. (2024, January 30). "Researchers use ancient DNA to map migration during the Roman Empire: The team led by Stanford Medicine analyzed thousands of genomes, including those newly sequenced from 204 skeletons, to gain insight into how and where people moved during the Roman Empire."
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/01/ancient-rome-dna.html

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"Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites in Central Europe."

Published Study (April 3, 2024): "Modern Blackfoot people descend from an ancient ice age lineage"

"Researchers use ancient DNA to map migration during the Roman Empire" -- February 18, 2024

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