Mito Changes?
A few weeks ago, I received a notification about a new MTDNA relative. I went in to see who was new and who had any information on their last known mito relative. Many of my matches have no information at…
Category T2a
The Other Half
I’ve watched a few videos and read a few papers that help explain the movement of autosomal DNA and MTDNA in a way that makes sense and seems obvious once someone says it. It’s also meshed to the origins of…
T2A1A in the Early Middle Ages in England
Another follow-up on the Article on Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool. See my previous posts for more information on R-DF95 Y DNA and Continental Northern European migration to Britain part 1 and part 2.…
Neolithic and Bronze Age Sample Data
There are a couple of recent papers published in Nature that have some interesting supplemental data attached. Of course, I’m trying to hunt down samples that are related to me, always waiting to get a clear Y DNA relative and…
T2A1A in Ancient DNA
Recently the kind admins at the U106 forum posted about a DNA data update from David Reich with updated Y haplogroups in it (2019 ISOGG groups). A quick glance at some of the .anno files shows 5 R-Z18 men who…
My All-Mother
Image of the Mud Maid from Heligan in Cornwall lovingly borrowed. As I’ve become estranged from my mother as an adult and have become removed from my maternal family in the process, researching my mitochondrial DNA links is a somewhat…
Meaning, Time and the Cages We Make for Ourselves
Continued from Time and the Search for Meaning in DNA. What is the Meaning of This! I want to take a moment to talk about meaning and how we add value to the information we find. One of the first…
Time and the Search for Meaning in DNA
The Problem with Time My history teacher in the 8th grade (who shall remain Mr. Baker) said that we have no concept of time. He was the kind of guy I’ve always thought I should be. Well versed in history,…
Genome Analysis
A bit of a warning here. When analyzing the genome of a person like me, it helps to realize that this is not the genetic analysis of a single person but the combination of everyone I’m related to for several…