Resonance


Follow me through time?

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I’ve spent a majority of my time today plotting out my genetic ancestry. Remains discovered in various parts of the world have had DNA survive and have been subsequently sequenced. None of the finds are clearly direct lineage, but do match between one and three segments of my DNA and therefore we share ancestry. Of hundreds or more shared with the worlwide scientific community, there are 31 so far that connect with me. In this list, only one, two or three DNA segments match any of mine.

These are some of the places people with shared ancestry have ended their journeys. Dates are best effort estimates, not lifespans. Locations are where remains were discovered, though this doesn’t tell the story of their origins.

Date Location
1596 to 1439 BCE Bylkyldak, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
700 to 600 BCE La Mattonara, Civitavecchia, Italy
414 to 211 BCE Tugen Gorge, Kazakhstan
82 to 316 CE Roman Period Celt, Dorset County UK
100 to 400 CE Rákóczifalva, Hungary
400 to 600 CE Rákóczifalva, Hungary
665 to 865 CE Ship Street, Dublin
700 to 800 CE Salme, Saaremaa, Estonia (x2)
700 to 1000 CE Tollemosegård, Zealand, Denmark
800 to 900 CE Finglas, County Dublin, Ireland (x2)
800 to 900 CE Sørherøy, Herøy, Nordland, Norway
800 to 900 CE Kil søndre, Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
800 to 1000 CE Balladoole, Isle of Man
800 to 1100 CE Galgedil, Funen, Denmark (x2)
800 to 1100 CE Kärda, Småland, Sweden
850 to 950 CE Bakkendrup, Zealand, Denmark
880 to 1002 CE St. John’s College, Oxford, UK
900 to 1000 CE Tussøy, Tromsø, Troms, Norway
900 to 1050 CE Frojel, Gotland, Sweden
900 to 1100 CE Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave, Dorset, UK
900 to 1200 CE Varnhem, Skara, Västergötland, Sweden (x2)
900 to 1200 CE Ladoga, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
900 to 1300 CE Hofstaðir, Mývatnssveit, Iceland
993 to 1113 CE Kastlösa, Öland, Sweden
1500 to 1700 CE Sandur, Sandoy, Faroe Islands (x3)

My Great Grandfather, my mothers’s mother’s father (mormors far?) was from Sweden and swore that he was of Viking blood. I am living testament.