I think that if you had a British ancestor from the WWI era, you'd have a lot more than 6% British!
The Italian genome reflects the history of Europe and the Mediterranean basin
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Some of the possible explanations for the observed results seem to accept the assumption that the reference population for the "British" component is actually "pure" and has no other admixture. But that might not be true! All sorts of migrations have occurred that could have found their way into the ancestry and DNA of whatever group of modern Britons were used for the reference population, ranging from the movements of soldiers in the "calamitous 14th Century", the movements of people in the 16th Century, even more in the 17th Century (religious persecution), etc. It is even possible that French or German migrations into BOTH the British Isles and the Italian peninsula have influenced the genetic results from two directions. I wonder if we would do better to think about the results in terms of "ethnic affinities" rather than as "ethnic origins".
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Originally posted by Ariana View PostHi Anthony,
My parents are from a small alpine town, Asiago, in Italy's north east.
I too was intrigued by the 6% British, so I followed your advice and did some research. I found this very interesting article:
It talks about how British soldiers fought alongside Italians during WWI, and ended up in... Asiago!!
very interesting and thanks for the article, Asiago is where the Asiago cheese was created, it is very good, its very neat that you are from there
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Originally posted by MoberlyDrake View PostI think that if you had a British ancestor from the WWI era, you'd have a lot more than 6% British!
The most likely explanation for my 6% British is the people known as the 'Cimbrians', an apparently Celtic/Germanic tribe who settled the Asiago region more than 1000 years ago. Even today, signs of the Cimbrian language exist around Asiago, and in the nearby town of Luserna, they still speak it.
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I stumbled upon this topic and have a question for anyone who might have an opinion.
When my autosomal DNA was tested at Ancestry, my origins were predicted Great Britain 56%, Scandinavia 16%, Europe West 14%, Ireland 6%, with trace regions Italy/Greece 4%, Iberian Peninsula 3% and West Asia (Caucasus) <1%.
FTDNA interprets same DNA test origins as European 91%: British Isles 55%, Scandinavia 34%, Southern Europe 2%, and Middle East 9% (Asia Minor). After having Big Y tested, the results were E-V13>CTS5856. I won't mention the current terminal SNP as there is only one other tested match and he is an anonymous man in Sardinia. I do not fall within any of the more popular subclades of E-V13>CTS5856.
My question is: could the small amount of Italy/Greece, Iberian Peninsula, and Middle East be contributed by my paternal line? Would my origins and the Big Y results with most E-V13 men originating from the Balkans be indicative of possible Roman Army, or Italian?
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Originally posted by Renegade6008 View PostI stumbled upon this topic and have a question for anyone who might have an opinion.
When my autosomal DNA was tested at Ancestry, my origins were predicted Great Britain 56%, Scandinavia 16%, Europe West 14%, Ireland 6%, with trace regions Italy/Greece 4%, Iberian Peninsula 3% and West Asia (Caucasus) <1%.
FTDNA interprets same DNA test origins as European 91%: British Isles 55%, Scandinavia 34%, Southern Europe 2%, and Middle East 9% (Asia Minor). After having Big Y tested, the results were E-V13>CTS5856. I won't mention the current terminal SNP as there is only one other tested match and he is an anonymous man in Sardinia. I do not fall within any of the more popular subclades of E-V13>CTS5856.
My question is: could the small amount of Italy/Greece, Iberian Peninsula, and Middle East be contributed by my paternal line? Would my origins and the Big Y results with most E-V13 men originating from the Balkans be indicative of possible Roman Army, or Italian?
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