Ok, for a start, i'm considering this program, only if it can be able to isolate groups / countries of origin, going, far far back.
I'm 100% European (clear fact, i've traced them all back) and for what I know, 0% Cohanim, so a lot of the advertised options are fairly useless to me.
However, given my mix (Sicilian, Irish, German, English, French and Austrian), this whole thing could prove interesting if I can isolate subgroups among those branches or origins of people in those nations.
For example, Sicily has been conquered by many, many different nations, making the blood of: Native Sicilians, Mainland Italians, Greeks, Lebanese, Arabs, Danes, Southern Germans, Spaniards, Albanians, Armenians, Slavs and Berber all mixed in.
The majority is Greek / Native Sicilian / Italian / Lebanese / Arabic, but the rest did influence.
Anyway, similarly, the Irish have both Native Irish, Norse and Celtic backgrounds and people who are German have specific localized tribes which were the original backgrounds (Burgundians, Franks, Goths, Lombards, Saxons, Teutons, Vandals, etc).
I know this might be a long shot, but can this process get that detailed so I can know which specific subgroups / tribes my ancestors came from?
Also, on a side note (again, a long shot), some of my ancestors came from an area in relative proximity to "Otzi the Ice Man" who was discovered in 1991, frozen in a glacier for 5300 years. I know for a fact that genetic tests were made of the local population in a comparative manner such as this (and proved a connection to people from the area), so the data has to be out there to compare mine to his.
But is it at all possible to do it?
Thanks for all the help!
JR
I'm 100% European (clear fact, i've traced them all back) and for what I know, 0% Cohanim, so a lot of the advertised options are fairly useless to me.
However, given my mix (Sicilian, Irish, German, English, French and Austrian), this whole thing could prove interesting if I can isolate subgroups among those branches or origins of people in those nations.
For example, Sicily has been conquered by many, many different nations, making the blood of: Native Sicilians, Mainland Italians, Greeks, Lebanese, Arabs, Danes, Southern Germans, Spaniards, Albanians, Armenians, Slavs and Berber all mixed in.
The majority is Greek / Native Sicilian / Italian / Lebanese / Arabic, but the rest did influence.
Anyway, similarly, the Irish have both Native Irish, Norse and Celtic backgrounds and people who are German have specific localized tribes which were the original backgrounds (Burgundians, Franks, Goths, Lombards, Saxons, Teutons, Vandals, etc).
I know this might be a long shot, but can this process get that detailed so I can know which specific subgroups / tribes my ancestors came from?
Also, on a side note (again, a long shot), some of my ancestors came from an area in relative proximity to "Otzi the Ice Man" who was discovered in 1991, frozen in a glacier for 5300 years. I know for a fact that genetic tests were made of the local population in a comparative manner such as this (and proved a connection to people from the area), so the data has to be out there to compare mine to his.
But is it at all possible to do it?
Thanks for all the help!
JR
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