Posted on 08/26/2008 7:44:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Lichtenstein Cave is a short drive away from Manfred's village, deep in the Harz mountains.
This is the spot where Manfred's relatives, dating back 3,000 years, were buried. The cave remained hidden from view until 1980, and it was only later, in 1993, that archaeologists discovered 40 Bronze Age skeletons.
The 3,000-year-old skeletons were in such good condition that anthropologists at the University of Goettingen managed to extract a sample of DNA. That was then matched to two men living nearby: Uwe Lange, a surveyor, and Manfred Huchthausen, a teacher. The two men have now become local celebrities.
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http://www.familytreedna.com/
Bump.....for anyone interested in their family tree, check and see if a surname project exists. (middle right hand side)You will need to have the male DNA tested.
Whaaaaaaaat?!?
Thanks Drango.
That actually sounds like it could be fun. Bar wench, bring me more mead!
-ccm
Note: this topic is from . The old ladies of the town are thrown into the fjord with their boots tied around their necks...
Two local German men direct descendants of 3,000 year old Lichtenstein Cave dwellers.
The Lichtenstein Cave, located in the Harz mountains of Lower Saxony, Germany, is a Bronze Age archaeological site where the 3,000 year old skeletal remains of 19 males and 21 females where discovered.
DNA tests conducted on the skeletons revealed that their mtDNA haplogroups included: 17 from H, 5 from T2, 9 from U5b and 5 from J*. Of the 15 male remains tested their Y-haplogroups included: 12 from I2b2, 2 from R1a and 1 from R1b. The analysis showed that most of the bones were from the same family.
The DNA of 270 local people was also tested as part of the archaeological research, and the Y chromosome results for two local men proved to be an exact match with the I2b2 samples. Their stories were picked up by the BBC and ABC News. Manfred Huchthausen and Uwe Lange knew each other from living in the same village near the excavation site. Lange used to play in the cave as a child, little knowing that his direct ancestors had lived there between 1,000 and 700 BC and were actually buried there. Before the discovery, he had traced his family history back to 1550. Through DNA testing, both he and Manfred Huchthausen now share the longest proven family tree in the world, going back 120 generations.Manfred Huchthausen and his Bronze Age ancestor – photo by Frank May
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