Only the females.
Last year I had the DNA of my extended family analysed. Mainly we're, R1b's, H's, U5a's which are the most common haplogroups in Europe. My mother's haplogroup 'V' was a suprise...52% of the Skolt Sa'ami (northern Finland reindeer herders) have haplogroup 'V'.
My dad's mother (Mrs Smith) was/is related to 9,000 year old Cheddar Man.
I guess it's possible a son of his could have had his maternal DNA if he bred with a maternal cousin.
My dad's mother (Mrs Smith) was/is related to 9,000 year old Cheddar Man.
Cheddar Man is so COOL! Can you imagine living in the same place where some of your relatives have been for 9,000 years? In a world of constant upheaval and migration caused by wars, invasions and modern travel? In Britain alone they had the Romans, Angles, Saxons, Picts, Scots, Franks, Vikings, Normans and various other Germanic types (have I forgotten some?)
It seems so unlikely to find a genetic line of hardy inhabitants surviving right there where they've always been. Really puts a *face* on pre-historic history.