Posted on 11/23/2017 6:14:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
With a vial of saliva and a little cutting-edge science, AncestryDNA can tell you if you’ve got any Irish heritage in your genes. And with a lot of cutting-edge science, researchers in December 2015 published a study telling the world where that Irish heritage first originated.
By studying the 5,000-year-old remains of a female farmer buried near Belfast, Ireland, and the remains of three men buried 3,000 and 4,000 years ago on Rathlin Island in County Antrim, archaeologists and geneticists now say they now know where the modern Irish people originally came from.
The remains of the Stone Age female farmer show that she resembled modern people from Spain and Sardinia, suggesting she had roots there. But her ancestors ultimately originated from the Fertile Crescent, the once-lush region of the Middle East where humans first practiced agriculture. Those migrants brought cattle, cereals, and ceramics, along with black hair and brown eyes.
The remains of the Bronze Age male farmers show a different group of migrants entering Ireland one to two thousand years later. Those farmers came from the Pontic steppe of southern Russia. They brought metalworking culture, the genetic disposition for blue eyes, and the gene for a blood disorder so often found in Ireland that it’s known as the Celtic disease: haemochromatosis.
Using a technique called whole-genome analysis, scientists at Trinity College Dublin studied the DNA from all four bodies to establish a history of ancestral migration and settlement.
“There was a great wave of genome change that swept into [Bronze Age] Europe from above the Black Sea … we now know it washed all the way to the shores of its most westerly island,” geneticist and lead researcher Dan Bradley told the BBC.
The research shows that cultural changes in the ancient British Isles, such as the introduction of agriculture and metalworking, likely arrived because of large-scale migrations rather than the adoption of new ways by indigenous people.
DNA research isn’t just for looking back thousands of years. With AncestryDNA, you can discover whether your grandparents or great-grandparents really did hail from Ireland or any one of 26 distinct ethnic populations. AncestryDNA can also be an invaluable tool in genealogical research by matching up your DNA with relatives you might never have known and by identifying common forebears you may never have heard of.
From there, the 16 billion historical records on Ancestry can help you search forwards or backward in time to fill in your family tree — wherever that tree first took root.
FTA: ....surprising origins of the Irish.
They came from Leprechauns.
Where they came from I am not sure.
They are not exactly the same as modern Irish but Highland Scots did come from Ireland.
Irish tend to be handsomer, Scots tend to be smarter.
Russians wearing plaid?
My grandfather was Northern Irish and looked very much like an Irishman. I have the so called Celtic disease, easily managed by donating blood three times a year.
Also Swede, Scot and Welsh mixed in for good measure.
They are basing these ideas of broad migrations and immigration on a sample size of four. I’d be more convinced by oh 400, maybe.
Its simple evolution. God made man, man made whiskey, whiskey made the Irish. Where can I get my $200 million government grant?
It’s like that Irish Blessing.
“May the road rise up to meet you
And then me boot will rise up to meet your arse.”
Wow! Genetics are amazing...
That matches up well with the Milesian Legends, Iberia and then eventually Scythia.
I sent my DNA to get tested and I tell you, if it comes back even .003% African, then yo, I want my affirmative actions, my reparations and I aint taking no mo` sh*t from the MAN! And yo, y’all better not do any of that cultural appropriation of my peeps!
My Irish brother in law said God created liquor so the Irish wouldn’t rule the world!
I was trying a way to break this to everyone gently but now that this story is out, the Irish are responsible for everything good. And anything bad the blame goes to Guinness.
God made whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world ;-)
DNA requires some faith to believe 100% but it's being so widely accepted in legal disputes. I think there have been some errors though.
A meeting of civilisations: The mystery of China’s celtic mummies
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-meeting-of-civilisations-the-mystery-of-chinas-celtic-mummies-5330366.html
#32 .. Dang, shoulda known . . . lol !
Thank you.
Fascinating.
Ancestry has been so successful with this fake product that the real DNA companies (23 and Me, FTDNA) are copying it.
At least 23 and Me will let you set the probability levels. The standard product is 50% level of confidence. Dial it up to 80% and most of the 1-5% “matches” go away.
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