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.
PING - being siberian I figure this is right down your alley
This is an amazing story.
And my ex-wife complained that I never wanted to go anywhere.
Mr Targett hasn't ventured more that a mile from his 9,000 year old family homestead.
Professor Stephen Oppenheimer in his book Origins Of The British has found that the DNA of the UK is very old and little changed since the end of the Ice Age.
My yDNA is R1b (DYS390-23) which indicates my male ancestors were Danes who went to Ireland and stayed...maybe as a Viking?