Posted on 12/28/2015 10:03:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Blood of the Irish: DNA Proves Ancestry of the People of Ireland
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3042519/posts
Clues to ancient invasion in DNA [ Scotland, Ireland, Picts, Vikings ]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2223427/posts
DNA shows Irish people have more complex origins than previously thought
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3110626/posts
Laois ‘bog body’ said to be world’s oldest
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3058195/posts
Peoples Of Britain
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1888093/posts
Split Between English and Scots Older Than Thought
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1173912/posts
BTTT.
Thanks OddLane, will have to ping this later.
Interesting stuff.
I had Ancestry.com sequence my DNA, and found out that my ancestors came from all over Europe, as well as Asia and Africa.
Excessive iron retention runs in my family. I guess that means my bones won’t turn to powder, they will rust away. May make good clubs though.
:’) My ancestors were farmers, probably right back to the Neolithic, and during the post-Roman times were probably peasants held by whatever iron-fisted *-word held the nearest castle. And indentured servitude can be found on both sides of the family. :’)
Shillelaghs. :’)
Over here.
I have just a small portion of Irish ancestry, but I think I’ve got the iron thingy.
It’s been mentioned to me several times that my blood tests show abnormally high concentration of iron and that’s one thing I have never supplemented.
Of course growing up just about everything I ate came from a cast iron skillet.
Ironland.
The Irish came from the Middle East?
So my wife is from Ireland not china? She has both those problems as do many chinese.
Long story short: We Irish* are pretty much mutts.
*Yes, I’m American first, but call myself Irish. Deal with it.
How trustworthy do you believe their analysis to be?
My siblings and I had well water with a high iron content for a substantial part of our younger years. Plus the iron pots and skillet!
The DNA analysis itself, trustworthy. The interpretation in terms of ethnic origins, not so much. Pricey experiment -- get your ethnic origins tested by Ancestry.com, 23andMe, and FTDNA. Compare the results.
One of these days, I might do that.
The analysis of ethnicity is based on statistical analysis of the frequency of specific alleles, and how those alleles have been observed to be distributed throughout the population. The reliability of those analyses is based on how many members of specific ethnic groups have been used in the original determination of allele frequencies in those groups. Obviously, the more members of each group submit to analysis, the more reliable the results become.
I am curious as to how the other DNA analysis companies would classify my ethnic origins.
Also, Ancestry.com asks people to upload their results from 23andMe, presumably to compare and analyze differences so as to provide a more reliable service.
“How trustworthy do you believe their analysis to be?”
Sorry, I forgot to ping you to my reply.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3377555/posts?page=18#18
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