My y-DNA (paternal) haplogroup is T. Haplogroup T (Y-chromosomal DNA) - Eupedia Essentially this says it is pretty rare in Europe. Though oddly, Thomas Jefferson, who had British ancestry was T.The map does a good job of showing its distribution and concentrations. It's mostly concentrated in Southern Europe and Western Asia.
My mt-DNA, maternal haplogroup, is HV4. Haplogroup HV (mtDNA) - Eupedia The map on this page shows its distribution.
My preliminary ancestry composition, which is subject to refinement by the lab, is:
This shows I actually have more Middle Eastern and North African DNA (12.9%) than I do Northern European (1.2%). This really does bear out Italian and Sicilian archaeology, linguistics and anthropology. But overall I'm predominately European.
And no, I am not changing my name to Hannibal and worshiping Ba'al.
In all seriousness, I'm not sure I'd share this with my racist and bigoted family. It's one thing to pay lip service that Sicily and southern Italy were colonized, invaded and settled by everyone who was anyone, as my family does, but it's quite another thing to see in living color who your ancestors are. 23andme.com does advise treading lightly in revealing ancestry. Some family members might not want to have their world rocked, others (like me) are genuinely curious and may even be excited. I'll ask them if they want to know.
And while on the face of it this shows I have probably about as much Germanic DNA as Anwar Sadat had (whom I'm probably more closely related to) this really does kind of put a face on my forebears. Now I know who many of them probably were. And that's very Heathen.
Stay tuned for further developments as the lab finalizes the tests.
My mt-DNA, maternal haplogroup, is HV4. Haplogroup HV (mtDNA) - Eupedia The map on this page shows its distribution.
My preliminary ancestry composition, which is subject to refinement by the lab, is:
This shows I actually have more Middle Eastern and North African DNA (12.9%) than I do Northern European (1.2%). This really does bear out Italian and Sicilian archaeology, linguistics and anthropology. But overall I'm predominately European.
And no, I am not changing my name to Hannibal and worshiping Ba'al.
In all seriousness, I'm not sure I'd share this with my racist and bigoted family. It's one thing to pay lip service that Sicily and southern Italy were colonized, invaded and settled by everyone who was anyone, as my family does, but it's quite another thing to see in living color who your ancestors are. 23andme.com does advise treading lightly in revealing ancestry. Some family members might not want to have their world rocked, others (like me) are genuinely curious and may even be excited. I'll ask them if they want to know.
And while on the face of it this shows I have probably about as much Germanic DNA as Anwar Sadat had (whom I'm probably more closely related to
) this really does kind of put a face on my forebears. Now I know who many of them probably were. And that's very Heathen. Stay tuned for further developments as the lab finalizes the tests.
