DNA Sequencing Megathread! Neanderthals, Denisovans and other ancient DNA!

[viper37]

doesn't mean you are doomed to be bad person yourself.

He likes Pence and Sessions 

[viper37]

Valmy will mock me for this (OMG Charlemagne) but I was able to trace a line back to the viking Rollo.  Also through that same branch traced to dukes of Brittany with really weird names.  Supposedly there's a way to trace back to William the Conquerer but I haven't found it yet.

well, William is a descendant of Rollo.  Rollo had a daughter and a son, Gerloc and William Longsword.  Gerloc married to the duc of Aquitaine (and also count of Poitou), and one of their children took the Duchy and the daughter took the French king as husband, so if your ancestors were still in Normandy later, we can exclude that branch.

In turn, William had only one son before being killed, Richard.

And this is where the fun begins, as he was... prollific:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_Normandy
13 children to trace.  Have fun!

The line goes from: Rollo - William - Richard I - Richard II - Robert I (or II, but not the archbishop) - William the Conqueror.

Since William the Conqueror was an illegitimate son, you have to be related on the paternal side.

[derspiess]

Valmy will mock me for this (OMG Charlemagne) but I was able to trace a line back to the viking Rollo.  Also through that same branch traced to dukes of Brittany with really weird names.  Supposedly there's a way to trace back to William the Conquerer but I haven't found it yet.

well, William is a descendant of Rollo.  Rollo had a daughter and a son, Gerloc and William Longsword.  Gerloc married to the duc of Aquitaine (and also count of Poitou), and one of their children took the Duchy and the daughter took the French king as husband, so if your ancestors were still in Normandy later, we can exclude that branch.

In turn, William had only one son before being killed, Richard.

And this is where the fun begins, as he was... prollific:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_Normandy
13 children to trace.  Have fun!

The line goes from: Rollo - William - Richard I - Richard II - Robert I (or II, but not the archbishop) - William the Conqueror.

Since William the Conqueror was an illegitimate son, you have to be related on the paternal side.

I'm trying to find the direct line to William the Conqueror.  Supposedly it's in there somewhere.  A brief write-up on my 15th great grandmother (Catherine de Montfort, 1441-1498) claims that she is descended from the Plantagenets, Dukes of Normandy, "Capetian and Carolingian Kings and Queens", Scottish Kings and many others. 

So far I have found Hawise of Normandy, who descended from Richard I - William - Rollo.  Which is close.

The most entertaining (and also annoying) discovery so far was when I had to go back through five generations of alternating Alan fitz Brians/Brian fitz Alans. 

[The Minsky Moment]

my 15th great grandmother (Catherine de Montfort, 1441-1498)

Any relation to the Simons?

[Valmy]

I am descended from William and Rollo through my 17th Great Grandfather Henry Tudor, or Papa Hank as we call him in the family.

[HVC]

you're all the kids of a some stable boy or butler who nailed the queen/duchess somewhere along the line. Just like prince Harry

[Valmy]

you're all the kids of a some stable boy or butler who nailed the queen/duchess somewhere along the line. Just like prince Harry

Actually DNA testing indicates this was shockingly rare. Women were more loyal than all you misogynistic pigs presumed.

However since I am descended through royal bastards (as was Henry Tudor himself I think) this is already taken into account

[HVC]

Actually DNA testing indicates this was shockingly rare. Women were more loyal than all you misogynistic pigs presumed.

However since I am descended through royal bastards (as was Henry Tudor himself I think) this is already taken into account

I just wanted to call derspiess a bastard.

[Valmy]

I just wanted to call derspiess a bastard.

Chill I mean he is looking for links to William the Bastard after all.

False paternity was a source of angst for genealogists for centuries and it all turned out to be just not a thing for the most part. Or at least far less of a thing than people suspected.

[HVC]

yeah, it's like 3% or something like that. Which is pretty good given the percentage of how many people actually cheat.

[viper37]

Actually DNA testing indicates this was shockingly rare. Women were more loyal than all you misogynistic pigs presumed.

It indicates two possible things, non mutually exclusive:
1) Male infidelity was more common, with unmarried women, rather than the married women kept under lock at home.
2) Women knew of birth control and abortion even if frowned upon.

[derspiess]

Actually DNA testing indicates this was shockingly rare. Women were more loyal than all you misogynistic pigs presumed.

However since I am descended through royal bastards (as was Henry Tudor himself I think) this is already taken into account

I just wanted to call derspiess a bastard.

That's practically a compliment around here

[HVC]

Actually DNA testing indicates this was shockingly rare. Women were more loyal than all you misogynistic pigs presumed.

However since I am descended through royal bastards (as was Henry Tudor himself I think) this is already taken into account

I just wanted to call derspiess a bastard.

That's practically a compliment around here

Though, think of your poor genes. From proud French and English nobility to mixing with an Argentinian. an Argentinian!

[alfred russel]

Though, think of your poor genes. From proud French and English nobility to mixing with an Argentinian. an Argentinian!

His Norman ancestors conquering England would have never thought of such a thing!

[Valmy]

Actually DNA testing indicates this was shockingly rare. Women were more loyal than all you misogynistic pigs presumed.

It indicates two possible things, non mutually exclusive:
1) Male infidelity was more common, with unmarried women, rather than the married women kept under lock at home.
2) Women knew of birth control and abortion even if frowned upon.

Keep in mind that false paternity and infidelity are not the same. This simply means women lied less than was originally suspected.