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

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The Minsky Moment

Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on February 12, 2018, 06:42:40 PM
Scots-Irish = barbarian border reivers and cattle rustlers.
Irish-Irish = peaceful pious mud farmers.

Hmm. .  Don't the earliest Irish epics revolve around exploits of cattle rustling?
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Josquius

I decided to get one of these tests since they have a very inappropriate sale on for Valentines day.

I fully expect  a dissapointing 99% British /Irish as it completely can't tell the difference between them. Despite the research out there of genetic variation across the Isles.
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grumbler

Quote from: katmai on February 12, 2018, 11:26:21 PM
what % vegetarian painter?

He hasn't painted a vegetarian in months.  Probably ran out of vegetarians.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

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Caliga

Quote from: Tyr on February 13, 2018, 01:52:43 AM
I decided to get one of these tests since they have a very inappropriate sale on for Valentines day.

I fully expect  a dissapointing 99% British /Irish as it completely can't tell the difference between them. Despite the research out there of genetic variation across the Isles.
Aren't you from Yorkshire dude?  You'll get a heavy Scandinavian result as well, I'd wager.
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Grinning_Colossus

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on February 13, 2018, 12:01:40 AM
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on February 12, 2018, 06:42:40 PM
Scots-Irish = barbarian border reivers and cattle rustlers.
Irish-Irish = peaceful pious mud farmers.

Hmm. .  Don't the earliest Irish epics revolve around exploits of cattle rustling?

Yes, but no one had any cows to steal by the time of the Plantation, thus proving their moral superiority. :p
Quis futuit ipsos fututores?

derspiess

Quote from: Caliga on February 13, 2018, 09:34:19 AM
Quote from: Tyr on February 13, 2018, 01:52:43 AM
I decided to get one of these tests since they have a very inappropriate sale on for Valentines day.

I fully expect  a dissapointing 99% British /Irish as it completely can't tell the difference between them. Despite the research out there of genetic variation across the Isles.
Aren't you from Yorkshire dude?  You'll get a heavy Scandinavian result as well, I'd wager.

That's where a lot of my English ancestors are from, but I oddly I got <1% Scandinavian on AncestryDNA.  For some reason, my dad's brother got like 30% Scandinavian (and we are a "close" DNA match).  I know different siblings, etc. inherit different amounts of ethnicity, but that just seems a bit off.

My 5% Iberian was a bit of a surprise, but the way it's defined on Ancestry DNA's map that could be the French ancestry from my mom's side.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Jacob

Quote from: derspiess on February 14, 2018, 10:53:15 AM
That's where a lot of my English ancestors are from, but I oddly I got <1% Scandinavian on AncestryDNA.  For some reason, my dad's brother got like 30% Scandinavian (and we are a "close" DNA match).  I know different siblings, etc. inherit different amounts of ethnicity, but that just seems a bit off.

My 5% Iberian was a bit of a surprise, but the way it's defined on Ancestry DNA's map that could be the French ancestry from my mom's side.

It's almost as if these tests are a bit of a gimmick that don't really have the kind of meaning people like to ascribe to them.

garbon

Quote from: Jacob on February 14, 2018, 02:05:54 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 14, 2018, 10:53:15 AM
That's where a lot of my English ancestors are from, but I oddly I got <1% Scandinavian on AncestryDNA.  For some reason, my dad's brother got like 30% Scandinavian (and we are a "close" DNA match).  I know different siblings, etc. inherit different amounts of ethnicity, but that just seems a bit off.

My 5% Iberian was a bit of a surprise, but the way it's defined on Ancestry DNA's map that could be the French ancestry from my mom's side.

It's almost as if these tests are a bit of a gimmick that don't really have the kind of meaning people like to ascribe to them.

:o
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grumbler

Quote from: Jacob on February 14, 2018, 02:05:54 PM
It's almost as if these tests are a bit of a gimmick that don't really have the kind of meaning people like to ascribe to them.

I think that the meaning is pretty clear:  A ______ and his money are soon _______. After lots of tests, the two blanks always fill in the same way.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

garbon

Quote from: grumbler on February 14, 2018, 02:10:11 PM
Quote from: Jacob on February 14, 2018, 02:05:54 PM
It's almost as if these tests are a bit of a gimmick that don't really have the kind of meaning people like to ascribe to them.

I think that the meaning is pretty clear:  A ______ and his money are soon _______. After lots of tests, the two blanks always fill in the same way.

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"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Jacob

Quote from: garbon on February 14, 2018, 02:11:03 PM
Quote from: grumbler on February 14, 2018, 02:10:11 PM
Quote from: Jacob on February 14, 2018, 02:05:54 PM
It's almost as if these tests are a bit of a gimmick that don't really have the kind of meaning people like to ascribe to them.

I think that the meaning is pretty clear:  A ______ and his money are soon _______. After lots of tests, the two blanks always fill in the same way.

platypus, wed

:lol:

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Quote from: derspiess on February 14, 2018, 10:53:15 AM
Quote from: Caliga on February 13, 2018, 09:34:19 AM
Quote from: Tyr on February 13, 2018, 01:52:43 AM
I decided to get one of these tests since they have a very inappropriate sale on for Valentines day.

I fully expect  a dissapointing 99% British /Irish as it completely can't tell the difference between them. Despite the research out there of genetic variation across the Isles.
Aren't you from Yorkshire dude?  You'll get a heavy Scandinavian result as well, I'd wager.

That's where a lot of my English ancestors are from, but I oddly I got <1% Scandinavian on AncestryDNA.  For some reason, my dad's brother got like 30% Scandinavian (and we are a "close" DNA match).  I know different siblings, etc. inherit different amounts of ethnicity, but that just seems a bit off.

My 5% Iberian was a bit of a surprise, but the way it's defined on Ancestry DNA's map that could be the French ancestry from my mom's side.

Watch out for a Portuguese in the family woodpile.
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derspiess

Meh, if it wasn't there already I added it into the bloodline by marriage.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Josquius

Quote from: Caliga on February 13, 2018, 09:34:19 AM
Quote from: Tyr on February 13, 2018, 01:52:43 AM
I decided to get one of these tests since they have a very inappropriate sale on for Valentines day.

I fully expect  a dissapointing 99% British /Irish as it completely can't tell the difference between them. Despite the research out there of genetic variation across the Isles.
Aren't you from Yorkshire dude?  You'll get a heavy Scandinavian result as well, I'd wager.

A bit north of there. Though one of my grandparents family is from Yorkshire.
Yes. I'm hoping that I get a nice spread of Scandinavian and Celtic; I certainly look far more nordic than I do celtic.  But I'm dubious of whether this will show.
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