Interesting video. Some 10 years ago 800 Danish University students from across the country participated in the project “where are you from” and in general it showed that Danes are quite homogeneous but the students from east, Zealand and Lolland, had a bit more components in common with the population in Baltic countries and Poland whilest the students from Jutland had more components in common with the British isles.
The study point out that the modern populations of Scandinavia are more homogeneous and the percentage of the British and Baltic DNA has reduced. It's likely that the people being cremated are not factored in as much as could be.
@@AlexIlesUK The 'modern' populations of Scandinavia sure aint homogenous. However when I was in western Sweden in the early 70s it was - everyone was tall blonde and blue eyed (except me!)
Interesting vid! 😄 Dutchie here, and like you mentioned in your video (if I understand correctly) my DNA is 50/50 British and Scandinavian. To make it even more fun, almost all branches in my family tree trace back to Frisian roots (a culture and language closest related to Old English) all the way up into the late Viking-age. Apart from Dutch, the Frisian language nowadays still has a lot of similarities with Scandinavian and Scottish languages. When watching/reading something in those laguages, I can understand it for a good chunk cause it has a lot of similar words, sounds and grammar.
Hello Rutger, great to know you've enjoyed it! If I remember from the Dutch archeology papers I have read the Frisans of the early medieval period arived at the same times as the Anglo-Saxons arived in the British isles, so its likely they shared a similar heritage or homeland prior to the migration.
Thanks again Alex! Missed this paper! Will definitely hunt this down. I'm glad someone is finally dealing with and accepting of 2-way traffic across the North Sea. If only we had more pre-viking period DNA, as I expect this traffic to have been going on for a while.....
I know, we do need some proper studies on the Pre-Roman populations that are not as old as the Bronze age. Also Roman research is lacking! It will happen though!
@@AlexIlesUK yes! still working through the Venetian republic, but the SEO makes it far less clickable so YT is essentially locking us in a cupboard for now
Interesting By the way, Sardinian DNA is usually taken as the closest sample of Neolithic DNA, not generic Southern DNA. That's because the wave of Indo-Europeans that stormed the Continent and replaced its neolithic populations, some 3-5000 years ago, didn't quite manage to do the same in Sardinia. Nor in Scandinavia, apparently.
In some ways that makes it more complex as it means if there were surviving pockets of neolithic aDNA that could cause for some of the results, I think it's unlikely but it's a possibility. Using modern populations to represent ancient ground is always a problem as there are migrations, genetic changes and population mixing that have occurred since.
I want to know which paternal and maternal haplogroups were present and when. For some reason the studies shy away from that information. I don’t know why. I want to know which original ancient civilization they were from.
@@AlexIlesUK Joseph of Arimathea was the rich uncle who buried Jesus. He had a tin trade from England. There’s a traditional song in England that Jesus actually stepped foot in England. After the death of Jesus, he moved to England with his daughter Anna of Arimathea who reportedly married into the royal family legitimizing the royal lineage as having been descended from King Solomon. There’s also mentions of the holy grail possibly connected to them. We don’t really know what happened because around 700 AD the Catholic church killed some 700 of the bishops and historical records in the monasteries started by Joseph of Arimathea. If you have any additional information, I would like to know since the records in England from that time are so sketchy. Thanks.
@JungleJargon thank you for clarifying. I can see where you've got that from. I promise you Jerusalem is not a historical accurate song and I am doubtful of the dynastic stories involving Anna and the Welsh kings. I'm quite sure that the slaughter of Monks is an interpretation of Æthelfrith of Northumbria killing Monks in the battle of Chester between 613-616.
Really enjoyed that Alex.
Thank you
Interesting video.
Some 10 years ago 800 Danish University students from across the country participated in the project “where are you from” and in general it showed that Danes are quite homogeneous but the students from east, Zealand and Lolland, had a bit more components in common with the population in Baltic countries and Poland whilest the students from Jutland had more components in common with the British isles.
The study point out that the modern populations of Scandinavia are more homogeneous and the percentage of the British and Baltic DNA has reduced. It's likely that the people being cremated are not factored in as much as could be.
@@AlexIlesUK The 'modern' populations of Scandinavia sure aint homogenous. However when I was in western Sweden in the early 70s it was - everyone was tall blonde and blue eyed (except me!)
Glad to have these videos back, thank you and great information
Thank you! Good to be back- still lots to do but things are going well!
Interesting vid! 😄
Dutchie here, and like you mentioned in your video (if I understand correctly) my DNA is 50/50 British and Scandinavian. To make it even more fun, almost all branches in my family tree trace back to Frisian roots (a culture and language closest related to Old English) all the way up into the late Viking-age.
Apart from Dutch, the Frisian language nowadays still has a lot of similarities with Scandinavian and Scottish languages. When watching/reading something in those laguages, I can understand it for a good chunk cause it has a lot of similar words, sounds and grammar.
Hello Rutger, great to know you've enjoyed it! If I remember from the Dutch archeology papers I have read the Frisans of the early medieval period arived at the same times as the Anglo-Saxons arived in the British isles, so its likely they shared a similar heritage or homeland prior to the migration.
Thanks again Alex! Missed this paper! Will definitely hunt this down. I'm glad someone is finally dealing with and accepting of 2-way traffic across the North Sea. If only we had more pre-viking period DNA, as I expect this traffic to have been going on for a while.....
I know, we do need some proper studies on the Pre-Roman populations that are not as old as the Bronze age. Also Roman research is lacking! It will happen though!
Fingers crossed!
great stuff mate! big ups
Thank you! Hope all is well with your channel?
@@AlexIlesUK yes! still working through the Venetian republic, but the SEO makes it far less clickable so YT is essentially locking us in a cupboard for now
Break out and start dancing and singing loudly!!
Hope my ancestors back then just had a good time
Give them a ring and find out ;)
I`ll jump in the Tardis mate😁@@AlexIlesUK
Interesting
By the way, Sardinian DNA is usually taken as the closest sample of Neolithic DNA, not generic Southern DNA.
That's because the wave of Indo-Europeans that stormed the Continent and replaced its neolithic populations, some 3-5000 years ago, didn't quite manage to do the same in Sardinia. Nor in Scandinavia, apparently.
In some ways that makes it more complex as it means if there were surviving pockets of neolithic aDNA that could cause for some of the results, I think it's unlikely but it's a possibility. Using modern populations to represent ancient ground is always a problem as there are migrations, genetic changes and population mixing that have occurred since.
Great Summary Alex cheers from a Haplotype I
You are welcome, I've never been congratulated by a whole Haplogroup before!
I want to know which paternal and maternal haplogroups were present and when. For some reason the studies shy away from that information. I don’t know why. I want to know which original ancient civilization they were from.
I'm not sure that information would give you what you're looking for.
As a Norwegian from Western Norway, I am aware that I might have Scottish and Irish aDNA from back in the days. I have not checked though 😅
It's interesting, I know when I did it I compared it to my family tree which I had researched, and it was nice to see how it paired up.
Yes, because of Joseph and (daughter) Anna of Arimathea Christianity, no grave goods are needed.
I don't know what you mean
@@AlexIlesUK Joseph of Arimathea was the rich uncle who buried Jesus. He had a tin trade from England. There’s a traditional song in England that Jesus actually stepped foot in England. After the death of Jesus, he moved to England with his daughter Anna of Arimathea who reportedly married into the royal family legitimizing the royal lineage as having been descended from King Solomon. There’s also mentions of the holy grail possibly connected to them. We don’t really know what happened because around 700 AD the Catholic church killed some 700 of the bishops and historical records in the monasteries started by Joseph of Arimathea. If you have any additional information, I would like to know since the records in England from that time are so sketchy. Thanks.
@JungleJargon thank you for clarifying. I can see where you've got that from. I promise you Jerusalem is not a historical accurate song and I am doubtful of the dynastic stories involving Anna and the Welsh kings. I'm quite sure that the slaughter of Monks is an interpretation of Æthelfrith of Northumbria killing Monks in the battle of Chester between 613-616.
@@AlexIlesUK The thing is, all the records were destroyed even the genealogies so it’s really hard to know anything.
But how do you know the records were destroyed, if the records were destroyed....