142. 6 June 2019
Mid-afternoon. You are in the shade of a single tree, facing south at the Social Security Administration Building off Bark Road in south Marion, Ohio. Carol has a question on Medicare Part B; neither of you have Social Security. When the closer Worthington office opens there is already an hour wait. This is easier and more relaxing. - Amorella
1503 hours. It is a beautiful late Spring day. Feeling better today, overall, I had a better night's sleep than when I awakened. I am not so excited about saying Caesar's "Gallia est . . .." as I was yesterday. Still, it was awesome to actually feel like I was reliving the full moment of my youth a second or so. It was very much like being in the hypnotic trance Dr. Payne put me in during the mid-eighties. I actually momentarily relived the youthful energy I had at that time. Wow. I was for a second or so (long enough to be conscious of it) sitting and reading and verbalizing "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres". I put an imaginary Caesar in my head at the same time.
At one time you thought you might be directly related to Caesar's sister according to genealogical records. - mh
1518 hours. I did. I romanticized most of it via the records of both sides of the early Hubbell family’s genealogies. I already went over most of this in the Encounters in Mind blog. At that time, I used the concept to make me feel closer to the once real people whether I was related to them personally didn't really make a difference. Self-hypnotic trancing is what it was, and probably still is. I look at the concept much differently today. With my three sets of actual DNA records from three different respectable companies I have a better scientific record of my ancient background. Everyone else does also if they have their DNA researched. All it takes is a little spit.
Let's refresh that information, orndorff, not a long list, but the specifics of your DNA backgrounds. I ask this because you once believed you could have once had ancient Jewish DNA. - Amorella
1834 hours. Yes, I did, once into the Pre-Scottish, Scottish Royal, Anglo-Saxon Kings, English Royal 'historical' genealogies goes back to King David and others. From that it made it easier for me to use King David and one or two of the previous Old Testament prophets in my Merlyn novels. I figured that I might be (though highly improbable) in that line with at least 'fifty' million other moderns like myself. I have copies of those ancient genealogies saved on my MacBook for reference; which I did allude to from time to time in the Merlyn Trilogy. I feel those (um)' documented' royal genealogies were used primarily to officially become a part of the great Crusades in the Middle Ages, i.e. Royals had the blood of King David in their veins. It all seems rather silly today, but if there was going to be war, there had to be a legal reason for it. (1901) -- Amorella, I assume you are going to tell me to erase this vast lead-in to the DNA backgrounds. (1904)
He won't do that Mr. Orndorff, because the above is an example of how your background literature lectures on the history of the British Isles were constructed. mh
1909 hours. Amorella has done this before. I get carried away with adding unneeded and perhaps further unwanted information from the students' points of view. Notes were required. I used to love to build up my own notes, move from notes to livelier lecture and have students take the notes. Daughter Kim still has hers. Makes me feel good that she does. -- Again, I am taking up time.
Gather up the DNA information like I asked, drop it in, then post. - Amorella
"Yes, Ma'am," says I, "and gladly too."
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Here are three different DNA summaries: The most specific is #2.
1. Oxford Ancestors
Here are the results of the maternal and paternal ancestral DNA testing I had done. Last updated: 12/08/2003.
Paternal line results
My paternal ancestors belonged to one of the ancient Celtic tribes that lived in Britain before the Vikings arrived at the end of the eighth century AD. On the balance of probability my (our) paternal ancestor was one of the original Celtic people who had already settled the British Isles at the time the Romans invaded. This is almost certain if we can trace our ancestry to Wales, Scotland or Ireland. If our origins are in southern or eastern England, then there is a very small probability that the ancestry is Anglo-Saxon.
We were hunter-gatherers who moved up from Southern Europe about 9,000 years ago (after the last Ice Age). About 3,000 years ago, during the late Bronze Age and Iron Age the Celtic artifacts (weapons and jewels) began appearing in Britain. This involved relatively few people.
Maternal line results:
Tara of 17,000 years ago – 9% of modern Europeans are related – was born in the hills of Tuscany in Northwest Italy (no grapes, thick forests at the time);
Our family’s direct maternal ancestry is from the clan of Tara. Many of her clan live along the Mediterranean and the Western Edge of Europe. They are particularly numerous in the west of Britain and in Ireland.
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2. The National Geographic Geno II Project
Orndorff''s Hominin Ancestry
(60,000 Years Ago and Older)
Your Hominin Ancestry
At that time, at least two other species of hominin—our cousins—walked the Eurasian landmass: Neanderthals and Denisovans. As our modern human ancestors migrated through Eurasia, they encountered these hominin cousins and interbred, resulting in a small amount of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA being introduced into the modern human gene pool.
Most non-Africans are about 2 percent Neanderthal and slightly less than 2 percent Denisovan. Both percentages are calculated using a sophisticated analytical method that looks at parts of your DNA that you share with these hominin populations. The science around this calculation is very new. Thanks to participation from citizens like you, we continue to learn more and refine this method. For this reason, your result may change slightly over time as our accuracy and understanding improves.
2.2% Neanderthal
3.1% Denisovan
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I skipped the "Out of Africa" material -- too much information for this page.
The "Out of Africa" material is on Note 143, next blog page.
The "Out of Africa" material is on Note 143, next blog page.
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Orndorff's Regional Ancestry
(5,000 Years - 10,000 Years Ago)
We are all more than the sum of our parts, but the results below offer some of the most dramatic and fascinating information in your Geno 2.0 test. In this section, we display your affiliations with a set of nine world regions. This information is determined from your entire genome so we’re able to see both parents’ information, going back six generations. Your percentages reflect both recent influences and ancient genetic patterns in your DNA due to migrations as groups from different regions mixed over thousands of years. Your ancestors also mixed with ancient, now extinct hominid cousins like Neanderthals in Europe and the Middle East or the Denisovans in Asia. If you have a very mixed background, the pattern can get complicated quickly! Use the reference population matches below to help understand your particular result.
Results
Northern European
Mediterranean Southwest Asian
Northern European - 42%
This component of your ancestry is found at highest frequency in northern European populations—people from the UK, Denmark, Finland, Russia and Germany in our reference populations. While not limited to these groups, it is found at lower frequencies throughout the rest of Europe. This component is likely the signal of the earliest hunter-gatherer inhabitants of Europe, who were the last to make the transition to agriculture as it moved in from the Middle East during the Neolithic period around 8,000 years ago.
Mediterranean - 39%
This component of your ancestry is found at highest frequencies in southern Europe and the Levant—people from Sardinia, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Egypt and Tunisia in our reference populations. While not limited to these groups, it is found at lower frequencies throughout the rest of Europe, the Middle East, Central and South Asia. This component is likely the signal of the Neolithic population expansion from the Middle East, beginning around 8,000 years ago, likely from the western part of the Fertile Crescent.
Southwest Asian - 18%
This component of your ancestry is found at highest frequencies in India and neighboring populations, including Tajikistan and Iran in our reference dataset. It is also found at lower frequencies in Europe and North Africa. As with the Mediterranean component, it was likely spread during the Neolithic expansion, perhaps from the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent. Individuals with heavy European influence in their ancestry will show traces of this because all Europeans have mixed with people from Southwest Asia over tens of thousands of years.
Note: In some cases, regional percentages may not total 100%.
What These Results Mean
Modern day indigenous populations around the world carry particular blends of these regions. We compared your DNA results to the reference populations we currently have in our database and estimated which of these were most similar to you in terms of the genetic markers you carry. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you belong to these groups or are directly from these regions, but that these groups were a similar genetic match and can be used as a guide to help determine why you have a certain result. Remember, this is a mixture of both recent (past six generations) and ancient patterns established over thousands of years, so you may see surprising regional percentages. Read each of the population descriptions below to better interpret your particular result.
Orndorff's First Reference Population: German - 46%
This reference population is based on samples collected from people native to Germany. The dominant 46% Northern European component likely reflects the earliest settlers in Europe, hunter-gatherers who arrived there more than 35,000 years ago. The 36% Mediterranean and 17% Southwest Asian percentages probably arrived later, with the spread of agriculture from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East over the past 10,000 years. As these early farmers moved into Europe, they spread their genetic patterns as well. Today, northern and central European populations retain links to both the earliest Europeans and these later migrants from the Middle East.
Orndorff's Second Reference Population: Tuscan (Italy) - 54%
This reference population is based on samples collected from Italians native to Tuscany. The 54% Mediterranean and 17% Southwest Asian percentages reflect the strong influence of agriculturalists from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, who arrived in Italy more than 7,000 years ago. The 28% Northern European component likely comes from the pre-agricultural population of Europe—the earliest settlers, who arrived in Europe more than 35,000 years ago during the Upper Paleolithic period—and was perhaps increased during the conquest of northern Italy by the Germanic Lombards in the 6th-8th centuries. Today, the Northern European component predominates in northern European populations, while the Mediterranean component is more common in southern Europe.
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3. Ancestry.com DNA
Orndorff's Ancestry DNA Results:
Western Europe
48% England, Wales, Northwestern Europe
34% Germanic Europe
Early United States
New York, Long Island Region
Ohio River Valley, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa Settlers
Central Ohio, Potomac River Valley Settlers
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2236 hours. I find this somewhat embarrassing once again. This is supposed to be about Miss Havisham.
I carry the spiritual aspects of this physical DNA. This is very much about me. - mh
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