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How did it confirm that? Did they have a sample of your (purported) great-grandfather too?
by hugh4 11y ago
How did it confirm that? Did they have a sample of your (purported) great-grandfather too?
- greglindahl 11y agoMy fathers-fathers-father was an immigrant from Norway (a village now in Sweden.) The family rumor was about a wealthy man named Cooper, a common English name. My Y chromosome is from Doggerland. Occam's Razor favors Mr. Cooper.
- hugh4 11y agoInteresting, but I'm confused. I had to look up Doggerland but apparently it's been submerged for 6000 years and was in the North Sea, why couldn't your Norwegian ancestors have come from Doggerland originally?
- greglindahl 11y agoIf you look at the modern distribution of Doggerland Y, then it's clear that it's much, much more common in England and the Netherlands than in Norway-now-Sweden. You are correct that I can't be 100% certain.