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Ancient DNA Hub
Recently after waiting over 10 years to understand my genealogical makeup and ancestry, I took the Ancient DNA Hub tests to find out more about my ancestry that is ancient and I find out heaps. Ancient ancestry is unable to be discovered through ancestry family trees due to lack of extant records. I wanted to take this test originally to delve into my ancient English ethnicity which I had little knowledge of and thought I'd only have a small amount of. Well, lo and behold, I found quite a lot of ancient British heritage, but I also found out I had other gene pools that were hidden in my DNA. Remember these are not modern gene pools that we have like 'Dutch' or modern 'Norwegian' but go deeper and are more ancient. Below are the tests I took which I recommend taking and check out the website for more information at
10 Gene Pools Test: Advanced
I took the 10 Gene Pools test. You might ask, what is a gene pool, a gene pool is a certain set of DNA which belongs to a particular population. These are foundational gene pools.
50 Gene Pools Test: Advanced
I also took the 50 Gene Pools test which revealed what can be seen in the image next to the text. for example. These are foundational gene pools which are subsets of the foundational gene pools found in 10 Gene Pools test.
Ancient British Isles Ancestry: Advanced
I also then took an Ancient British Isles Ancestry test which revealed what can be seen in the image next to the text. These are localised gene pools and are subsets of both foundational gene pools found in 10 Gene Pools and 50 Gene Pools test.
Ancient Semitic Ancestry: Advanced
I then took the Ancient Semitic Ancestry test, and I was surprised to find what can be seen in the image next to the text. Unlike the gene pools and British Isles test, this test is based upon what languages these ancient people would have spoken and so that means that way back I would have had ancient Semitic Ethiopic speaking ancestors!
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I also have taken culture tests which measures one's own similarity to historical figures where DNA has been extracted from ancient skeletons and compared with my DNA which finds out results. This form of testing is applicable to gene pool tests, ancient rare ancestry tests, or culture tests. The similarity above 10% is considered very high and substantial.
The accuracy of the tests is very high of at least 95% and recommended if you want to delve deep into your ancient ancestry beyond family trees and DNA tests which compare modern populations which are reliant on what ethnicities or ancestors the individuals claim they descend from. I have also found the customer service to be exceptional and very helpful as I am still learning about these things and am no expert. I know that I have these ethnic compositions from different eras and different subgroupings. This means that if I have nearly 90% British and yet have Celts (21.8%), Nordic people (18.4%), Aegeans (16.8%), Slavs (13.6%) it is because I have that amount of British in that categorical subgrouping of Gene pool yet I at the same time have Nordic, Slavs, etc. in a larger and possibly older subgrouping. This is no contradiction as 50 Gene pools are foundational, not the British Isles. These are DNA ethnic compositions of different ages - as though you lived in those ages. So that means it is consistent and accurate. I can say simultaneously that I have almost 90% British (a non-foundational grouping of gene pools) while at the same time having other foundational ethnicities such as Nordic or Israelites.
There are many tests to choose from and ones which are more fitting for you if you whether you are European, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Native American, Indigenous Australian, etc. It takes a little more thought and is worth it, it will enrich your ancestral knowledge and appreciation of your heritage. Again, check out the website at www.ancientdnahub.com.