What genetic analysis reveals about the ancestry of South Africa’s Afrikaners: An Afrikaner family from the 1930s. Scientific analyses are unpacking Afrikaners' genetic origins. Jaco Greeff The story of human history is one of migrations over the globe and admixture – the exchange of DNA – between populations. Two of the most dramatic of these …
Viking DNA and the pitfalls of genetic ancestry tests: Selenit/Shutterstock A middle-aged white man raises his sword to the skies and roars to the gods. The results of his genetic ancestry test have just arrived in his suburban mailbox. His eyes fill with tears as he learns that he is “0.012% Viking”. These are the …
Ancestry Talks – a Africa interest event taking place on 2019-10-26 14:30:00 in United Kingdom Have you ever thought about tracing your roots, but don’t know where to start? Maybe you’ve started to research your ancestry but got stuck. Want to ask a few questions about researching or even about DNA tests? If you've answered yes …