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English Origenes Presentation at Family Tree DNA Conference

I was invited by the world’s largest commercial ancestral DNA testing Company 'Family Tree DNA' to give a talk entitled 'Pinpointing a Geographical O

New Kiely Case Study Added to the English Origenes website!

Mr Kielys's recent ancestry is associated with Ireland. His closest genetic matches do indeed reflect this recent Irish ancestry.

Official launch of English Origenes Website

The English Origenes is the latest website in the 'Origenes' chain (that includes Irish Origenes and Scottish Origenes) that sets out to show how one can use the results 

The 'Smith' Surname

Smith is the most common surname in England.

The Science of English Surnames

Today Great Britain (the island that includes England, Scotland and Wales) has about 1.6 million surnames, which is far in excess of the 420,000 surnames recorded

The Human Colonisation of England

Humans first arrived in England around 10,000 years ago after the last ice age.

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I was invited by the world’s largest commercial ancestral DNA testing Company 'Family Tree DNA' to give a talk entitled 'Pinpointing a Geographical...

Mr Kielys's recent ancestry is associated with Ireland. His closest genetic matches do indeed reflect this recent Irish ancestry.

The English Origenes is the latest website in the 'Origenes' chain (that includes Irish Origenes and Scottish Origenes) that sets out to show how one can use the results ...

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Smith is the most common surname in England.

Today Great Britain (the island that includes England, Scotland and Wales) has about 1.6 million surnames, which is far in excess of the 420,000 surnames recorded...

Humans first arrived in England around 10,000 years ago after the last ice age.