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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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Kiely Case Study

From Mr Kiely: 'Thanks again for a well done report'

Click here to read the Kiely Case Study

Cooke Case Study

Mr Cooke has been trying for some time to identify where in England his ancestors lived prioir to departure for the new world. Luckily in this instance his surname and the surnames of his reoccuring matches had a link to the land which could be exploited to pinpoint his English Genetic Homeland! 

Click here to read the Cooke Case Study

Tucker Case Study

The Tucker family lives in the USA, they have an extensive paper trail that goes back over 200 years. However like most Genealogical paper trails it goes cold about that time. There is some family talk of a distant association with Ireland, could there be any truth in this? 

Click here to read the Tucker Case Study

 

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