My daughter sent me the link to her DNA test results on 23andMe and the information is much more complicated and broad than the information I received through Ancestry.com. Either that or I just don't understand much about genetics. (Pretty likely)
According to 23andMe, all humans beings outside of Africa have between 1% and 4% Neanderthal DNA. Neanderthals were concentrated in Western Asia and Europe, especially northern Europe, and most heavily in what is now Finland.
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| From 23andMe.com |
About 35,000 years ago, Homo Sapiens from East Africa migrated northward into what is now Europe and Scandinavia, where they came into contact with and
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| from 23andMe.com |
In addition to learning that she has 2.7% Neanderthal DNA, my daughter also learned about her haplogroup. I don't really understand that well enough to explain it, but this is what her results show:
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| From 23andMe.com |
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| from 23andMe.com |
She is part of haplogroup W.
And her ancestry might include the DNA matching DNA from these countries.
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| from 23andMe.com |
DNA matching that of people in Ireland, UK and the Netherlands makes sense and is more specific information than what I received from Ancestry.com. I knew I had ancestors from Holland, so this matches what I knew. What Pakistan and northern India have to do with our ancestry is a mystery to me.
Kind of fun! Even though I'm not sure what some of it means.
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