"Cognitive dissonance won't allow for people to read and comprehend this data"

Kit: Frankish Grave Lower Saxony Hannover-Anderten Germany (ADN014)

What is my Ancient Sample Breakdown?

Your DNA matches many ancient individuals from history. This chart represents a union of all your matching samples and their own individual classification. The displayed result is your personalized ancestral breakdown.

Your closest Ancient populations...

Frank + Cherusci (1.805)

Frank + Scordisci (1.872)

Gaul + Frank (2.663)

Cherusci + Scordisci (2.769)

Gaul + Cherusci (3.525)

Frank (3.611)

Cherusci (4.182)

Gaul (7.05)

Scordisci (8.38)

Thuringii (9.007)

Genetic distance measures how close you are to a given sample.

10 means this is your ancient ancestry

20 means this is part of your ancestral link

30 means possibly related to your ancestry

Francia, also known as the Kingdom of the Franks was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It is the predecessor of the modern states of France and Germany. Francia was among the last surviving Germanic kingdoms from the Migration Period era before its partition in 843. The core Frankish territories inside the former Western Roman Empire were close to the Rhine and Maas rivers in the north. After a period where small kingdoms inter-acted with the remaining Gallo-Roman institutions to their south, a single kingdom uniting them was founded by Clovis I who was crowned King of the Franks in 496. The geography of the Frankish realm varied over time, but a basic split between eastern and western domains persisted. The eastern kingdom Austrasia centered on the Rhine and Meuese and expanded eastwards into central Europe. The western kingdom Neustria was founded in Northern Roman Gaul. In Germany there are prominent places nameed after the Franks such as the region of Franconia (Frankfurt) and Frankenstein Castle.

Your closest genetic modern populations

Genetic distance measures how close you are to a given modern population. Many modern populations are surprisingly close to another, which is often due to true common ancestry.

5 means you are close to this population

10 means you could fit into this population

15 means a related population

1. French (5.138)

2. South_Dutch (6.951)

3. Flemish (8.428)

4. West_German (10.08)

5. Spanish_Cataluna (10.74)

6. Spanish_Galicia (11.85)

7. Portuguese (12.17)

8. Southwest_English (12.27)

PCA Analysis

PCA (Principal Component Analysis) is a statistical procedure that lets you visualize relationships in sets of data.

It is ideally suited for visualizing genetic distance and relatedness among samples and populations.

Your DNA is the red star.

Modern populations are shown as blue and gray circles.

This plot helps you understand how you fit with modern populations.

This is Y-DNA distribution of all the samples which match this kit;

R1b 54.8%

Dark Ages Italy South Tyrol Malles Burgusio Santo Stefano
450 AD (1895)
Genetic Distance: 11.63
mtDNA:U8a1a1a1
Y-DNA:R1b1a2a1a2b1a1

Early Medieval Italy South Tyrol Malles Burgusio Santo Stefano
650 AD (2430)
Genetic Distance: 14.81
mtDNA:U5b2a3
Y-DNA:R1b1a2

Gallic Cenomani Tribe Italy Verona Seminario Vescovile
300 BC (3214)
Genetic Distance: 14.52
mtDNA:U5a1a2b
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2c1

Gallo-Celtic Switzerland Pont de Cornaux-Les-Sauges
200 BC (3434)
Genetic Distance: 14.18
mtDNA:U5b1c2
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2b1a1

Deep Dive Iron Age Gyor-Moson-Sopron Hungary
260 BC (I18492)
Total shared SNPs: 167.0
Largest SNP chain: 167.0
mtDNA:H58
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2b1

Deep Dive Iron Age Gyor-Moson-Sopron Hungary
260 BC (I18489)
Total shared SNPs: 267.0
Largest SNP chain: 159.0
mtDNA:H58
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2b1

Deep Dive Elite Scordisci Grave Osijek Croatia
100 BC (I26735)
Total shared SNPs: 375.0
Largest SNP chain: 135.0
mtDNA:J1c12
Y-DNA:R1b

Deep Dive Iron Age Grofove njive Slovenia
575 BC (I5690)
Total shared SNPs: 182.0
Largest SNP chain: 182.0
mtDNA:T1a1
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2b1

Deep Dive Merovingian Grave North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Alt-Inden
600 AD (IND003)
Total shared SNPs: 119.0
Largest SNP chain: 119.0
mtDNA:T2b
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2e2

Deep Dive Medieval Hungary Carolingian Empire Zalavar Varsziget
850 AD (AHS58)
Total shared SNPs: 195.0
Largest SNP chain: 195.0
mtDNA:U4d2
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2b

Deep Dive Merovingian Grave North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Alt-Inden
600 AD (IND005)
Total shared SNPs: 103.0
Largest SNP chain: 103.0
mtDNA:T2g1a1
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a

Deep Dive Frankish / Hungary
590 AD (SZ23)
Total shared SNPs: 251.0
Largest SNP chain: 134.0
mtDNA:H13a1a2
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a1c

Deep Dive Early Medieval Hungary Holt-Tisza-part
650 AD (I18184)
Total shared SNPs: 130.0
Largest SNP chain: 130.0
mtDNA:HV1b3b
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a1

Merovingian Grave North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Alt-Inden
600 AD (IND017)
Genetic Distance: 5.934
mtDNA:U3a1
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2b1

J 12.6%

Deep Dive Saxon Grave Lower Saxony Hannover-Anderten Germany
400 AD (ADN001)
Total shared SNPs: 261.0
Largest SNP chain: 141.0
mtDNA:H56
Y-DNA:J2b2a1a1a1a1a1a1

Germanic Migration Period Hungary Rakoczifalva
650 AD (RKO019)
Genetic Distance: 8.392
mtDNA:I2
Y-DNA:J2a1a1a2a2a2

G 8.97%

Deep Dive Relic French King Louis XVI
1793 AD (LXVI)
Total shared SNPs: 158.0
Largest SNP chain: 158.0
mtDNA:N1b
Y-DNA:G2a

Deep Dive Elite Celtic Burial Germany Magdalenenberg Villingen-Schweningen
530 BC (MBG017)
Total shared SNPs: 153.0
Largest SNP chain: 153.0
mtDNA:H27
Y-DNA:G2a2b2a1a1b1a1a2a1b

I1 7.30%

Deep Dive North Central Lombard
580 AD (CL63)
Total shared SNPs: 107.0
Largest SNP chain: 107.0
mtDNA:H
Y-DNA:I1a3

Deep Dive Imperial Roman Viminacium Serbia Pecine Necropolis
250 AD (I15531)
Total shared SNPs: 117.0
Largest SNP chain: 117.0
mtDNA:H10a1
Y-DNA:I1

Cisalpine Gaul
590 AD (SZ45)
Genetic Distance: 7.702
mtDNA:J1c23a1
Y-DNA:I1a1b1a1a1

R1a 5.31%

Deep Dive Late Bronze Age Knoviz Konobrze Bohemia
800 BC (I13795)
Total shared SNPs: 104.0
Largest SNP chain: 104.0
mtDNA:J1c8a6
Y-DNA:R1a1a1b1a2

Deep Dive Iron Age Forest Steppes Ukraine Poltava Chernyakhiv
229 AD (UKR123)
Total shared SNPs: 106.0
Largest SNP chain: 106.0
mtDNA:H7
Y-DNA:R1a1a1b2

Frankish Marxberg Necropolis Sarrebourg France
414 AD (R11558)
Genetic Distance: 8.579
mtDNA:H27+16093
Y-DNA:R1a1a1b1a3a1b3e4a

Germanic Migration Period Hungary Rakoczifalva
650 AD (RKO020)
Genetic Distance: 9.635
mtDNA:NA
Y-DNA:R1a1a1b

E1b 4.31%

Dark Ages Italy South Tyrol Malles Burgusio Santo Stefano
450 AD (2069)
Genetic Distance: 14.29
mtDNA:I2
Y-DNA:E1b1b1

Deep Dive Pannonian Hungary Hajdunanas
650 AD (HNJ025)
Total shared SNPs: 102.0
Largest SNP chain: 102.0
mtDNA:W4
Y-DNA:E1b1b1a1b1a10a1a

Medieval Tyrolian
590 AD (SZ18)
Genetic Distance: 6.067
mtDNA:?
Y-DNA:E1b

R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b -

Frankish Grave Lower Saxony Hannover-Anderten Germany

(ADN014)Archaeological Identifier: ADN014

In the rich tapestry of Europe's past, the Merovingian era unfolds a fascinating chapter where the confluence of cultural identities and vibrant warrior ethos comes to life. Around 400 AD, in the region that we now know as Lower Saxony near Hannover, Germany, an intriguing Frankish grave tells a compelling story of the individuals who lived during this tense period of transformation and consolidation.

The man interred in this grave was of notable Frankish heritage, a society renowned for its martial prowess and complex kinship networks that would eventually forge the foundations of medieval Europe. His genetic markers, with Y-DNA haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b and mtDNA haplogroup H, inscribe his lineage within a broader narrative of ancient European populations.

These genetic signposts not only situate him within the migratory patterns that shaped the continent but also connect him to a lineage that persists in modern populations.

mtDNA: H
Y-DNA: R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b (Z2/S511) ISOGG 2020

Royal haplogroup: R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b2
MATCH! Subclade distance: 1

Riddarhuset Lillieskold
Jesperus Marci (?-1591)

Royal haplogroup: R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b1b1
MATCH! Subclade distance: 3

Clan Russell
Walter Russel (1164)
Robert Russell (1296)

Royal haplogroup: R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a--
MATCH! Subclade distance: 2

House Morgan
King Morgan Mwynfawr (650)
Sir John Morgan (1492)
Sir Henry Morgan (1635-1688)

Similiar Y-DNA samples

Jute Early Anglo Saxon Period Buckland Dover England:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b

Early Anglo Saxon Period Buckland Dover England:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b

Early Medieval Buckland Dover England:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b

Early Medieval Buckland Dover England:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b

Carolingian Era Groningen Netherlands:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b6

Early Anglo Saxon Period Hatherdene Close Cambridgeshire England: R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b1

Early Medieval Polhill Kent England:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b1b

Saxon Grave Lower Saxony Hannover-Anderten Germany: R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b1a

Viking Age Galgedil Funen Denmark:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b1a

Viking Age Gotland Kopparsvik Sweden:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b6a

Nordic Lombard:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b1a

R1b1a1b1a1a2b - Medieval Hungary Carolingian Empire Zalavar Varsziget (AHS58) Archaeological Identifier: AHS58

mtDNA: U4d2
Y-DNA: R1b1a1b1a1a2b (PF6570/S28/U152) ISOGG 2020
Royal haplogroup: R1b1a1b1a1a2b1d1
MATCH! Subclade distance: 3

House de Alba
Gutierre Alvarez de Toledo (1429)
Garcia Alvarez de Toledo, 2nd Count of Alba de Tormes (1472)

Royal haplogroup: R1b1a1b1a1a2b4
MATCH! Subclade distance: 1

House de Malain
Francis Malin (1653)
Gui de Mediolano (1075)

Royal haplogroup: R1b1a1b1a1a2b1
MATCH! Subclade distance: 1

House Telford
Taillefer of Normandy (1066)

Royal haplogroup: R1b1a1b1a1a2b1
MATCH! Subclade distance: 1

House of Audley
Henry de Aldithley (1175-1246)

Royal haplogroup: R1b1a1b1a1a2b1
MATCH! Subclade distance: 1

Clan Hay
William II de Haya (1160)

Royal haplogroup: R1b1a1b1a1a2b1
MATCH! Subclade distance: 1

Austrian Royalty
#Habsburg Family

(there are more..)

This is mtDNA distribution of all the samples which match this kit;

H1+H3 17.1%
Deep Dive Frankish / Hungary 590 AD (SZ23)
Total shared SNPs: 251.0

Largest SNP chain: 134.0
mtDNA:H13a1a2
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a1c

Deep Dive Imperial Roman Viminacium Serbia Pecine Necropolis
250 AD (I15531)
Total shared SNPs: 117.0
Largest SNP chain: 117.0
mtDNA:H10a1
Y-DNA:I1

Frankish Grave Lower Saxony Hannover-Anderten Germany
400 AD (ADN015)
Genetic Distance: 4.182

H 15.9%

Deep Dive Iron Age Slovenia
500 BC (I5697)
Total shared SNPs: 122.0
Largest SNP chain: 122.0
mtDNA:H7a1

Deep Dive Elite Celtic Burial Germany Magdalenenberg Villingen-Schweningen
530 BC (MBG017)
Total shared SNPs: 153.0
Largest SNP chain: 153.0
mtDNA:H27
Y-DNA:G2a2b2a1a1b1a1a2a1b

Deep Dive Iron Age Forest Steppes Ukraine Poltava Chernyakhiv
229 AD (UKR123)
Total shared SNPs: 106.0
Largest SNP chain: 106.0
mtDNA:H7
Y-DNA:R1a1a1b2

Deep Dive North Central Lombard
580 AD (CL63)
Total shared SNPs: 107.0
Largest SNP chain: 107.0
mtDNA:H
Y-DNA:I1a3

U5 9.72%

Deep Dive Bronze Age Maros Ostojicevo Serbia
1950 BC (I23212)
Total shared SNPs: 110.0
Largest SNP chain: 110.0
mtDNA:U5a1b1

J 9.72%

Deep Dive Elite Scordisci Grave Osijek Croatia
100 BC (I26735)
Total shared SNPs: 375.0
Largest SNP chain: 135.0
mtDNA:J1c12
Y-DNA:R1b

Deep Dive Early Bronze Age Serbia
1900 BC (I23210)
Total shared SNPs: 298.0
Largest SNP chain: 150.0
mtDNA:J2b1a1b

Deep Dive Late Bronze Age Knoviz Konobrze Bohemia
800 BC (I13795)
Total shared SNPs: 104.0
Largest SNP chain: 104.0
mtDNA:J1c8a6
Y-DNA:R1a1a1b1a2

Elite Celtic Burial Germany Asperg-Grafenbuehl
450 BC (APG001)
Genetic Distance: 7.44
mtDNA:J1b1a1
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2

K 9.33%

Deep Dive Iron Age Grofove njive Slovenia
575 BC (I5689)
Total shared SNPs: 144.0
Largest SNP chain: 144.0
mtDNA:K1b1
Y-DNA:I2a1b1a1b1a1a

T2 7.78%

Deep Dive Merovingian Grave North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Alt-Inden
600 AD (IND003)
Total shared SNPs: 119.0
Largest SNP chain: 119.0
mtDNA:T2b
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a2e2

Deep Dive Merovingian Grave North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Alt-Inden
600 AD (IND005)
Total shared SNPs: 103.0
Largest SNP chain: 103.0
mtDNA:T2g1a1
Y-DNA:R1b1a1b1a1a

Scythian Moldova
290 BC (scy311)
Genetic Distance: 6.632
mtDNA:T2b

Gepidic Era Hajdunanas-Furj-halom-dulo Hungary
400 AD (A181025)
Genetic Distance: 7.385
mtDNA:T2b107
Y-DNA:G2a1a1a1a1a1

T2 - Merovingian Grave North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Alt-Inden (IND014)