My True Ancestry — Update

Early in July, I wrote a piece on My True Ancestry.  Here’s an update since I did the upgrade to King, which adds some extra features.  First it gives you a chart that shows your DNA in relation to ancient and current DNA populations.  Second, you can create custom timeline charts.  They do offer a free trial where you can upload your GED from various other companies.

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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.Ancient samples appear as dark blue crosses.Modern populations appear as light blue circles.

You can also create custom time lines based on time periods, sample data and CM’s.

Here are mine from 3 different time periods.  Based on my dad’s maternal grandmother’s family, which I have been able to trace back to around 500 AD pretty confidently, these all make sense.

5000 BC to 40 BC

40 BC to 1015 AD

1064 AD to 2019 AD

These are some answers from My True Ancestry FAQ’s.

Samples are retrieved from archaelogical digs (e.g. a tooth from human remains) and the DNA is scanned in a complex process aligning the data with the human genome. Samples which are of high quality can then be processed as Ancient DNA samples.

By combining the latest archaeogenetic techniques with powerful admixture algorithms and cloud computing, MyTrueAncestry can accurately compare anyone with a wide variety of Ancient DNA samples. Via data triangulation and clustering, one can be categorized and compared with ancestors separated by thousands of years.

Unlike other companies which try to cater to target audiences pre-conceptions about their identity, MyTrueAncestry focuses in accurately determing one’s closest match based on tens of thousands of data samples.

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