Buy Signed Copy of
DNA And Family History
Click here!
Give your email address,
get my DNA Newsletter!
Chris Pomery
Human Migration History
The history of how humanity spread across the globe is one of the most fascinating stories ever told. And our DNA holds the key to the understanding of the 'deep ancestry' of our origins.
Read this file for a brief history of humanoids before Homo sapiens:
Before Homo sapiens
Dozens of academic studies have collectively re-traced Man's global migrations. Read this file to learn the highlights of their findings:
Out of Africa: key migration routes to Europe, Asia, the Americas
List of academic papers relating to migration studies
The family tree of humanity is revealed in the global chart of haplotype clades. Read this file for a description of the main Y-chromosome and mtDNA clades:
The Y-Chromosome Consortium chart of clades (note: 4.8MB PDF file)
Description of the main Y-chromosome and mtDNA clades
Read this paper for notes on the populating of the British Isles:
Academic papers relating to migration studies & the British Isles
One of the goals of genetic genealogy is to identify which haplotypes are strongly associated with specific regions in Europe . Read this paper to discover how close this is to happening in Britain:
Development of British regional control populations
Links marked go outside this web site and open in a new window.
The articles and
papers in this section are in PDF format. If you are unable to view them,
you can download a free PDF reader.
“DNA opens a new window into history. This book shows, in a very clear and straightforward way, how to start.”
Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics, UCL
“If you have any interest in how DNA tests can be used in family history, then you should read this book.”
Alan Stewart, Family History Monthly
J P Bradford, Canada
“This is a book I've been wanting for some time...a ‘must have' for one-namers, informative and useful for all family historians.”
Howard Benbrook, Guild of One-Name Studies
“This comprehensive manual should be on every one-namer's desk and will be of great benefit to anyone researching their ancestors.”
Maurice Hemingway, Hemingway One-Name Study
“I read it cover to cover and judge it to be an excellent guide to the topic for the masses who are baffled and bemused
as to what 'genetic genealogy' is all about.”
Alasdair Greenshields, DNA Heritage Ltd