After analyzing the genomes of the ancient inhabitants of Ireland, the researchers concluded that the ancestors of the Irish people came from Eastern and Southern Europe. First of all, from the northern Black Sea coast, the south of present-day Ukraine, reports the BBC.
Genetics from Trinity College Dublin with archaeologists from Queen’s University of Belfast examined the peasant’s skeleton from Neolithic period.
The age of well-preserved remains is estimated at 5200 years. Burial was found in 1855 near Belfast.
According to scientists, the genome of the woman has much in common with the genome of modern inhabitants of Spain and Sardinia.
But the peasant’s ancestors, according to the researchers, came to Europe from the Middle East, where first agriculture has sprung up.
In addition, the team of scientists found the remains of three men from the Ratlin Island, who lived in the Bronze Age around 4200 years ago.
The genome of men differed from peasant’s genome. Third part of the DNA structure indicates that their ancestors came from the Pontic prairies of the Black Sea region, located mainly on the territory of Ukraine.
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“The wave of genetic changes”
As explained by geneticist Daniel Bradley from Trinity College, who carried the study, genetic changes wave merged the continent in the Bronze Age, when descendants from the eastern periphery rushed there.
Some of the newly arrived tribes settled on the Atlantic coast of Europe, including Ireland.
‘The scope of genetic changes allows to suggest that there were other changes, and perhaps even the appearance of language,’ said Mr. Bradley in the BBC interview.
Genome “of the Ratlin Island group”, according to scientists, was much closer to the genome of modern Irish, Scots and Welsh, in contrast to the genome of a peasant.
According to Professor Bradley, additional genetic research is needed to understand how regional differences in the genomes of Celtic groups have emerged.
Amazing, especially with the new published gnome for the Russian who is of Finno-Ugric or Uralic and Mongolian decendancy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_peoples#Finno-Ugric_identity
Amazing, especially with the new discoveries in the gnome of “Russian” people. They are an extraction or descendants of Finno-Ugric or Uralic and Mongolian peoples!
I think Mongolian horses too
Let us not forget about the Flood as described in the Bible, Noa’s Ark and all that. Some researchers claim that it was the flooding of the Black sea, which originally was considerably below sea level. when a crack at the Bosphorus opened up and filled up the Black sea to its present level. The population living on the shores of the original Black sea would have fled in all directions, This certainly would send the genes in all directions as well.
Fascinating connection. I’ve always felt a special affinity for the people of Ireland, especially after travelling to that beautiful country.
True about the origins of Russians, however, recent videos of captured Russians shows that many have blue or hazel eyes and the physiognomy of Slavs. There has been a lot of intermarriage….
The book, Celtic Mythology by Ward Rutherford, 1987 Aquarian Press, Great Britain, details the influence of the Scythians on Irish art, and the similarities in rituals, respect for women, etc