Hacker News with Generative AI: Ancestry

The Ancient Horsemen Who Created the Modern World (wsj.com)
For about half the people alive today, the story of where they came from just became clearer.

History, Genetics, Ancestry

6 points by petethomas 49 days ago | 2 comments

Christopher Columbus may have been Spanish and Jewish, documentary says (theguardian.com)
A 20-year genetic investigation of the remains of Christopher Columbus has turned conventional historical wisdom on its head by concluding that the explorer whose voyage to the New World changed the course of global history may have been a Spanish Jew rather than a son of Genoa.

History, Genetics, Ancestry, Spain, Jewish History

29 points by marban 195 days ago | 2 comments

Columbus' DNA suggests he was a Sephardic Jew from the western Mediterranean (abc.es)
El estudio del ADN de Colón desarrollado por el equipo del forense José Antonio Lorente desde la Universidad de Granada ha descartado científicamente estas teorías que situaban la cuna del descubridor de América en Portugal, Mallorca, Castilla, Galicia o Navarra, aunque no ha logrado determinar el origen del descubridor de América.

Genetics, History, Columbus, Spain, Ancestry

60 points by geiser 196 days ago | 11 comments

Y-Chromosomal Adam (wikipedia.org)

Genetics, History, Ancestry

4 points by nothrowaways 278 days ago | 0 comments

Can you inherit memories from your ancestors? (theguardian.com)

Genetics, Memory, Ancestry, Science

144 points by giuliomagnifico 313 days ago | 170 comments

Ancestry.com: Helping you trace your roots and share your exact address (linuximpact.com)

Ancestry, Genealogy, Privacy, Data Sharing

26 points by dddavid 364 days ago | 2 comments