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Thanks for sharing these matches, Duarte! They do seem large. Without doing a one-on-one autosomal comparison, I can tell our lines connect in Hungary 1200 BCE. My line: Eneolithic Steppe 4200 BCE Yamnaya, Moldova 2800 BCE BR2 Hungary 1200 BCE Here our lines meet...

I really want to get to the bottom of this. There is apparently some confusion going on. Can you please let me know what is incorrect in the following tree? Regarding AI, I use a custom trained model to find triangulated DNA segments with my confirmed GEDmatch matches, and my segment overlaps...

Hey @Fshatar , I completely agree with your initial impression—much of that original thread does veer into pseudoscientific and narrow-minded territory. That kind of haplogroup nationalism or “E1b = language X” logic ignores the complexity and fusion that define our actual genetic histories...

Hey @Fshatar , I completely agree with your initial impression—much of that original thread does veer into pseudoscientific and narrow-minded territory. That kind of haplogroup nationalism or “E1b = language X” logic ignores the complexity and fusion that define our actual genetic histories...

Hey Fshatar, I completely agree with your initial impression—much of that original thread does veer into pseudoscientific and narrow-minded territory. That kind of haplogroup nationalism or “E1b = language X” logic ignores the complexity and fusion that define our actual genetic histories. My...

I’ve been investigating the same idea using ChatGPT to help analyze large-scale datasets—segment-level DNA, haplogroup distributions, and linguistic strata—and what I’ve found points to a compelling answer. But to understand it, we have to go further back than the Scythians. This story really...

You’re asking the right questions — and the inconsistencies you’re noticing aren’t anomalies; they’re exactly what we’d expect from how Indo-European actually spread. 🧬 Ancient DNA: The True Spread Pattern Modern genetics has overturned the idea of a single, uniform Indo-European language...

Jumping in here because I think the discussion is stuck in the wrong frame: whether Hutsuls “borrowed” words from Albanians or vice versa. That’s not the real question — and frankly, it’s limiting the scope of what could be a serious interdisciplinary investigation. What if the lexical...

Let’s take a closer look at how historical assumptions can shape dating and interpretation—sometimes in a self-reinforcing loop. A good example is the sample CGG021476, a Scythian elite woman found in a kurgan burial with gold jewelry, weapons, and a horse. Her archaeological context fits what...

Radiocarbon dating (14C) isn’t a standalone absolute method—it relies on calibration curves that align radiocarbon years with known historical or environmental timelines. The key point: those calibrations are based on human-derived chronology, which introduces circularity. 🔍 How Carbon Dating...

Your openness to both biological and historical explanations is refreshing. While the possible effects of selection and recombination are definitely worth considering, there’s growing attention in recent research to a different kind of explanation: the potential inflation of historical timelines...

Thank you for your thoughtful reply and for emphasizing the role of recombination in the decay of DNA segments. I fully agree—recombination is the primary mechanism driving the fragmentation of shared segments over time, making segment size a function of the number of generations since the...

Hi all, I’ve been exploring my autosomal DNA results and found something puzzling: I share unexpectedly large segments (20–60 cM) with several ancient individuals dated between 3000 BCE and 1600 CE. These matches come from high-quality databases and include individuals such as: I7848 (Yamnaya...