Melancon
Banned
- Messages
- 467
- Reaction score
- 35
- Points
- 0
- Location
- Lafayette, Louisiana
- Ethnic group
- Celto-Germanic (70% Cajun French - 30% English)
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R1b (S21) - Nordic
- mtDNA haplogroup
- H (H1) - Atlantid
On my 23andme account; it seems I rank 3rd out of 59 people who have the most Neanderthal DNA in their genome. My Neanderthal DNA is 3.0%; while the average is around 2.7% in the average European user. Apparently out of all 23andme users, I am in the 94th percentile in terms of Neanderthal DNA.
I found this a bit odd; and I want to know why it seems I have a lot of Neanderthal DNA. My ancestry is a bit unique and rare for an American; as I have an Acadian French background; and possibly some Iberian (maybe Galician or Basque?) ancestry.
I actually have very small facial features. Contrary to what a Neanderthal would look like. I am about 173 centimetre; or about 5'7 or 5'8. Could it be that I have ancestry from Basques? Do Basques rank highest on Neanderthal DNA? I have had genomes from French people; to White Americans; to Black African Americans; to American indians, mixed-race people, Germans and even Finnish people. And I all out-rank them in terms of Neanderthal DNA.
Is this 23andme Neanderthal DNA just a pseudoscience? Or is it real; genuine? Does it mean I am unique, genetically? Or is it all just coincidence? Or erroneous?
I found this a bit odd; and I want to know why it seems I have a lot of Neanderthal DNA. My ancestry is a bit unique and rare for an American; as I have an Acadian French background; and possibly some Iberian (maybe Galician or Basque?) ancestry.
I actually have very small facial features. Contrary to what a Neanderthal would look like. I am about 173 centimetre; or about 5'7 or 5'8. Could it be that I have ancestry from Basques? Do Basques rank highest on Neanderthal DNA? I have had genomes from French people; to White Americans; to Black African Americans; to American indians, mixed-race people, Germans and even Finnish people. And I all out-rank them in terms of Neanderthal DNA.
Is this 23andme Neanderthal DNA just a pseudoscience? Or is it real; genuine? Does it mean I am unique, genetically? Or is it all just coincidence? Or erroneous?