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Edited Feb 14, 2017, 12:37
Re: Irish Travellers .
Feb 14, 2017, 10:54
tiompan wrote:
Hope this isn't seen as being too far removed from the general interest here .
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep42187

The upshot of the study is that the Irish travellers are of Irish descent , closely resembling the wider Irish population .
There is no genetic connection to Roma travellers .
The possible dating of the origin of the travellers used two different methods both agreed it was before the Great Famine of 1845-1852 .One method proposed a split approx 1200 yrs ago the other 360 yrs ago .


I did find this interesting but not an easy article to read - had to look up the definition of autozygosity i.e. "Denoting genes in a homozygote that are copies of the identical ancestral gene as a result of a consanguineous mating."
In simple terms does that mean inter-marrying (cousins etc)? There are lots of close knit communities of people who do with the obvious problems.

Edit: Did a bit more homework aka google - Definition of Consanguinity =("blood relation", from the Latin consanguinitas) is the property of being from the same kinship as another person. In that aspect, consanguinity is the quality of being descended from the same ancestor as another person.

Not quite the same as (second/third) cousins marrying.
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