I found out my Y-Chromosome genetic heritage. My Ancestry.  − 25 January, 2008

I sent off to Ancestry.com for a genetic test. Which I receieved and sent back before Christmas last year.

Got my results back.

So, from my fathers side, as the Y-chromosome is only transfered from father to son, that part of my family belongs to the "I1a" haplogrou. This particular mutation is roughly about 22 to 23'000 years old and is associated with "Gravettian"culture of Paleolithic Europe.

I1a is common among Icelandic populations and generally indicates Scandanavian or Anglo-saxon ancestry.

Mmm... fascinating. Now I want to know my mitochondrial dna, to see where my mothers half of it comes from.