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DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means

  • Written by Shai Carmi, Associate Professor of Population and Statistical Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really meansA genetic match to an ancient person doesn't mean you're more related genealogically.Mark Edward Atkinson/Tetra Images via Getty Images

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with that of the...

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