All Roads Lead to Rome - the DNA Journey from Anatolia Caterina July 10, 2025 – 4 min read Share this post Papers Neolithic Farmers, Foragers, and Plague on Gotland: Ancient DNA Reveals Ancestry, Admixture, and Disease Neolithic Farmer–Forager Encounters on Gotland Neolithic Farmer–Forager Encounters on Gotland: A Comprehensive Study of Ancient DNA, Social Organization, and Disease Introduction: Two Worlds Converging on a Baltic Island The Baltic island of Gotland, positioned strategically in the middle of the sea, became the stage for one of Europe& By Caterina • 9 min read Papers Genomic Evidence for Changing Close‑Kin Marriage across the Roman Empire Roman Family Structures and Marriage Law under Imperial Rule The article explores how Roman family life and marriage rules actually worked on the ground, not just in law books. Using ancient DNA from graves across Italy, the Balkans, and Anatolia, it follows real families from the Iron Age into the By Jamie L • 9 min read Papers Ancient and Modern Microbes on Ötzi: The Dynamic Microbiome and Conservation Risks of the Iceman The Iceman's Microbiome: A 5,300-Year Journey Through Ancient and Modern Microbial Worlds The Iceman's Microbiome: A 5,300-Year Journey Through Ancient and Modern Microbial Worlds Introduction: A Copper Age Time Capsule The story of Ötzi the Iceman begins 5,300 years ago in the Ötztal By Sara V • 5 min read Haplogroups and Noble Lines House of Guinness House of Guinness Who they were, where they came from, and their haplogroup The House of Guinness was one of Ireland's great modern family dynasties: not a medieval lordly house built on castles and conquest, but a family whose prominence grew from enterprise, brewing, philanthropy, politics, and public By Caterina • 3 min read Haplogroups and Noble Lines The House of Vauloger House of Vauloger Who the family was The House of Vauloger belongs to the long, recognisable world of the French provincial nobility: a landed family rooted in place, remembered through estate, arms, service, and the stubborn continuity of lineage. The name itself has the feel of a territorial surname, tied By Caterina • 3 min read Haplogroups and Noble Lines The Ottonian Dynasty The Ottonian Dynasty Who they were, where they came from, and their haplogroup link The Ottonian Dynasty was the great Saxon royal house that carried East Francia into the age of emperors, and in historical and genetic tagging terms it is here linked with haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a2e1, the primary family haplogroup By Jamie L • 3 min read Haplogroups and Noble Lines Kohanim Priestly Lineage Kohanim Priestly Lineage The Kohanim were, and in Jewish tradition still are, the hereditary priestly lineage of Judaism: families who traced their ancestry to Aaron, brother of Moses, in the world of ancient Israel. Their earliest remembered homeland lies in the southern Levant, in the historical landscape of ancient Israel By Sara V • 3 min read Haplogroups and Noble Lines The House of Turenne House of Turenne Who they were, where they came from, and their linked haplogroup The House of Turenne was one of the notable noble lineages of old France, rooted in the viscounty of Turenne in what is now the Correze region of south-central France. Their name came from place, power, By Sara V • 3 min read Haplogroups and Noble Lines The Royal House of al-Hashim The Royal House of al-Hashim The House of al-Hashim, or Hashemite family, is one of the most resonant lineages in Islamic history: a sharifian house traditionally associated with descent from Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the wider family of the Prophet Muhammad. Their origins lie in western Arabia, above all By Sven • 2 min read
Papers Neolithic Farmers, Foragers, and Plague on Gotland: Ancient DNA Reveals Ancestry, Admixture, and Disease Neolithic Farmer–Forager Encounters on Gotland Neolithic Farmer–Forager Encounters on Gotland: A Comprehensive Study of Ancient DNA, Social Organization, and Disease Introduction: Two Worlds Converging on a Baltic Island The Baltic island of Gotland, positioned strategically in the middle of the sea, became the stage for one of Europe& By Caterina • 9 min read
Papers Genomic Evidence for Changing Close‑Kin Marriage across the Roman Empire Roman Family Structures and Marriage Law under Imperial Rule The article explores how Roman family life and marriage rules actually worked on the ground, not just in law books. Using ancient DNA from graves across Italy, the Balkans, and Anatolia, it follows real families from the Iron Age into the By Jamie L • 9 min read
Papers Ancient and Modern Microbes on Ötzi: The Dynamic Microbiome and Conservation Risks of the Iceman The Iceman's Microbiome: A 5,300-Year Journey Through Ancient and Modern Microbial Worlds The Iceman's Microbiome: A 5,300-Year Journey Through Ancient and Modern Microbial Worlds Introduction: A Copper Age Time Capsule The story of Ötzi the Iceman begins 5,300 years ago in the Ötztal By Sara V • 5 min read
Haplogroups and Noble Lines House of Guinness House of Guinness Who they were, where they came from, and their haplogroup The House of Guinness was one of Ireland's great modern family dynasties: not a medieval lordly house built on castles and conquest, but a family whose prominence grew from enterprise, brewing, philanthropy, politics, and public By Caterina • 3 min read
Haplogroups and Noble Lines The House of Vauloger House of Vauloger Who the family was The House of Vauloger belongs to the long, recognisable world of the French provincial nobility: a landed family rooted in place, remembered through estate, arms, service, and the stubborn continuity of lineage. The name itself has the feel of a territorial surname, tied By Caterina • 3 min read
Haplogroups and Noble Lines The Ottonian Dynasty The Ottonian Dynasty Who they were, where they came from, and their haplogroup link The Ottonian Dynasty was the great Saxon royal house that carried East Francia into the age of emperors, and in historical and genetic tagging terms it is here linked with haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a2e1, the primary family haplogroup By Jamie L • 3 min read
Haplogroups and Noble Lines Kohanim Priestly Lineage Kohanim Priestly Lineage The Kohanim were, and in Jewish tradition still are, the hereditary priestly lineage of Judaism: families who traced their ancestry to Aaron, brother of Moses, in the world of ancient Israel. Their earliest remembered homeland lies in the southern Levant, in the historical landscape of ancient Israel By Sara V • 3 min read
Haplogroups and Noble Lines The House of Turenne House of Turenne Who they were, where they came from, and their linked haplogroup The House of Turenne was one of the notable noble lineages of old France, rooted in the viscounty of Turenne in what is now the Correze region of south-central France. Their name came from place, power, By Sara V • 3 min read
Haplogroups and Noble Lines The Royal House of al-Hashim The Royal House of al-Hashim The House of al-Hashim, or Hashemite family, is one of the most resonant lineages in Islamic history: a sharifian house traditionally associated with descent from Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the wider family of the Prophet Muhammad. Their origins lie in western Arabia, above all By Sven • 2 min read
