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Back before Christmas I applied to take part in a study of the genetic map of Ireland

  • 04-03-2017 7:05pm
    #1
    wherearewe45
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭


    So back before Christmas I saw an article online asking for Irish people to take part in a study of the genetic map of Ireland. The company behind it had recently published a report on their study in the UK and now we're coming to carry out the same research in Ireland. I have both information on the Irish study and the published UK study linked below.


    The only requirement for taking part was that your 4 grandparents had to be born within 80km of each other. My mother's parents were born within 2km of each other, my paternal grandfather was born about 10 km from them and his future wife was born a further 15km from him. Naturally I (like a lot of other Irish people on this small island) fit the bill perfectly. Fast forward to after christmas I get confirmation that I'm a suitable candidate and just last week a package came in the post with swabs and instructions etc. Swabs have been taken and are now on their way to a lab for analysis. My own personal results will be with me in 10 to 12 weeks. Anonymously, my results will form part of the research on the genetic map of Ireland.



    I'm very interested in history and the history of Ireland. I have a detailed family tree of over 500 people, a handful of which can be traced back to the mid/late 1700's. Having my DNA analysed felt like the logical next step for me in finding out more about my family history. I've only just returned home from town where I posted the samples and I'm posting this as I'm fairly excited as to what results I'm going to have in 3 months. I'm curious as to whether anyone else has done this before and how if went for them. I'm only now realising that I should have made this post months ago in case there are others here that may be interested. If you are it may not be too late as the link to the irish study says you can still participate, and if not, it may be interesting to know there are ways on checking your genetic makeup.


    Info on the Irish study:



    Link to the UK study:


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  • #2
    pinkypinky
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    I only have 6/8 great-grandparents within the distance radius so I didn't qualify. Really interested to see the results though.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #3
    Waitsian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Waitsian


    pinkypinky wrote: »
    I only have 6/8 great-grandparents within the distance radius so I didn't qualify. Really interested to see the results though.

    Paternal grandfather - Hamilton, Ont.
    Paternal grandmother - Ancaster, Ont.
    Maternal grandfather - Cavan
    Maternal grandmother - Glasgow.

    Hahaha, ever so slightly beyond the requirements! And I was, and still am, disappointed. Would love to have taken part.


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