Articles
3 articles on y-dna — ancient-DNA research written up for readers who want the evidence, not just the headline.
What a Y-DNA haplogroup actually is, how to export the raw file from 23andMe, AncestryDNA or MyHeritage, how to get a free and honest paternal haplogroup call from it, and where to explore your branch afterwards.
Two new free tools: browse the complete paternal tree — over 109,000 named branches — and the full maternal tree, with defining variants, tester counts by country and search by haplogroup or SNP. No account needed.
A 2026 study of 102 Deep Maniots finds unusual paternal isolation, Bronze Age-linked lineages, medieval founder effects and diverse maternal ancestry.