Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia

Teodomiro is the bishop credited with discovering the tomb of the apostle Saint James, the event that founded Santiago de Compostela and launched the Camino pilgrimage walked by millions ever since. A ninth-century tombstone bearing his name lay beneath the cathedral, and genomic analysis of the remains confirmed an elderly man of local Iberian ancestry — making him one of the earliest named individuals of medieval Spain to be sequenced.

The genome-wide data behind this entry was published in The identification of Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia.

Every Ancestrify Global25 report includes the free Notable Matches lens: your coordinates are compared to every sequenced member of every catalog entry, and the distance to the closest member is reported — a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional space the Distance lens uses. Because this is a single real individual, not a population average, distances naturally run larger than population distances — that is expected, not a poor result. And one thing is never claimed: a small distance means similar ancestry composition, not that Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia is your ancestor. See how it looks in the live demo or read about the full G25 analysis.

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  Who was Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia?

  Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia (d. 847 CE, Santiago de Compostela, Spain) is one of the Historical figures entries in our Notable Matches catalog, represented by one sequenced ancient genome published in the study "The identification of Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia".

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  What does "matching" Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia mean?

  Your Global25 coordinates are compared to the entry's sequenced members and the distance to the closest one is reported — a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional reference space the Distance lens uses. A notable entry is one person or one small burial group, not a population average, so distances naturally run larger than population distances.

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  Is Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia my ancestor?

  No — and no DNA test can show that. A small distance means your genome sits near this individual's in a shared reference space: similar ancestry composition, not descent. Ancestrify never claims a notable individual is your ancestor or relative.

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  How do I see my own distance to Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia?

  Notable Matches is a free lens on every Ancestrify Global25 report — never sold separately. Order the G25 analysis (29.99 EUR), and your report ranks your coordinates against the full catalog, with a portrait, dossier and map for every entry. The public demo shows the lens with example data.

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