Are you related to a well-known historical figure? Do you descend from the initial settlers in Europe, prior to the start of the Ice Age, more than 20,000 years ago? Or perhaps your ancestors were visitors from North Africa or Asia? Unveil your past with the Paternal Lineage Test.
The Paternal Ancestry Test, offered in partnership with the DNA Diagnostics Centre in the UK, will enable you to discover your ancient paternal heritage via Y-chromosome testing. This test needs a DNA sample from a male, as it checks the Y-chromosome markers to determine which paternal haplogroup or “clan” you belong to. If you’re female and would like to take this test, you will have to submit a paternal relative’s DNA sample such as your father, brother or grandfather.
Approximately 175,000 years ago, the modern human race was born in East Africa. Humans over time began to move out of east Africa to settle in other parts of the world, and as they established themselves in various locations, their DNA took on distinct markers, creating a genetic confirmation of our ancestors’ migration throughout the ancient world. These markers define the haplogroup you belong to, which is related to a place of origin, as specified by the letters in the map.
Samples for the Paternal Lineage DNA test are collected using the easy and pain-free buccal swab method. Buccal swabs are like cotton wool buds found in supermarkets and chemists. Collecting the DNA is non-invasive and pain-free; four buccal swabs are rubbed against the inside of the cheeks. This motion collects cheek cells, and within these cells contain the DNA used to determine your paternal background.
Full and easy to follow instructions and swabs for DNA collection are included in the DNA kit that will be posted to you once you’ve ordered your test.
Your Paternal Lineage DNA Test report will state your haplogroup, indicating the area of the world your ancestors hailed from. It also contains raw data, also called a haplotype, for your Y-STR DNA test, which will enable you to carry out further investigation in other ancestral gateways. Once your analysis has been completed, you will receive the following:
Click here to order and begin your personal journey! You will receive your results within 4-6 weeks once the laboratory has received your samples. Our couriers will deliver the test to you and pick it up from you once you’re ready. The price includes the courier services.
Two related tests are available: read more about the AncestrybyDNA™ and Maternal Lineage DNA Test kits.
Are you related to a well-known historical figure? Do you descend from the first settlers in Europe, before the beginning of the Ice Age over 20,000 years ago? Perhaps your ancestors were visitors from nearby Asia or North Africa? Discover this and more with the Maternal Lineage DNA Test.
The Maternal Ancestry Test, offered in partnership with DNA Diagnostics Centre in the UK, will discover your ancient maternal heritage by analysing your mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The analysis is based on the fact that men and women both inherit their mitochondrial DNA, found outside the cell nucleus, which is only passed on by their biological mother. This allows one to trace his or her maternal line back to their clan‘s maternal founder and designates a person into a “haplogroup” — one of more than twenty main groups that encompass the human race.
Approximately 175,000 years ago, the modern human race was born in East Africa. Over the passage of time, humans started to leave Africa to inhabit the rest of the world, and as they became established in various geographic areas, their DNA took on distinct markers, developing a genetic insight of our ancestors’ migration throughout the ancient world. These markers define the haplogroup you belong to, which is related with a place of origin, as represented by the letters in this map.
DNA samples are collected using a straightforward and pain-free buccal swab. Buccal swabs are comparable to cotton wool buds. During the collecting of the DNA sample, four buccal swabs are rubbed against the inside of the person’s cheeks (two swabs are used on the inside of each cheek). The rubbing motion collects loose cheek cells, and within these cells contain the DNA used in the maternal DNA lineage test.
Step-by-step instructions are included in the DNA sample collection kit. You will receive this once you’ve ordered the test.
The DNA Test report will specify your haplogroup, which represents the part of the world your ancestors descended from. It also lists the analysis data for your mtDNA test, which can be used for further research in other databases and ancestry projects. Once the analysis has been completed, you will receive the following:
Order this test kit today and begin your personal journey! You will receive your results within 4-6 weeks once the laboratory has received your samples. Our couriers will deliver the test to you and pick it up from you once you’re ready. The price includes the courier services.
Two related tests are available: read more about the AncestrybyDNA™ and Paternal Lineage DNA Test kits.
Do you want to discover more about your ancestors and ultimately, what makes you uniquely you? Uncover your full ancestry mix through this exciting and unique new test, AncestrybyDNA™.
Your DNA contains information on your family’s history. The AncestrybyDNA™ test reveals your family’s history, detailing where your ancestors originated from.
The ancient world had large numbers of migrations — modern humans originated in East Africa roughly 200,000 years ago, and moved through the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East to populate Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world. We’re the creation of both ancient and recent migrations. You can learn about these influences through the AncestrybyDNA™ test, offered in partnership with DNA Diagnostics Centre in the UK.
The AncestrybyDNA™ test analyses 176 locations in your DNA to establish your biogeographical profile. It details how much of the four founding populations can be found in your own DNA, listing percentages for European, East Asian, Sub-Saharan African, and Native American. These are defined as:
Once you place an order for the AncestrybyDNA™ test, you will get the following:
Order your test today and discover for yourself! You will receive your results within 4-6 weeks once the laboratory has received your samples. Our couriers will deliver the test to you and pick it up from you once you’re ready. The price includes the courier services.
Two related tests are available: read more about the Paternal Lineage DNA Test and Maternal Lineage DNA Test kits.
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Search our database of over 1700 South African’s who fought against apartheid and who were part of the struggle. Details include full names, dates of birth, place of birth, occupation, place of education, parents names, spousal details as well as recreational activities, employer, number of children and physical addresses.
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This unique database embraces those who fought and died for their country. Many of these individuals belonged to organizations that had been banned under the Suppression of Communism Act and include the Communist Party of South Africa, the A.N.C. (African National Congress) and the P.A.C. (Pan-Africanist Congress) – together with their more militant offshoots, Umkonto we Sizwe (A.N.C.) and Poqo (P.A.C.).
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The approximately 17,000 Boer prisoners and exiles in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) were distributed far and wide throughout the world. They can be divided into three categories: prisoners of war, ‘undesirables’ and internees. Prisoners of war consisted exclusively of burghers captured while under arms. ‘Undesirables’ were men and women of the Cape Colony who sympathised with the orange Free State and Transvaal Republics at war with Britain and who were therefore considered undesirable by the British. The internees were burghers and their families who had withdrawn across the frontier to Lourenço Marques at Komatipoort before the advancing British forces and had finally arrived in Portugal, where they were interned.
Prisoners of war were detained in the Bermudas on Darrell’s, Tucker’s, Morgan’s, Burtt’s and Hawkins’ Islands; In the Bermudas, on St. Helena and in South Africa quarters consisted chiefly of tents and shanties patched together from tin plate, corrugated iron sheeting, and sacking, and in India and Ceylon mostly of large sheds of corrugated iron sheeting, bamboo and reeds. The exiles, whose ages varied between 18 and 82 years, occupied themselves in various fields, such as church activities, cultural and educational works, sports, trade, and even printing, and nearly all of them to a greater or lesser extent took part in the making of curios.
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This directory includes a host of famous people including Cornelis Vincent Van Gogh, brother of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, President Kruger, William Juta Registrar of the High Court whose wife Louise was the sister of Carl Marx. As a bonus SPE Trichardt, grandson of Voortrekker Leader Louis Trichardt as well as many Jewish Immigrants and Muslim shopkeepers are found. Did your family live next door to any of these famous people?
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