My DNA Journey
My DNA Journey took me to this cultural heritagesomething that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth; ancestors may be considered a kind of heritage; also traditions, achievements, beliefs, etc., that are part of the history of a group or nation; something passed down from preceding generations monument. It is the Roman Bridge Gate, built in 135 AD over the Guadalquivir River in Cordoba, Spain. It stands adjacent to The Great Mosque, built in 711 AD. Cordoba was the capital of the Roman province of Hispania, the primary reason I visited there.
My DNA Journey is about cultural genealogy. For years I have been searching for my ancestors. Why? I never knew my father because he died when I was eight months old. My parents barely knew each other; and it wasn’t until after my father’s death that my mother learned my father had a Mexican heritage.
My mother was very prejudiced. She kept me from knowing and associating with my father’s familya family is group of people consisting of parents and children living together in a household; family members can also live away from parents or in a different household. I was 30 years old when I found them, and learned about the Hispanic part of my heritage. I completed DNA testing available from the National Geographic Genographic Project at:
The knowledge gained from my DNA Journey is sending me in several new directions on my genealogical quest. For instance, I learned I have a Jewish Diasporathe movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland; the most common referral to a diaspora is the settling of scattered colonies of Jews outside Palestine after the Babylonian exile; expansionary movements of people from their original living spaces marker. What does that mean for my research? I am also a third Scandinavian. Exactly how are these two discoveries related? You will be very surprised!
This is a cultural anthropologythe holistic study of humanity in its broadest context in all times and places, ancient and contemporary website. And yes, genealogythe science of studying family history, tracing family origins, finding lines of descent is all about cultureculture is not genetically inherited, it is shared, learned, and dynamic- never static more than you might have expected. Over the next few months I will share more of my cultural genealogyCultural genealogy may trace family lineages and other entities (such as artifacts or paintings) through personal histories, oral traditions, environments and/or ancestral or other culturally shared values and traditions, which are passed down through generations. Material culture is often traced through genealogical methods. findings. I will give you some thoughts on how you can connect your own heritage with the various cultures it may include. Such findings are much more exciting than a pedigree charta chart that indicates lines of descent, both paternal and maternal; the word comes from Latin pes (foot) and grus (crane), derived from a sign resembling a crane's foot; the chart contains parallel lines which form boxes where births, deaths, marriages and sometimes locations are recorded, usually showing three to five generations on a page!
Please comment on your own DNA journey, or leave a cultural heritage short story to share. And be sure to Explore More while you are on this site. You might discover the Global Village where your ancestry began. If you are writing your own, or someone else’s personal history, you will find a wealth of cultural information that may add interest to your story.
