Ancient Western Europe
Historical Timeline
Analyzing your genetic similarity to ancient Western European reference samples...
Preparing your genetic-similarity report
Your Similarity Through Time
How your genetic similarity to Western European reference samples changes across periods, and when your closest matches lived.
France and the Low Countries carried Atlantic, Beaker, Gaulish, Roman, and Frankish layers in turn.
Periods and individuals through time
Bands show the periods scored in this report, with your similarity score for each. Portraits mark matched ancient individuals at their estimated date; the crown marks your closest match. Select a portrait to see details. The tables below carry the same information as text.
Your matches in chronological order
Period similarity scores
Fit-weighted affinity to each period's reference populations on a 0 to 100 scale. Values are similarity scores and do not add up to your ancestry.
| Period | Dates | Similarity | About this period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesolithic | 10,000 BCE to 5,000 BCE | 0/100 | Atlantic and inland hunter-gatherer communities. |
| Neolithic | 5,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE | 9/100 | Early farmers of the Paris basin and Atlantic coast. |
| Copper Age | 3,000 BCE to 2,200 BCE | 0/100 | Bell Beaker and megalithic societies. |
| Bronze Age | 2,200 BCE to 800 BCE | 0/100 | Atlantic Bronze Age networks. |
| Iron Age | 800 BCE to 50 BCE | 0/100 | Gaulish and Belgic populations. |
| Roman Period | 50 BCE to 500 CE | 7/100 | Gallo-Roman provincial communities. |
| Medieval | 500 CE to 1,500 CE | 63/100 | Merovingian, Frankish, and later medieval communities. |