Ancient British Isles
Historical Timeline
Analyzing your genetic similarity to ancient British reference samples...
Preparing your genetic-similarity report
From the first hunter-gatherers who followed the retreating ice to the Norman kings who reshaped a kingdom, the British Isles have always been a crossroads of peoples.
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 4,000 BCE | 12/100 | Hunter-gatherers of Mesolithic Britain and Ireland, before farming reached the islands. |
| Neolithic | 4,000 BCE to 2,500 BCE | 4/100 | Early farming communities and megalith builders, including the peoples of Stonehenge and Newgrange. |
| Chalcolithic | 2,500 BCE to 2,000 BCE | 40/100 | The Bell Beaker culture's arrival and the dawn of metalworking in Britain and Ireland. |
| Bronze Age | 2,000 BCE to 800 BCE | 11/100 | Early, Middle, and Late Bronze Age communities across the British Isles. |
| Iron Age | 800 BCE to 43 CE | 9/100 | Celtic Iron Age cultures with growing continental (La Tene) influence. |
| Roman | 43 CE to 410 CE | 0/100 | Roman Britain and the populations that lived alongside and within the Roman occupation. |
| Anglo-Saxon | 410 CE to 793 CE | 0/100 | Anglo-Saxon migrations and the Anglian and Saxon kingdoms of early medieval England. |
| Viking Age | 793 CE to 1,066 CE | 7/100 | Norse settlement across Britain and Ireland during the Viking Age. |
| Medieval | 1,066 CE to 1,500 CE | 16/100 | Post-Conquest medieval populations, including Norman influence. |