Briton's DNA links him to world's first woman
Saturday June 30, 2012 08:49:49 PM,
IANS
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London: A British
pensioner got the mother of all shocks when he discovered he was
directly related to Eve, the world's first woman who lived 190,000
years ago.
DNA tests found Ian Kinnaird's family tree went all the way back
to the world's first woman, mirror.co.uk reported Saturday.
While most struggle to delve beyond our great grandfathers in
ancestry research, the 72-year-old traced his all the way back to
the beginning of humanity.
Ian said: "This is a real gobsmacker. I have led an unremarkable
life until now."
He has a genetic marker, L1B1, that can be followed back to an
ancient African lineage that has never before been found in
Western Europe.
The research team who did the tests - Britain's DNA - said it made
Ian "the grandson of a black Eve".
Ian has mitochondrial DNA which is passed through the female side,
is 30,000 years old and only two genetic mutations removed from
the first "black Eve".
Most people are 200 mutations removed, researchers said.
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