‘DNA and the Middle Ages: Genetics, History and Archaeology’
The Beehive, Newcastle
University
22 October 2004
Organiser: Dr Scott Ashley, School of Historical Studies
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Stephen Harding (School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham)
Title: ‘Genetic Survey of Wirral and West Lancashire’
Abstract: This talk explains how the use of old surnames has
helped us to link old genes with modern geography in an area which has experienced
a very large population movement since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
Y-chromosomes were tested from 50 Wirral men and 100 West Lancashire men bearing
surnames recorded in ancient subsidy rolls and church records. 6 markers from
each were tested and compared with a database of over 13000 mens chromosomes
throughout Europe looking for the highest frequency matches.
