Ashkenazic Cultural Genography Cultural Affinities From the Mesolithic Until the Renaissance of One Modern Ashkenazic Male Study by Adam Cherson, JD-MPA 08 August 2020, New York, New York Method Autosomal DNA of modern Ashkenazic male was transformed into G25 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) scaled coordinates Ancient samples, already in the scaled G25 format, were obtained from the ‘Eurogenes Ancient Individual Samples (scaled)’ database. Additional samples in either FASTQ or BAM format were obtained via the European Nucleotide Archive and converted into the scaled G25 components format. The combined ancient data set was sorted according to archaeological era. An admixture analysis was emplyed to examine matching patterns between G25 components of the modern Ashkenazic male and the ancient samples, according to archaeological era. Cultural identifications were made for the highest matching ancient samples from each archaeological era. The findings were published into a series of mapped charts showing the ancient samples, the genomic percentages represented by each sample, and the cultural identification of each sample. The method is applicable to both male and female Ashkenazim. Please see ending slide for contact information. Contact For more information about cultural genography or to obtain a bespoke study, please contact Adam Cherson at genography@xyvy.info
