My Hammons Genealogy
and other blood-related branches
There is a DNA service that compares your DNA to tens of thousands of DNA samples taken from bones from archealogical sites around the world. The company is called My True Ancestry. What this site has done for me more than any other DNA service is to paint a much clearer picture of my family origins. Because my father and mother have very similar genetic backgrounds I have not been able to determine which of these samples are from my paternal or maternal side. In some cases I'm sure they are both. I currently have 150 samples (as of 10/07/22) that I match and more than half were found in two countries, England and Czech Republic. All of the Czech samples are from the Bronze Age and are ethnically Celts and all of the Bronze Age samples from England are also Celts. The Iron Age samples from England are mostly from the Parisi, a Celtic tribe in England with Gaels and other Celts. Most of my Middle Age samples are Danish Vikings, Celts, and Gaels. My haplogroup is J-CTS11760 (J2b2a1...) and my ancient matches to my y-DNA are found in the Balkans, in particular Croatia.
This map on the left shows the higher concentration of Celts with the dark green the epicenter of their beginnings. A very large majority of my Celtic matches occur in the dark green area. The map on the right shows J2b2 ancient sample sites. The purple are BC samples and the orange are AD samples. As you can see a majority of the BC samples are in Croatia with a couple in Slovenia.
Here is a breakdown of my ancient populations:
| Estimate | |
| Gaels | 30% |
| Celts | 24% |
| Danish Vikings | 12% |
| Celtic Parisi | 10% |
| Anglo-Saxons | 5% |
| Celtic Cantiaci | 5% |
| Celtic Britons | 4% |
| Belgae | 2% |
| Celtic Corieltavi | 2% |
| Franks | 1.5% |
| Celtic Dobunni | 1.5% |
| Celtic Brigantes | 1% |
| Picts Icelandic Vikings Ostrogoths Quadi Swedish Vikings Longobards Scythians Belari |
<1% |
Celts are "generic Celts" whose tribes have not yet been determined.
Picts are considered a Celtic tribe which, along with Belgae, brings the Celtic make up about 56% of the total.
Belgae were a tribe that was located in North-northwest France, Luxembourg, and Belgium, but also in central-southwest England and is also considered a Celtic tribe.
Genetic Distance: the lower the number the closer you are related. It does not represent generations nor does it represent degrees of cousin relationships. It is a very complicated forumula that I have yet to get a handle on.
| Genetic Distance | |
| Gaels | 4.231 |
| Celts | 5.948 |
| Celtic Parisi | 6.106 |
| Danish Vikings | 6.167 |
| Anglo-Saxon | 8.021 |
These are my actual genetic matches (first 25) in order of most closest to least:
1. Early Bronze Age Czech 2. Medieval Kilteasheen Ireland 3. Iron Age Somerset 4. Bronze Age Obernai 5. Bronze Age Netherlands 6. Celtic Briton Gladiator 7. Late Bronze Age Scotland 8. Iron Age Yarnton 9. Copper Age Czech 10. Celtic-Saxon Germany 11. St Clemen Zealand 12. Bronze Age Czech 13. Bronze Age Czech 14. Iron Age Cornwall 15. Bronze Age Scotland 16. Bronze Age Jutland 17. Celtic Briton Gladiator 18. Medieval Kilteasheen 19. Gaelic Settler 20. Prince Andras Arpad 21. Iron Age Kent 22. Iron Age Yorkshire 23. High Status Parisi 24. Copper Age Germany 25. Ollsjo Battleaxe |
Rodney R. Hammons
433 N Main Street
Rushville, IN 46173
1.337.499.8674