The Medieval Docleans

When the Roman city of Doclea fell to earthquake and invasion, life did not leave the river terrace: a medieval town grew up among the ruins, burying its dead beside the old forum for centuries more. These five individuals lived between the ninth and twelfth centuries, the very age when the surrounding land, taking its name from the dead city, rose as Duklja, the first medieval state of Montenegro.

The genome-wide data behind this entry was published in A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations.

Every Ancestry Map includes the free Notable Matches lens: your coordinates are compared to every sequenced member of every catalog entry, and the distance to the closest member is reported, a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional space the Distance lens uses. Because these are a small group of real individuals, not a population average, distances naturally run larger than population distances. That is expected, not a poor result. And one thing is never claimed: a small distance means similar ancestry composition, not that the Medieval Docleans are your ancestor. See how it looks in the live demo or read about Ancestry Map, the full Global25 report.

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  Who were the Medieval Docleans?

  The Medieval Docleans (c. 800-1100 CE, Doclea, Montenegro) are one of the Iconic discoveries entries in our Notable Matches catalog, represented by 5 sequenced ancient genomes published in the study "A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations".

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  What does "matching" the Medieval Docleans mean?

  Your Global25 coordinates are compared to the entry's sequenced members and the distance to the closest one is reported, a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional reference space the Distance lens uses. A notable entry is one person or one small burial group, not a population average, so distances naturally run larger than population distances.

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  Are they my ancestor?

  No, and no DNA test can show that. A small distance means your genome sits near theirs in a shared reference space: similar ancestry composition, not descent. Ancestrify never claims a notable individual is your ancestor or relative.

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  How do I see my own distance to the Medieval Docleans?

  Notable Matches is a free lens on every Ancestry Map, never sold separately. Order Ancestry Map, our Global25 analysis (29.99 EUR), and your report ranks your coordinates against the full catalog, with a portrait, dossier and map for every entry. The public demo shows the lens with example data.

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