I have written before, about using ancestral DNA testing. For example, earlier data for my wife showed ancestors near Guadalajara, which since she is Aztec, I took to be the original home of the Aztecs, which agrees with Mexican scientists.
An updated package shows she has two principal ancestral location. The first one runs from our current location, where I am convinced lies Moctezuma's treasure. No surprise there. This area includes Tenochtitlan (currently known as CDMX) and our current locations.
However, it also indicates she has ancestral location including the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, quite a ways away. This was a total surprise and I am still digesting it. Her mother's family was definitely Aztec Emperors, her great-grandma was a Moctezuma. Records show she is also descended from Moctezuma I and II, and strangely Cortes himself, via a "natural' son from Northern Mexico. So, that explains Tenochtitlan.
Her father is still pretty much unknown as far as origin. An old aunt, deceased, only said one man came from a village a mile or two away, and another one maybe 15 miles away. But, where did they come from before that? The Moctezumas considered themselves to be 'white' and the paternal family in photos look like totally different ethnicity and considerably darker than the Moctezuma's. So, I am guessing they came from Tehuantepec but that is pure SWAG.
Part of the doubt involves the dates. The map which showed ancestry near Guadalajara I assume was for a long time ago, as much as tens of thousands of years ago. The new map implies not so very old, maybe hundreds of years ago. Without dating, it is not that useful. Well, somewhat useful, but it limits the value. I have a new project, I would say.
An updated package shows she has two principal ancestral location. The first one runs from our current location, where I am convinced lies Moctezuma's treasure. No surprise there. This area includes Tenochtitlan (currently known as CDMX) and our current locations.
However, it also indicates she has ancestral location including the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, quite a ways away. This was a total surprise and I am still digesting it. Her mother's family was definitely Aztec Emperors, her great-grandma was a Moctezuma. Records show she is also descended from Moctezuma I and II, and strangely Cortes himself, via a "natural' son from Northern Mexico. So, that explains Tenochtitlan.
Her father is still pretty much unknown as far as origin. An old aunt, deceased, only said one man came from a village a mile or two away, and another one maybe 15 miles away. But, where did they come from before that? The Moctezumas considered themselves to be 'white' and the paternal family in photos look like totally different ethnicity and considerably darker than the Moctezuma's. So, I am guessing they came from Tehuantepec but that is pure SWAG.
Part of the doubt involves the dates. The map which showed ancestry near Guadalajara I assume was for a long time ago, as much as tens of thousands of years ago. The new map implies not so very old, maybe hundreds of years ago. Without dating, it is not that useful. Well, somewhat useful, but it limits the value. I have a new project, I would say.