Comments on: Are You Descended from the Emperor Charlemagne?

By: Sheri

Sheri — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:05:17 +0000

In reply to Joe Garonzik. There are many requirements to join and it costs $750. I don’t see a way to find my answer.

By: Sheri

Sheri — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:57:06 +0000

In reply to Joe Garonzik. I sent them a message asking for help. I don’t know my gateway ancestor for a connection to him but he is my #1 search response to my family tree.

By: Sheri

Sheri — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:49:12 +0000

Thank you!

By: Joe Garonzik

Joe Garonzik — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:47:54 +0000

In reply to Sheri.

I don’t think you need to “join” the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in order to determine if your line connects with one of the “Gateway Ancestors” to Charlemagne. Check out their website, Sheri. Here is the link:
https://www.charlemagne.org/.

Thanks for your interest.
Genealogical.com

By: Sheri

Sheri — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:13:01 +0000

He is number 1 match on my tree of ancestors but because he goes so far back, it doesn’t show a relationship to him, his wife or his son. Is there a website I can check where I don’t have to have a paid membership and goes back to Medieval times?

By: Joe Garonzik

Joe Garonzik — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:51:23 +0000

In reply to Danielle.

Danielle,

I’ve reached out to Roberta Estes, our DNA expert. Here’s what she has to say. She has also included several links for your consideration:

“Finding a gateway ancestor that connects to royal lines often opens up many opportunities for genealogical connections, in part, because royal lineages tend to be well documented. However, given that DNA is divided in every generation, by just the 7th generation, we only carry a small portion of any of one ancestor’s DNA – less than 1%. A few generations further back in time, the traces are so small and minuscule that we match millions of people simply by chance, not because we are actually descended from that person or lineage. Congratulations on your genealogical connections.”

Roberta suggests you have a look at the following two articles from here blog, DNA EXPLAINED.

https://dna-explained.com/2017/06/27/ancestral-dna-percentages-how-much-of-them-is-in-you/

https://dna-explained.com/2016/03/10/concepts-identical-bydescent-state-population-and-chance/

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:40:22 +0000

In reply to Joe Garonzik. Thank you, I would greatly appreciate it. I hadn’t found anyone I could really prose any questions to.

By: Joe Garonzik

Joe Garonzik — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:07:43 +0000

In reply to Danielle.

Dear Danielle,

I have reached out to one of our DNA experts. We will get back to you with a response soon.

Genealogical.com

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:01:33 +0000

I have a question, but feel sharing this might be helpful in answering my question. I am the great granddaughter of King Louis the Pious 3x, King Pepin of Italy 2x, great granddaughter of Alfred The Great 4x as well as great granddaughter of Hugh Capet, the Counts of Louvain, King Louis of Aquitaine, Robert I of France, Count of Anjou, Walter the Steward, Counts of Flanders, the Duke of Saxony through being a great granddaughter of the Stewart’s, Campbells, Erskines, Melvilles. There is much more, but that would take a long time to list. My eighth great grandmother is Elspeth Melville of Cupar, Fife. They say everyone is related to royalty. Is it common or less common to be a great granddaughter of all of these lineages? I had also dna matched to the Louvains, Erskines, many of these people listed through a site that tests you against archaeological excavations which I thought the results I received at first were just sheer coincidence until they kept appearing in my tree as great grandparents. Would be appreciative of your thoughts.

By: Paul Belter

Paul Belter — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:33:46 +0000

My gateway ancestor is John Ogle, back in the 1300’s Robert Ogle married Maud deGray, and that line goes back “forever”. C Settipani in Descent from antiquity has traced to Darius in the old testament and back to the pharaohs. It’s a numbers thing, from now back, you double the number of ancestors, you get back to Charlemagne there are many more ancestors then there people at that time. Of course cousins have married cousins lowering the number of ancestors. John came here in 1664, his distant cousin Washington family was not on the Mayflower.