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From: "Eric Olson" <>
Subject: [DNA] Grave #70, Egyin Gol Mummy, Y-DNA Match
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:32:01 -0800


Is great x grandfather a mummy?

A 2000 year old body in Grave #70, recently found in Northern Mongolia, was analyzed for Y-STR alleles as follows:

DYS 19 = 16,
DYS 390 = 25,
DYS 391 = 11,
DYS 392 = 11,
DYS 393 = 13,
DYS YCAII = 19/23,
DYS 385 = 11/14,
DYS 389ii = 31.
Thus Y Haplogroup R1a.

Our Carroll, Karol, Carel etc. haplotype is at DY8VJ, 37 markers, and has been SNP tested as R1a1. It is an exact match with this mummy.

To date across all Y-DNA databases I have found only 5 low level 12/12 matches at FTDNA, one of whom is a cousin, and another (Slovak) gone upon testing at the 25 marker level, and 5 more at yhrd.org in Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, Belarus and an Dravidian Indian. Nothing west of 20 degrees east longitude, and no surname remotely matching Carroll.

Now comes this mummified body in grave #70 in Egyin Gol, Northern Mongolia, which is an exact match on the 8 markers tested (above), with our Carroll Y-DNA. It is thought the next grave, #72, is his son, who shares his DYS marker values. The article does not say if these remains indicated blue-eyed blonds/redheads or not, but strongly hints that they were. Not sure how one tells the eye color of a skeleton..

Will watch the December 2nd TV show with Spencer Wells with interest. Probably nothing new as the original French paper is from 2003.

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v73n2/35013/35013.web.pdf

Our haplotype differs from Lawrence Mayka's recently posted Central European R1a Modal by 19/37 markers.

Eric Olson

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