Oxford #10, VK146, mtDNA J1c3e1, I-Y3000

Oxford 10, 880 - 1000 CE

Shared Ancestor, 200 CE

You and Oxford 10 share a common paternal line ancestor who lived around this time.

Rare Connection

1 in 378

Only 805 customers are this closely related to Oxford 10.

Oxford 10 was a man who lived between 880 - 1000 CE during the Viking Age and was found in the region now known as St John’s College, Oxford, England.

He was associated with the Viking Britain cultural group and possibly the St Brice's Day massacre.

His direct maternal line belonged to mtDNA haplogroup J1c3e1.

Reference: VK146 from Margaryan et al. 2020

Phylogenetic Y-DNA analysis by FamilyTreeDNA. Ancient DNA samples are typically degraded and missing coverage, sometimes resulting in less specific haplogroup placements.

All Vikings (Branch with Pink colored background, id
VKxxx) belong to the Haplogroup I-Z73 and downstream.

https://www.yfull.com/tree/I-Z73/ and Graves from Google Maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1NMWaZLy8G42dEIpHW5EeY1rEIm9...

Generally
The name Oxford 10 Oxfordson, serve as collective name for the Vikings who were buried in a mass grave in Oxford.

The massacre in Oxford, England
There are also DNA matches between I-FT369548
and the Viking VK163 (same mtDNA as I-FT369548; U2e2a1a1). and VK146, in a mass grave in Oxford England,

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-14476039

Sample: VK163 / UK_Oxford_#1
Location: St_John’s_College_Oxford, Oxford, England, UK
Age: Viking 880-1000 CE
Y-DNA: I-M253
mtDNA: U2e2a1a1

Sample: VK146 / UK_Oxford_#10
Location: St_John’s_College_Oxford, Oxford, England, UK
Age: Viking 880-1000 CE
Y-DNA: I-M6155 (I-Y3000)
mtDNA: J1c3e1

See also research reports, links:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/703405v1.full

https://dna-explained.com/2020/09/18/442-ancient-viking-skeletons-h...

And a file at sources from Natureresearch:
41586_2020_2688_MOESM1_ESM-2