Modern Age Ancestry

Our known current family live in the following parts of the world:

England:

1. Cambridgeshire

2. Leicestershire

3. Peterborough

4. London (South)

5. Bradford (found through Ancestry.com recently. Distant cousins))

6. Blackburn (found through Ancestry.com recently. Distant cousins)

7. Kent (found through Ancestry.com recently. Distant cousin)

Pakistan:

1. Rajar Kalan. Gujarat District, Punjab

2. Sarai Alamgir, Gujarat District, Punjab

3. Jhelum City, Pakistan

4. City of Lahore, Pakistan

5. Islamghir, Azad Kashmir (found through Ancestry.com recently. Distant cousins)

*All ancestors living at those locations mentioned above are of current day Pakistani and/or British descent. 

Our known current day ancestors live in (or are from) the following countries. These ancestors have a close genetic distance of anywhere between four to eight generations to us, according to DNA testing. Found through Ancestry.com, GEDmatch, and cross referenced with MyTrueAncestry.com:

1. Greece

2. Lebanon

3. Israel

4. Gaza and West Bank

5. Italy

6. U.S

7. Ireland

8. England

9. Scotland

10. Jordan

11. Denmark

12. Norway

13. Sweden

14. Armenia

15. Turkey

16. Kazakhstan

17. Mongolia

18. India

19. Malaysia

20. Australia

21. Brazil

22. Tajikistan

23. Turkmenistan

24. Germany

25. Sicily

26. France

27. Kuwait

28. Yemen

29. Iran

30. Chile

31. Saudi Arabia

32. Russia

33. Mexico

34. Canada

35. Central America

*Currently awaiting further updates*

Below is a list of Raz and Alisha's closest ancestors from within the Pakistan and Indian Subcontinent. The closer the  genetic distance from zero, the closer the genes to current day family origins. The further the distance from zero, the more distant in common ancestry. However, they are all ancestors. These results were found through Autosomal DNA testing: 

1. Burusho (5.101)
2. Sindhi (5.694)
3. Pathan (5.966)
4. Jew_India (9.477)
5. Punjabi_Jat (9.541)
6. Balochi (10.03)
7. Pashtun (11.52)
8. Brahui (13.12)

We share an extensive recent history with the top three going back almost six generations. 

1. The Burusho people, also known as then Hunza people are from the Hunza Valley, province of Giltgit/Baltistan in Northern Pakistan, high up in the Karakoram mountains.  We share the closest gene distance to them. Learn more about the Hunza Valley and the Hunza people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza_Valley

2.  The Sindhi people are from South Eastern Pakistan, an arid desert and dry rock place coupled with greenery and rivers over a large flat landscape - best described as alluvial plains. It is situated in the third largest province in Pakistan. It also has the second largest population in Pakistan after the Punjab province. Learn more about the Sindh province and its people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh

3.  Everyone who has been to Pakistan has heard about he Pathans (also known as Pashtuns (7.) in the list above. The Pathans have derived from the Pashtuns. They are mostly congregated in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. A rugged mountainous region with a mix climate. Learn more about the Pashtuns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtuns

Note: Numbers 4 to 8  above go further back to 1000 CE, and almost 16 generations back with common ancestors, but still have a strong genetic connections to our modern family. These aren't part of modern ancestors but worth a mention, as we probably still have connections through modern ancestors. Below are more details on numbers 4 to 8:

4. Jew india is probably because of our ancient ancestors who must have travelled from the Middle East and ended up in Himachel Pradesh in India. Himachel Pradesh is a state in India, a northern state where the Himalaya mountains start.  A large number of Jews still live in Himachel Pradesh, and many Jews visit the state. According to the DNA results from Ancestry.com, a part of our family originated from Himahcel Pradesh in India in past few hundred years. We also most likely had Buddhists and Hindus in our extended ancestry according to records. Learn more about Hiachel Pradesh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh#Demographics

5. Punjabi Jats are mainly made of agricultural land workers in the Punjab region which crosses over between India and Pakistan. Majority of people that live in the Punjab are Sikhs, while Muslims, Christians and Hindus make up the rest. Learn more about the Punjabi Jats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jats#Demographics

6. Balochi people are from Balochistan. An historical region in South West Asia that crosses over between Iran and Pakistan. The people of this region are believed to have been there since the Neolithic age, however, the modern version of the Baloch people can be found in scriptures from 1774 CE. According to Baloch lore, the people originate from Aleppo in Syria. They are mainly referred to as Iranian and Pakistani admixtures today. Learn more about the Baloch people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloch_people

7. The Pashtun people, also known as the Pathan people share an extensive history together. As mentioned above (no.3), they mainly are from NWFP region and the North. They can be found all over Pakistan. They are also found in Afghanistan, where they are a majority. Learn more the Pashtun People: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtun_people

8. Going back almost 16 generations, we have the Brahui people. An ethnic group deriving from Pakistan, and through a smaller extent, Afghanistan and Iran. Interesting fact here is, our family and ancestors are Indo-Aryans, but Brahui language is Dravidian. One of two cases in our entire ancestral history where we have Dravidian connections. The other being my recent 11% Southern Indian connection found through Ancestry.com. Dravidian people are from Southern India and Sri Lanka, which is like a world a way from Northern Pakistan, especially hundreds and hundreds of years ago. Learn more about Brahui people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_people

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