Ancestors of Irish people originated from present-day Ukraine

After analyzing the genomes of the ancient inhabitants of Ireland, the researchers concluded that the ancestors of the Irish people came from Eastern and Southern Europe. First of all, from the northern Black Sea coast, the south of present-day Ukraine, reports the BBC.

Genetics from Trinity College Dublin with archaeologists from Queen’s University of Belfast examined the peasant’s skeleton from Neolithic period.

The age of well-preserved remains is estimated at 5200 years. Burial was found in 1855 near Belfast.
According to scientists, the genome of the woman has much in common with the genome of modern inhabitants of Spain and Sardinia.

But the peasant’s ancestors, according to the researchers, came to Europe from the Middle East, where first agriculture has sprung up.

In addition, the team of scientists found the remains of three men from the Ratlin Island, who lived in theBronze Age around 4200 years ago.

The genome of men differed from peasant’s genome. Third part of the DNA structure indicates that their ancestors came from the Pontic prairies of the Black Sea region, located mainly on the territory of Ukraine.