Romany DNA - what would you expect to see?

[daisydew7]

Hello, I’ve known my whole life that I had Romany, however I never heard my dad or my granny use that term…it was always Gypsy. My dad and granny spoke their Rom language fluently. Some people find Gypsy derogatory but it was used in my family. My granny was 100% Rom. Her dad was Joseph Young son of Frampton Young( Heron). Her mother was Delilah Boss daughter of Sampson Boss who was son of the infamous Riley Boss.

Myself, my brother, my niece and my cousin all are matching DNA on Ancestry to lots and lots of cousins that we can trace and prove are all Romany  full or otherwise.  With that said I am only a 1/4 ROM. My Dad 1/2 and my granny full. Look at your DNA match and check who their matching. I guess if you are researching and not sure if you have Rom or not it could be more challenging for sure.

[janicejo]

That's really good for you. I never heard the term Romany until 5 years ago myself!  If you upload your DNA to gedmatch (their test Eurogenes K-13) you can get a percentage of any South Asian you might still have.

[panished]

 Hi Daisy,  (daisydew7)

 i moved my post to the Heron Young page were i meant it to go

[Ingvanye]

I just saw this now, in 2022.
Genebase shows detailed ethnicity, including Romani Kalderash, Monteni, Lom, Vlax, etc.
That's how I found out my ancestry.
Apparently Genebase concentrates more on ethnicity, rather than amassing a huge database of match-ups.

[rebekahm28]

 Can I use my ancestry dna to upload to genebase?

[Ingvanye]

I don't think they have a facility on their website for that, unlike Gedmatch. You'd have to order a test.

[bloodhound68]

Hi Kr236rk

The link to the book is here

https://www.richedmunds.co.uk/early-gypsy-families-1

It s due to be published 4th November.

Thanks for your interest

Richard

Richard, I would really love to have a copy of Vol. 1 of your book but cannot find it in stock. We have discovered through Big Y DNA testing of my uncle that men of his and my late maternal grandfather's haplogroup, J-Y48326, are related to Romany families who "arrived in North America in the late 17th century," according to the group administrator on FTDNA. Their surname is among those covered in your book.