Post pics of your ancestors during the 8th B.C. to 5 A.D.

[tekken999]

Is the first man a Roman soldier?

In that case, it would be the same for me.

I am mostly Spanish descent (full Spanish mom and a Venezuelan father with very likely a lot of colonial Spanish ancestry), but I am also 1/16 Italian by known ancestry (a second grand grandpa from /my Venezuelan dad's side), though I also score very high Italian on MyHeritage and Italian/Greek on Ancestry DNA.

The first picture is a typical iberian warrior. Although the Romans did copy the design of the sword from iberian tribes which is why the gladius was known as the gladius hispanus. The armor is based on archaeological sources like texts and whatever else was available such as vases or sculptures left from the iberian/celtiberian tribes.






I also score like 15 percent on ancestry dna for greek italian but then I get 1 percent for italian on 23andme and I don't think anyone in my family was italian, que yo sepa.

[alnortedelsur]

I also score like 15 percent on ancestry dna for greek italian but then I get 1 percent for italian on 23andme and I don't think anyone in my family was italian, que yo sepa.

In my case I score 6.5% Italian on 23Andme, 29% Italian/Greek on Ancestry DNA and very close to 40% Italian on MyHeritage. I even have a confirmed Italian ancestor (the paternal grandpa of my paternal grandpa) who in my family we even know what it was his full name, and even my first surname is Italian, coming from him

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In my case I score 6.5% Italian on 23Andme, 29% Italian/Greek on Ancestry DNA and very close to 40% Italian on MyHeritage. I even have a confirmed Italian ancestor (the paternal grandpa of my paternal grandpa) who in my family we even know what it was his full name, and even my first surname is Italian, coming from him

Thats awesome, I wish I had an italian relative as I really like italian culture, I even studied the language for a while and can speak it decently but most of my recent distant ancestors have only been suspected to be from Spain. Not that it is a bad thing though but I'd like to have more diverse ancestry I guess lol

[alnortedelsur]

Thats awesome, I wish I had an italian relative as I really like italian culture, I even studied the language for a while and can speak it decently but most of my recent distant ancestors have only been suspected to be from Spain. Not that it is a bad thing though but I'd like to have more diverse ancestry I guess lol

Your Iberian ancestry is more than enough to feel very proud of your background. That's not better or worse than having a bit of Italian.

I am also very proud of being mostly of Iberian descent

[tekken999]

Your Iberian ancestry is more than enough to feel very proud of your background. That's not better or worse than having a bit of Italian.

I am also very proud of being mostly of Iberian descent

Thats true, the spanish did amazing things such as having an empire at one point and they left a big legacy which is seen today in south american and parts of the US. Florida is also a spanish name originally, and the state flag is based on the spanish cross of burgundy flag.




I only wish I had a spanish relative there as I'm planning a trip to Barcelona next year and it would be very convenient right now to have a relative over there lol

[alnortedelsur]

Thats true, the spanish did amazing things such as having an empire at one point and they left a big legacy which is seen today in south american and parts of the US. Florida is also a spanish name originally, and the state flag is based on the spanish cross of burgundy flag.




I only wish I had a spanish relative there as I'm planning a trip to Barcelona next year and it would be very convenient right now to have a relative over there lol

And before that, a great part of the Anibal army that crossed the Alps and almost ended with the Roman Republic by inflicting terrible defeats on the Roman legions in the Italian peninsula, were natives from the Iberian peninsula.

And then, it took the Romans about 2 centuries to conquer Iberia.

All that shows how brave our Iberian ancestors were

[amoora]

Thats true, the spanish did amazing things such as having an empire at one point and they left a big legacy which is seen today in south american and parts of the US. Florida is also a spanish name originally, and the state flag is based on the spanish cross of burgundy flag.




I only wish I had a spanish relative there as I'm planning a trip to Barcelona next year and it would be very convenient right now to have a relative over there lol

You know, there was some Iberian on my ancestry DNA test but idk from who. I only found documents on ancestors from England, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, and Lebanon. I guess I just have some DNA in common with whoever is in their Iberian sample population. I traced my dad's side back quite far and I couldn't make any Iberian connection

[tekken999]

And before that, a great part of the Anibal army that crossed the Alps and almost ended with the Roman Republic by inflicting terrible defeats on the Roman legions in the Italian peninsula, were natives from the Iberian peninsula.

And then, it took the Romans about 2 centuries to conquer Iberia.

All that shows how brave our Iberian ancestors were

Yes they are very brave and very stubborn people without a doubt. You should watch “Hispania, La leyenda” it’s a Spanish show about the Iberian tribes dealing with the Romans around this time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YI10dbZLJt4

[tekken999]

You know, there was some Iberian on my ancestry DNA test but idk from who. I only found documents on ancestors from England, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, and Lebanon. I guess I just have some DNA in common with whoever is in their Iberian sample population. I traced my dad's side back quite far and I couldn't make any Iberian connection

It could be an undiscovered relative there you never know, you do seem to have a diverse background already which is pretty neat