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-Where did

-the DNA of the Welsh originate?

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-Michael Sheen's DNA?

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-Charlotte Church's DNA?

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-The DNA of each one of us

-who lives in Wales today?

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-In order to arrive

-at the present generation...

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-..our genes have been

-on an epic journey through time.

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-There's been change upon change.

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-But looking back

-over the generations...

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-..over the centuries, it's possible

-to see regular patterns emerge.

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-Patterns of life and existence,

-patterns of sharing and belonging.

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-And patterns

-in our genetic make-up...

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-..and our DNA itself.

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-Age-old patterns

-that can clearly be seen today.

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-As we follow these genetic patterns

-across the planet...

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-..we've showed

-how we're related to one another.

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-But it's time to

-turn our attention closer to home.

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-Over the past year,

-we've analysed the DNA...

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-..of more than 1,000 Welsh people.

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-The biggest-ever study

-of the nation's genetic make-up.

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-In the final episode,

-the time has come...

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-..to reveal our findings.

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-The focus so far

-has been on our ancient history...

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-..on our ancestors' distant past.

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-But what's happened to our genealogy

-in the past two centuries...

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-..since the Industrial Revolution?

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-And what about Wales today

-and its genetics?

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-What have DNA Cymru's spit kits

-revealed about the modern nation?

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-In a celebration of saliva, we now

-have a means of delving further.

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-It's a pleasure to be here today.

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-What use are these tests

-to our communities?

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-What about the way

-we consider the future?

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-Knowing more about our genetics

-sparks the imagination...

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-..according to

-one of our most famous figures.

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-What I do for a living...

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-..and what is

-the passion of being an actor...

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-..and telling stories,

-part of what that requires...

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-..is to imaginatively connect

-to different people.

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-This is something that is a more

-tangible form of that, in a way.

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-There's a new way

-of evaluating all these factors.

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-And its name is DNA.

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-DNA Cymru.

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-Take a look in the mirror.

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-What do you see?

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-A face, of course.

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-But there's something else too.

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-History.

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-Personal history.

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-Your own unique personal history.

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-But a wider history too.

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-The history

-of your mother and father...

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-..and their mothers and fathers.

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-Each one

-of your myriad ancestral mothers...

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-..and fathers.

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-We're all unique individuals.

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-An interesting make-up

-of fragments from the past.

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-During the course

-of filming this series...

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-..Anwen's life

-has completely changed.

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-Now I'm pregnant

-and expecting my first child...

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-..I wonder what traits my baby

-will inherit from my husband and me.

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-Will the baby's eye colour

-be the same as mine?

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-What about the hair, the nose

-and shape of the mouth?

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-Will there be

-a family resemblance...

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-..or will our ancestors' DNA...

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-..resurface from the distant past?

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-I'm sure every new parent

-asks similar questions.

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-Now that Mali has arrived...

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-..our roots are more important

-than ever to us as a family.

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-Anwen isn't the only one

-to feel like that.

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-Each year, thousands of people...

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-..flock to events

-such as this one in Birmingham.

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-The Who Do You Think You Are

-ancestry exhibition.

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-This year, amid the discourse

-and lectures on family history...

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-..genetic tests

-are more prominent than ever before.

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-DNA is now an industry.

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-It's in every nook and cranny here.

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-At one time, tracing a family tree

-was purely down to luck and chance.

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-Asking Grandma or searching

-in church and chapel records.

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-Nowadays, there's

-a wealth of expertise on offer...

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-..to anyone who wants to know

-where they've come from.

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-There are genealogists,

-archivists and researchers...

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-..of all kinds.

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-There are

-major exhibitions like this one...

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-..which demonstrate how keen people

-are to learn about their past...

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-..and their ancestors.

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-However,

-it's still quite a tall order...

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-..to trace back further

-than two or three generations.

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-In Wales, like many other countries,

-dark periods in history...

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-..have ruined the lives

-of thousands of families...

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-..making it difficult

-to trace genealogies...

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-..and finding

-the graves of loved ones.

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-In cases such as these,

-expert help is required.

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-It's nice to see

-that Wales has a prominent stand...

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-..at the Birmingham exhibition.

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-Beryl Evans

-from the National Library...

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-..is one of the experts on hand

-to offer advice.

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-My five top tips for making the most

-of your visit to an archive office.

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-The library is the main centre

-of Welsh genealogy.

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-It's always busy, with enquiries

-from home and further afield.

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-For Welsh exiles who drop by,

-further research is required.

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-We get asked all kinds of questions.

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-Many say, "We're the Jones family,

-we hail from Wales."

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-We ask them where they're from

-but they've no idea.

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-However, others have done thorough

-research and just need our guidance.

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-We then direct them

-to the library's collection...

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-..our online services

-and many of our projects.

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-We also direct them to

-other archive centres, if needs be.

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-DNA is everything nowadays.

-How do you combine the two things?

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-The DNA industry has grown, as you

-can see from these exhibitions...

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-..and people who've got stuck

-researching their family history...

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-..can take a simple DNA test and

-connect to different countries...

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-..and areas of Wales,

-as well as America and Australia.

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-People in those countries...

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-..can also contribute

-to these DNA projects.

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-It might help them to go to these

-places and do further research.

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-Interest in family history...

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-..has prompted millions

-around the world to take DNA tests.

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-But for some,

-there are other reasons.

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-In Swansea are the headquarters...

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-..of the

-Cancer Genetics Services for Wales.

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-Part of the centre's role

-is to offer assistance...

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-..when genetic diseases strike.

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-As a genetic nurse

-within the team...

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-..Liwsi Kim Protheroe-Davies helps

-people deal with difficult news.

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-I'm a registered genetic counsellor

-and I work with families.

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-I study the family background...

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-..to see if there are

-any hereditary genetic conditions.

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-It can be any condition, though

-I work specifically with cancer.

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-I see patients with a history

-of cancer in the family.

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-They want to know their risk...

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-..and the chance of them passing

-on the condition to their children.

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-There are

-lots of things to consider...

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-..and sometimes

-difficult topics to discuss too.

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-One of the main concerns...

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-..is that family secrets

-may emerge in the tests.

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-Many families come in

-and we discuss the DNA...

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-..and various tests

-we can conduct...

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-..to see

-from where the disease has emanated.

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-You can see by their faces...

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-..that they've started to think...

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-.."This is going to show up

-something I don't want to see."

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-At times

-we've had a phone call to say...

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-.."You know he's not the father,"

-though he's unaware.

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-Hello?

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-Hello, Liws! You've arrived!

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-Yes. Are you OK?

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-Liwsi and her father,

-David Protheroe...

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-..have decided

-to take DNA Cymru's tests.

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-DNA Cymru's results show that 20%

-of Welshmen are the descendants...

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-..of 10 of our history's

-most renowned noblemen.

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-It's interesting to see

-that so few men...

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-..are in the past

-and that so many men nowadays...

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-..can be traced back to them.

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-It's this story which has prompted

-David to try one of our spit kits.

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-I've been reading about Hywel Dda...

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-..and it appears that there may be

-a connection, if it's correct...

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-..that I can trace back to

-that time, which'll be interesting.

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-It'd be nice if there was some sort

-of connection that would show...

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-..that we can trace our genealogy

-back through the centuries...

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-..but I'm not concerned about it.

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-We are who we are

-and we're happy with that.

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-DNA Cymru's results won't show

-that everyone is related...

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-..to our history's legends,

-men like Hywel Dda.

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-But the Y-chromosome DNA

-of every man...

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-..has been inherited, relatively

-unchanged, from father to son.

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-By identifying the genetic markers

-in the chromosome...

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-..it's possible to follow

-one line through the generations.

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-One lineage

-amongst a multitude of ancestors.

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-However, the direct connection

-along the father line...

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-..is of interest to many.

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-I think it's this idea of this

-link going back through time...

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-..that excites people.

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-People think about it, particularly

-for the Y chromosome...

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-..in the same way

-they think about their surname.

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-It's something they identify with.

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-It speaks back to their grandfather,

-their great-great-grandfather...

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-..and this lineage

-going through time.

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-It may only be one small part of

-our DNA but it's an important part.

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-Lineage

-has been important in human history.

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-Land has been passed down through

-the male line for generations.

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-It's part of

-people's way of thinking.

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-They find it really interesting

-what the Y chromosome...

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-..can tell them

-about a small part of their past.

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-It's about

-how they fit into the world.

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-Subtitles

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-Subtitles

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-Before the Industrial Revolution,

-the Welsh were rural folk.

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-Towns were small

-and slow to populate.

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-Ordinary folk lived on the land...

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-..without straying too far.

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-Life was hard, and a mother

-who saw each of her offspring...

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-..grow into adults was very lucky.

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-Mam! Mam!

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-People lived and died

-in their birthplace.

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-Is it this stability

-that is responsible...

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-..for the continuation of genetic

-makers that are unique to Wales?

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-Gwilym! Come here, quickly!

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-DNA Cymru can reveal...

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-..that genetic clusters exist in

-Wales today on the mother's line.

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-Clusters that are 50 times more

-common in Wales than in England.

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-The clusters

-stem from a minority of women...

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-..long before the fragile lives

-of country folk in medieval Wales.

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-A fragile...

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-..yet stable life.

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-Otherwise, the genetic pattern

-wouldn't have survived to this day.

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-The Industrial Revolution

-saw major change.

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-Anyone who lived in Wales in 1750...

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-..would barely recognize the country

-a century later.

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-Society's foundations had dissolved

-and were newly reformed.

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-The effect was the same

-on our DNA pool.

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-Copperopolis, Swansea...

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-..needed thousands of workers.

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-They arrived from rural Wales

-as well as England and Ireland.

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-The iron furnaces of Merthyr Tydfil

-attracted people from the continent.

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-Workers from

-Spain, Italy, Poland and Russia.

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-Industry transformed

-the face of the Rhondda.

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-But beneath the surface...

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-..its genetics were changing too.

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-By 1914...

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-..a quarter of a million men

-were toiling in Wales' coalfields.

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-The Rhondda's DNA

-became more diverse...

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-..with each new generation.

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-And not only in the Rhondda Valleys.

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-People came from everywhere

-as the coalfield expanded...

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-..across Glamorgan,

-Gwent and Carmarthenshire.

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-Some of the genetic markers found in

-DNA Cymru's tests on today's men...

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-..must have appeared

-for the first time...

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-..as a result of immigration.

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-There was no end to the revolution.

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-After copper, iron and coal...

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-..the steel industry was

-the last to affect our DNA pool...

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-..with a new wave of migration.

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-Here in Port Talbot,

-the Sandfields housing estate...

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-..was built

-in the shadow of the steelworks.

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-Actor Michael Sheen's ancestors

-were among the workers.

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-His father's family

-came to Wales from Ireland...

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-..but Port Talbot

-is undoubtedly Michael's habitat.

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-This is the place I have

-the most meaningful connection to.

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-It's where I keep coming back to.

-It's where my parents still live.

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-It's where

-I started in youth theatre...

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-..it's where

-I first got a passion for acting.

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-It's where

-there's a sense of community.

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-It's where I came back

-and did The Passion...

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-..which was the most meaningful

-project I've ever done...

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-..about my life in the town

-and the people I know.

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-It's somewhere that always

-refreshes me to come back to...

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-..and rejuvenates me

-and re-energises me.

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-It's home,

-as simply as that, really.

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-Michael has come

-to his favourite local club...

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-..to receive

-DNA Cymru's test results.

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-He doesn't know much

-about his father's family...

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-..before

-they came over from Ireland.

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-He's eager to learn to which

-ancient genetic group they belong.

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-You're R1b.

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-It turns out...

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-..that it is

-a very Irish marker indeed.

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-The test has analysed

-Michael's genetic markers.

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-Markers which originate

-from one of his ancestors...

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-..thousands of years ago.

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-A haplogroup denotes a group

-who share the same genetic markers.

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-As we trace the journey of a man's

-family in the ancient world...

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-..a letter is attached

-to each different haplogroup.

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-As one group

-ventures in a new direction...

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-..and loses contact with others,

-a number is added to the letter...

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-..to denote

-a new, unique genetic marker.

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-Michael's sub-haplogroup...

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-..is more common

-in the west of Ireland...

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-..and is indicative of one

-of the most important migrations...

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-..in Europe's ancient history.

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-4,500 years ago,

-from Iberia in the south...

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-..across the Atlantic Ocean,

-a trading network was thriving.

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-It brought new people

-to the British Isles and Ireland.

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-The first metal masters.

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-The Beaker People.

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-The name comes from

-the fine vessels they used...

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-..in their daily lives and rituals.

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-They moved around

-the ancient world...

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-..and their copper skills

-transformed society...

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-..in Wales and Ireland.

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-I'm really glad that my history

-is rooted in one people, the Celts.

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-That's really important to me.

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-On the other hand,

-there's this wandering group...

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-..who are moving around Europe,

-connected to different parts.

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-I love the idea of us

-as being inter-connected..

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-..especially at the moment...

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-..where there's emotive talk about

-immigrants, refugees and migration.

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-It's a false sense that we have

-these borders that keep us apart.

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-We're one people constantly

-moving around and inter-connecting.

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-Anything that helps us...

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-..to have an emotional connection

-to that is great.

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-Something about the Beaker People

-and their skills...

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-..inspires Michael to contemplate

-his own craft as an actor.

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-The force

-that through the green fuse

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-Drives the flower,

-drives my green age

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-That blasts the roots of trees

-is my destroyer

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-And I am dumb to tell

-the crooked rose my youth is bent

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-By the same wintry fever

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-The force that drives the water

-through the rocks

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-Drives my red blood

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-That dries the mouthing streams

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-Turns mine to wax

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-And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins

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-How at the mountain spring

-the same mouth sucks.

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-Part of what I do for living and

-what is the passion in my life...

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-..of being an actor

-and telling stories...

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-..part of what that requires

-is to imaginatively connect...

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-..to all kinds of different people.

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-The way my life has gone is that

-I've pursued the idea of empathy...

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-..and connecting out

-to other people.

0:20:380:20:42

-This is something that is

-a more tangible form of that.

0:20:420:20:46

-We've also looked at

-the last six to eight generations.

0:20:460:20:51

-We've looked at

-all of your ancestry...

0:20:510:20:54

-..not just your Y chromosome

-and mitochondrial.

0:20:540:20:57

-You are very European indeed.

-Look at this.

0:20:580:21:01

-This is a chart.

-You're 75% European.

0:21:010:21:05

-Wow!

0:21:050:21:07

-We've tested lots

-who have north Asian in them...

0:21:070:21:10

-..but you are so European.

0:21:110:21:13

-That's great.

0:21:130:21:15

-It's fantastic to feel anything that

-makes you feel more connected...

0:21:150:21:20

-..as to European,

-I think is a really good thing.

0:21:200:21:24

-Having an emotional connection

-to this story...

0:21:250:21:28

-..is going to take a while, as it

-starts to connect imaginatively...

0:21:290:21:33

-..as I find out more about it.

0:21:330:21:35

-But definitely knowing that

-there's both, on the one hand...

0:21:360:21:40

-..a rooted sense and

-a particular people, the Celts...

0:21:400:21:44

-..but on the other hand,

-physically a lot of movement...

0:21:440:21:47

-..travelling across Europe, up from

-the south to the north, I love that.

0:21:480:21:53

-It's important

-to have a sense of that.

0:21:530:21:56

-You come from a people that

-is a wandering people. It's great.

0:21:560:22:00

-And I am dumb

-to tell a weather's wind

0:22:000:22:03

-How time has ticked

-to heaven round the stars

0:22:030:22:07

-And I am dumb

-to tell the lover's tomb

0:22:090:22:12

-How at my sheet

-goes the same crooked worm.

0:22:120:22:16

-.

0:22:200:22:20

-Subtitles

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-Subtitles

-

-Subtitles

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-Over the past two centuries...

0:22:250:22:28

-..thousands moved to towns like Port

-Talbot to work in heavy industries.

0:22:290:22:33

-Coal, iron and steel.

0:22:340:22:36

-They came from

-every corner of Wales and beyond.

0:22:370:22:41

-Among them was the family

-of actor Michael Sheen.

0:22:420:22:46

-DNA Cymru's report

-shows that his father's lineage...

0:22:460:22:50

-..is a very ancient Irish one.

0:22:500:22:52

-I take great pride in being Welsh...

0:22:520:22:55

-..and being a Celt, more generally.

0:22:550:22:58

-Knowing that I've been a Celt

-for a very long time is great.

0:22:580:23:02

-I like that.

0:23:020:23:03

-Having moved from Ireland

-to Cardiff, originally...

0:23:040:23:08

-..Michael Sheen's

-great-great-great-grandfather...

0:23:080:23:12

-..became part

-of the city's rapid growth...

0:23:120:23:15

-..due to the development

-of the South Wales coalfields.

0:23:150:23:19

-By the beginning of WWI...

0:23:190:23:21

-..it became the world's biggest port

-for exporting coal.

0:23:220:23:26

-In order for the coal to go out,

-the sailors had to come in.

0:23:260:23:30

-With them, of course,

-came their DNA.

0:23:300:23:33

-DNA from four corners of the world.

0:23:330:23:36

-The docklands area,

-Butetown or Tiger Bay...

0:23:360:23:40

-..became famous for its melting pot

-of white and black people.

0:23:400:23:44

-Butetown was a profoundly

-inter-cultural...

0:23:450:23:48

-..and multi-cultural community.

0:23:490:23:51

-I know a black woman in Butetown

-who can speak rather good Norwegian.

0:23:520:23:56

-She was not Norwegian,

-she was a cosmopolitan.

0:23:560:23:59

-Children shared a special culture.

0:23:590:24:01

-Sunday school

-with a black American gospel feel.

0:24:030:24:08

-Muslim processions...

0:24:110:24:13

-..based on, believe it or not, the

-Catholic customs of the Bay's Irish.

0:24:130:24:18

-The old compatriots

-of Michael Sheen's family.

0:24:180:24:22

-Crucial to this story is that

-almost all the immigrants were male.

0:24:220:24:26

-Males who then married or had

-relationships with local women...

0:24:260:24:30

-..many of whom might've been

-from the Valleys or Cardiff.

0:24:310:24:34

-You get a community of males

-who are from different countries...

0:24:340:24:38

-..and local women.

0:24:380:24:40

-50 years ago came major change.

0:24:400:24:42

-Terraced houses were demolished

-to be replaced by high-rise flats.

0:24:450:24:50

-Outside the city,

-new housing estates...

0:24:510:24:53

-..the biggest of which

-was my birthplace, Ely.

0:24:540:24:57

-A new community...

0:24:580:25:00

-..with no lasting ties

-with the neighbourhood.

0:25:000:25:03

-Interest in local history

-was slow to take hold here.

0:25:030:25:07

-But nowadays,

-residents make a concerted effort...

0:25:080:25:11

-..to reconnect with its history.

0:25:120:25:14

-And it's quite a story.

0:25:150:25:17

-Ladies and gentlemen,

-it's a pleasure to be here today.

0:25:170:25:22

-At the annual Ely festival, we're

-offering ancient DNA testing...

0:25:220:25:26

-..to people who want to learn more

-about their history.

0:25:260:25:29

-What we've done as part of DNA

-is given lots of testing kits...

0:25:300:25:34

-..so we're using science to work out

-where we in Wales come from.

0:25:340:25:38

-The number of tests

-is insufficient...

0:25:390:25:41

-..to get a comprehensive view

-of Ely's population.

0:25:420:25:45

-The hope is that

-it'll encourage an interest...

0:25:450:25:48

-..in what people have in common...

0:25:480:25:51

-..in terms of the ancient history

-of their genetics.

0:25:510:25:54

-Above the houses are the ruins

-of an Iron Age hill-fort.

0:25:550:25:58

-DNA Cymru is working in tandem

-with the CAER project...

0:25:590:26:02

-..which helps locals to

-understand the ruins' significance.

0:26:030:26:07

-Cardiff University's archaeologists

-are here...

0:26:070:26:10

-..to offer residents a chance

-to dig deeper into their history.

0:26:100:26:16

-I knew there was something here

-from its name, Caerau...

0:26:160:26:20

-..but I didn't have a clue that it

-was as significant and as ancient...

0:26:200:26:25

-..as other discoveries.

0:26:260:26:27

-I didn't expect to be doing it

-on my doorstep either!

0:26:280:26:31

-We started sieving...

0:26:310:26:34

-..and we found pottery and bones.

0:26:340:26:37

-Poppy, who's been working here,

-has found an axe.

0:26:370:26:41

-Hello, Poppy. How old is the axe?

0:26:410:26:44

-It's 5,000 years old.

0:26:440:26:47

-Amazing. Wow.

0:26:470:26:50

-Proof that the suburb's history

-stretches far back in time.

0:26:510:26:55

-It instils new pride

-in Ely's youngsters.

0:26:550:26:59

-It feels really special.

0:27:000:27:02

-You may find something

-that no-one else has found.

0:27:030:27:07

-You've discovered new history.

0:27:070:27:10

-It may change people's attitudes

-towards Ely and Caerau.

0:27:100:27:14

-Perhaps more people

-will respect Ely and Caerau now.

0:27:140:27:17

-Attitudes

-towards the area will change.

0:27:180:27:20

-It's something they haven't seen.

0:27:200:27:23

-Touching the neighbourhood's

-ancient history...

0:27:230:27:27

-..and the possibility of tracing

-their own personal history back...

0:27:270:27:33

-..by taking DNA Cymru's tests

-excites volunteers of all ages.

0:27:330:27:38

-This was built by your people.

0:27:400:27:42

-And the DNA, it just confirms that.

0:27:420:27:45

-That this is part of who we are.

0:27:460:27:49

-One of the area's locals,

-who's visiting the project today...

0:27:490:27:53

-..brings a broader perspective...

0:27:530:27:56

-..in terms of her experience in the

-European Parliament over the years.

0:27:580:28:03

-I was born and raised in Ely.

0:28:030:28:05

-My father was a vicar here

-for more than 30 years.

0:28:050:28:09

-All my family were raised here.

0:28:090:28:11

-Our origins are firmly rooted here.

0:28:110:28:14

-I certainly consider the area...

0:28:140:28:16

-..as the place where I gained

-my political experience.

0:28:160:28:20

-My political awareness

-comes from Ely.

0:28:200:28:23

-Dotty?

0:28:230:28:24

-Dotty Lee. Dotty Lee, yes, yes, yes.

0:28:240:28:26

-Elsie Copeland?

0:28:270:28:28

-There weren't

-many people of colour in the area.

0:28:280:28:31

-This area wasn't like the docks.

0:28:320:28:35

-Things are gradually changing...

0:28:350:28:38

-..but that sense of community

-is very strong.

0:28:380:28:42

-DNA Cymru has already established...

0:28:430:28:47

-..that the hill-fort's inhabitants

-had moved here...

0:28:470:28:51

-..from far away,

-across the ancient world.

0:28:510:28:54

-For Eluned, the tests and the

-digging has special significance.

0:28:560:29:01

-Especially nowadays, when people

-come here from other countries.

0:29:020:29:07

-We see people trying to flee

-from Africa and Syria.

0:29:070:29:11

-We have to be conscious that we too,

-at some point, have fled.

0:29:110:29:16

-That we too are immigrants.

0:29:160:29:18

-Practically nobody

-comes from here originally.

0:29:180:29:22

-I do feel,

-in terms of our awareness...

0:29:220:29:25

-..it's not just about

-where we've come from...

0:29:250:29:28

-..but where we're going in future.

0:29:280:29:31

-We must understand

-that we have to live in a world...

0:29:310:29:34

-..that's still moving and that still

-sees immigration from overseas.

0:29:340:29:39

-That's still going on

-but it's not a new phenomenon.

0:29:400:29:43

-While the residents of Ely

-await the test results...

0:29:480:29:51

-..there's time for me to visit

-another of Cardiff's communities.

0:29:520:29:56

-Canton.

0:29:570:29:59

-Life in the city wouldn't be

-the same without places like this.

0:30:020:30:06

-Local cafes - somewhere

-to have a cuppa and a chat.

0:30:070:30:10

-Hello, Victoria, how's it going?

0:30:120:30:14

-Hello, Victoria, how's it going?

-

-Very well, thank you, Jason.

0:30:140:30:16

-Is everything alright?

-Have you been busy?

0:30:160:30:19

-Yes, very busy. Enjoy.

0:30:200:30:22

-It's experiences like this

-that give you roots.

0:30:240:30:28

-I'm here today to meet someone...

0:30:280:30:30

-..who certainly feels

-that her roots...

0:30:300:30:33

-..are firmly planted in Cardiff.

0:30:330:30:36

-Charlotte Church is about to hear

-what her DNA Cymru test results...

0:30:370:30:42

-..reveal about

-her family's ancient history.

0:30:420:30:45

-How important is family to you?

0:30:450:30:47

-Like most people,

-it's the be all and end all.

0:30:480:30:51

-My kids are amazing.

-They're my life blood.

0:30:510:30:54

-They're incredible.

0:30:540:30:56

-But also, all my extended family -

-my nan, my bamp, my mum, dad, aunty.

0:30:560:31:01

-We've got a massive family.

0:31:010:31:03

-Lots of people don't know

-their fifth and sixth cousins.

0:31:030:31:07

-I do. I know them all!

0:31:070:31:09

-They're all dotted around Fairwater,

-Canton and round and about.

0:31:090:31:14

-You've obviously done

-the family history thing.

0:31:140:31:17

-You're fascinated about

-where Charlotte Church comes from.

0:31:180:31:22

-Yes, I suppose my nana's

-looked a lot into family trees...

0:31:220:31:26

-..and bits and bobs of genealogy...

0:31:260:31:29

-..but there's only so far

-you can get with the internet.

0:31:290:31:33

-What she has found out thus far

-has been deeply shocking!

0:31:330:31:37

-There are a lot of hedonists in

-my family, so I don't feel so alone.

0:31:370:31:41

-Are you ready?

0:31:420:31:43

-Are you ready?

-

-I am ready.

0:31:430:31:45

-Wow. OK.

0:31:460:31:48

-So my mtDNA sub-type is H1c...

0:31:480:31:52

-..which is part of

-the haplogroup Western Refuges.

0:31:520:31:56

-What does that mean?

0:31:560:31:58

-What does that mean?

-

-It's a good question.

0:31:580:32:00

-The ancient people

-of western Europe...

0:32:010:32:04

-..found refuge

-in the Pyrenees during the Ice Age.

0:32:050:32:08

-Charlotte's ancient female ancestors

-sheltered from the cold...

0:32:120:32:16

-..in caves like these.

0:32:170:32:19

-There's a record of their lives

-on cave walls in the south...

0:32:190:32:23

-..as perpetual winter ruled over

-the territories of northern Europe.

0:32:240:32:29

-They had to venture outside

-to hunt animals...

0:32:330:32:36

-..who could survive the freeze.

0:32:370:32:39

-The mammoth and the hyena,

-the deer, the wolf and bear.

0:32:390:32:43

-As the ice eventually melted,

-the women and their families...

0:32:460:32:50

-..could think

-of moving on again to the north.

0:32:500:32:54

-That's how people returned to Wales.

0:32:540:32:57

-In extreme conditions,

-the women of the northern refuges...

0:32:570:33:01

-..managed to survive.

0:33:010:33:03

-Nice. Nice.

0:33:070:33:10

-Look at you - extremely successful.

0:33:100:33:13

-Now your kids

-can run around tomorrow and say...

0:33:130:33:16

-.."My mum

-is from the western refuges."

0:33:160:33:19

-All of the other kids will

-look at them blankly. "OK, fine."

0:33:190:33:23

-"Go and play catch!"

0:33:240:33:25

-Lovely to see you.

-Thank you very much.

0:33:260:33:29

-It's been my pleasure.

0:33:290:33:31

-The capital

-is awash with different tales.

0:33:320:33:37

-Personal tales,

-communal tales, genetic tales.

0:33:370:33:42

-Cardiff, Cardiff,

-we are rapping free.

0:33:420:33:46

-Cardiff, Cardiff,

-we are rapping free.

0:33:460:33:50

-To celebrate the diversity...

0:33:510:33:54

-..DNA Cymru

-has occupied the Millennium Centre.

0:33:540:33:57

-The city's children are here...

0:33:580:34:01

-..to express their pride in their

-genetic legacy in the form of rap.

0:34:010:34:06

-Cardiff, Cardiff.

0:34:060:34:08

-We are rapping free.

0:34:080:34:09

-Cardiff, Cardiff...

0:34:100:34:12

-DNA Cymru's results...

0:34:120:34:14

-..are ready to be presented

-to the project's representatives...

0:34:140:34:20

-..who are close to Jason's heart.

0:34:200:34:22

-..who are close to Jason's heart.

-

-Here are some of the people...

0:34:220:34:24

-..who've taken the tests.

0:34:240:34:26

-They're from Ely, Cardiff,

-of course. Here we are, boys.

0:34:260:34:30

-It's great sharing gossip with

-neighbours from my old hometown.

0:34:300:34:35

-I wonder how close we're all

-related, seeing as we're from Ely.

0:34:350:34:40

-You went to the same school.

-You lived round the corner to me.

0:34:400:34:44

-I probably walked on your farm.

0:34:440:34:46

-As expected...

0:34:470:34:49

-..the results from Ely

-are very varied.

0:34:490:34:53

-But among this variety...

0:34:540:34:56

-..is a lesson.

0:34:560:34:58

-It underlines Eluned Morgan's point.

0:34:590:35:02

-We must remember that we were all

-immigrants at some point in history.

0:35:020:35:08

-I feel like a pioneer...

0:35:100:35:12

-..descended from these people who

-moved up from southern Europe...

0:35:120:35:17

-..when the Ice Age was receding.

0:35:170:35:19

-They made the land,

-they shaped it as it still is.

0:35:190:35:24

-I think that's something

-I can feel proud of.

0:35:240:35:28

-A sense of continuity going back

-thousands of years. That's amazing.

0:35:280:35:33

-It was very fitting...

0:35:330:35:36

-..to combine the revelations and

-discussions with an ode from a poet.

0:35:360:35:41

-Mari George.

0:35:420:35:44

-And so we became the Welsh

0:35:440:35:47

-We came to learn

-that we're still here

0:35:470:35:49

-And came to feel what we feel

0:35:500:35:52

-And fight for what we believe in

0:35:520:35:55

-Fine

0:35:560:35:58

-But ask yourselves,

-where did our longing come from?

0:35:580:36:02

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0:36:020:36:02

-Subtitles

0:36:060:36:06

-Subtitles

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-Subtitles

0:36:060:36:08

-Over the past year...

0:36:080:36:10

-..DNA Cymru has analysed the biggest

-ever sample of the nation's DNA.

0:36:100:36:15

-It's time to present

-some of our findings.

0:36:150:36:19

-We've studied

-a treasure from the past.

0:36:200:36:24

-A treasure that each one of us

-carries in our bodies.

0:36:240:36:28

-The key to ancient mysteries.

0:36:280:36:30

-The key is in

-the code of the double helix...

0:36:300:36:33

-..the famous molecule, the building

-block of life down the generations.

0:36:330:36:38

-By conducting laboratory tests...

0:36:390:36:41

-..on the saliva of more than

-1,000 Welsh people today...

0:36:410:36:45

-..we've analysed that code.

0:36:450:36:48

-Our findings are surprising.

0:36:480:36:50

-The test focuses

-on two small parts of our DNA.

0:36:520:36:56

-The DNA of the Y chromosome,

-which passes from father to son...

0:36:560:37:00

-..without much change

-down the centuries...

0:37:010:37:04

-..and the mitochondrial DNA...

0:37:040:37:06

-..which passes

-from mother to her children...

0:37:060:37:09

-..without much change

-down the generations.

0:37:100:37:13

-Scientists have traced these

-two minor parts of DNA, unbroken...

0:37:130:37:18

-..back to the earliest period

-in the history of mankind.

0:37:180:37:23

-DNA Cymru

-visited the Great Rift Valley...

0:37:250:37:28

-..the birthplace of the human race.

0:37:280:37:31

-The truth is,

-we all belong to the same family.

0:37:330:37:36

-An African family.

0:37:360:37:39

-The familial stream flowed

-to every corner of the continent.

0:37:410:37:46

-But it remained in Africa.

0:37:460:37:48

-Then, some 60,000 years ago...

0:37:480:37:51

-..a small group of people

-took the first steps...

0:37:510:37:55

-..of their epic journey.

0:37:550:37:57

-Once they left Africa,

-people spread far and wide...

0:37:570:38:02

-..across the ancient world.

0:38:030:38:04

-They took their DNA

-to every continent...

0:38:050:38:08

-..and to the country

-we know today as Wales.

0:38:080:38:11

-The human remains

-at Paviland in the Gower...

0:38:130:38:16

-..more than 30,000 years ago...

0:38:170:38:20

-..are among the oldest

-in western Europe.

0:38:200:38:23

-But then came the Ice Age.

0:38:240:38:27

-People had to retreat to the south.

0:38:270:38:30

-Tests suggest that a high percentage

-of the Welsh's mitochondrial DNA...

0:38:310:38:36

-..stems from the women who

-sought refuge in places like this...

0:38:360:38:40

-..until the ice

-started melting once again.

0:38:400:38:43

-Then, wave after wave

-of immigrants came to Wales.

0:38:450:38:49

-The early hunters who

-lived on plants and wild animals.

0:38:500:38:54

-The first farmers

-who introduced agriculture...

0:38:570:39:01

-..and built their large monuments.

0:39:010:39:04

-And the Beaker People,

-who mastered the art of smelting.

0:39:080:39:12

-Among them was a child...

0:39:140:39:16

-..who was born

-bearing a unique genetic marker.

0:39:170:39:20

-A marker that is still common

-among Welshmen today...

0:39:240:39:28

-..according to our tests.

0:39:280:39:30

-2,000 years ago, the hill-fort was

-the home of the nation's ancestors.

0:39:350:39:40

-Descendants of these three

-ancient groups of immigrants...

0:39:410:39:46

-..lived together

-in the hill-forts...

0:39:470:39:49

-..like the one archaeologists

-have discovered in Ely...

0:39:490:39:53

-..according to evidence

-found in our tests.

0:39:530:39:57

-The hunters, the farmers...

0:39:570:40:01

-..and the Beaker People.

0:40:010:40:03

-But the descendants of one group

-was much more prominent...

0:40:030:40:08

-..than the two others.

0:40:080:40:10

-The Roman legions demolished

-the ancient world of the hill-fort.

0:40:180:40:24

-But despite

-the influence of the Romans...

0:40:240:40:27

-..it's difficult to trace their DNA

-in the current nation's gene pool.

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-After the Romans,

-the Saxons preyed on Wales.

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-But DNA Cymru's tests

-have confirmed...

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-..that Offa's Dyke

-is a genetic boundary...

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-..as well as a political boundary.

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-The key genetic marker

-found among the Beaker People...

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-..indicates a big difference

-on both sides of the dyke.

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-There's also

-very little evidence in Wales...

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-..of other ferocious invaders

-who came to our shores.

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-But many Welsh people today

-cling to the notion...

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-..that Viking blood

-still flows in their veins.

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-Is there a chip shop nearby?

-The sea air makes me ravenous.

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-DNA Cymru

-came across a possible connection...

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-..between the Normans

-and one of our current heroes...

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-..when it was revealed

-in Alun Wyn Jones' DNA results.

0:41:320:41:35

-And evidence that one of Llangwm's

-residents in Pembrokeshire...

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-..was a descendant of one of the

-village's founders from Flanders.

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-He has to be connected to the De La

-Roche, the founders of the village.

0:41:460:41:51

-What about Wales' ancient leaders -

-the princes and the noblemen?

0:41:510:41:55

-One of our most striking results...

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-..is to do with them.

0:41:590:42:01

-The memory of ancient chieftains...

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-..such as Rhodri Fawr,

-Hywel Dda and Lord Rhys...

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-..was kept alive

-in the nation's psyche.

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-Their genealogies

-were carefully recorded...

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-..and depicted in long scrolls

-in the nobility's mansions.

0:42:160:42:20

-Their place

-in our country's history...

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-..is known to historians.

0:42:240:42:26

-But now we know

-that they formed the nation...

0:42:260:42:29

-..in a way

-no-one had suspected before.

0:42:300:42:34

-According to

-our tests and research...

0:42:350:42:38

-..it appears that one

-in every five Welshmen today...

0:42:380:42:42

-..is a direct descendant on

-the father line to 10 prominent men.

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-10 men who lived in Wales

-less than 2,000 years ago.

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-It's a striking statistic.

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-Up to 200,000

-of today's population...

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-..are related

-to 10 of the old nobility.

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-Thousands more Welsh exiles

-carry the same genetic markers.

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-They form genetic clusters.

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-Groups of men

-who share the same genetic pattern.

0:43:110:43:14

-Although scientists

-have found similar clusters....

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-..in Scotland,

-Ireland and Mongolia...

0:43:210:43:24

-..it appears that the pattern

-in Wales is even more notable.

0:43:250:43:29

-Since the start

-of the DNA Cymru project...

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-..it's clear that ordinary folk have

-definite ideas about their roots.

0:43:340:43:39

-In a non-scientific survey

-at Parc y Scarlets...

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-..the majority of fans

-regarded themselves as Celts.

0:43:430:43:48

-On receiving their DNA results...

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-..many of the nation's greats also

-empathized strongly with the Celts.

0:43:510:43:57

-We Welsh people are dark and small.

-I can't wait to see where I'm from.

0:43:570:44:02

-I'm nervous too.

0:44:030:44:04

-But many of them were shocked.

0:44:050:44:07

-The Ice Age?

0:44:080:44:09

-The Ice Age?

-

-6,000 years ago.

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-That's too much for my brain!

0:44:110:44:14

-This goes back and back and back.

0:44:140:44:16

-I'm content with that.

0:44:160:44:18

-I'm a bit of a pedigree.

-I've searched all my life for one!

0:44:180:44:22

-For Colin Charvis, the test result

-was a complete shock.

0:44:220:44:27

-His father

-was from Jamaica originally.

0:44:270:44:30

-Colin had taken it for granted

-that his family had arrived there...

0:44:310:44:36

-..as slaves from Africa.

0:44:360:44:39

-But DNA Cymru had news for him.

0:44:390:44:42

-You. Are. Welsh.

0:44:430:44:45

-Colin is

-the descendant of a Welshman...

0:44:470:44:49

-..who went to the Caribbean

-during the age of slavery...

0:44:500:44:53

-..and belongs to

-one of the genetic clusters...

0:44:540:44:57

-..that have emerged in our tests.

0:44:570:44:59

-The spit kits of many more people...

0:45:000:45:03

-..have shown

-that they are part of a cluster.

0:45:030:45:06

-One of them, as he'd hoped,

-is David Protheroe.

0:45:070:45:10

-It'd help

-if it was the right way round!

0:45:100:45:13

-Surprisingly,

-his daughter, Liwsi Kim...

0:45:130:45:16

-..also belongs to

-a cluster on her mother's line...

0:45:170:45:20

-..a female cluster that DNA Cymru

-has only recently discovered.

0:45:200:45:25

-After all, family history...

0:45:270:45:29

-..is the nation's history too.

0:45:290:45:31

-Take a look in the mirror.

0:45:340:45:36

-What do you see? History.

0:45:360:45:40

-A history that means more the more

-you understand the genetics...

0:45:400:45:46

-..that drives that history.

0:45:460:45:49

-The force that through

-the green fuse drives the flower

0:45:490:45:52

-Drives my green age

0:45:520:45:55

-That blasts the roots of trees

0:45:550:45:57

-Is my destroyer

0:45:570:45:59

-And I am dumb

-to tell the crooked rose

0:46:000:46:02

-My youth is bent

-by the same wintry fever.

0:46:020:46:05

-Our roots, and the way they've grown

-from the earth on which we live...

0:46:060:46:11

-..have always been

-a topic for poets...

0:46:120:46:15

-..historians and scientists.

0:46:150:46:18

-The DNA Cymru project began

-with a simple question.

0:46:200:46:23

-Who are the Welsh?

0:46:240:46:25

-And by answering that question...

0:46:280:46:31

-..one truth

-has emerged time and time again.

0:46:310:46:34

-We belong to a family, belong

-to a community, belong to a nation.

0:46:360:46:41

-But understanding our genetics...

0:46:420:46:44

-..shows that we belong

-to everyone on the planet.

0:46:450:46:48

-The personal story

-of every individual...

0:46:480:46:52

-..is part of the history of mankind.

0:46:520:46:55

-For many of us...

0:46:550:46:58

-..that's priceless.

0:46:590:47:01

-Who are the Welsh?

0:47:020:47:04

-We're brothers and sisters.

0:47:040:47:06

-We're all related to one another.

0:47:060:47:09

-Every one of us in Wales today.

0:47:090:47:11

-The proof is in our DNA.

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