The Höijen blog has moved here! Jakob has had it since 2014 to document DNA genealogy findings. Was previously on own domain hoijen.se.
Jakob Norstedt, email: jakob@turid.se
Y-DNA for "Finn-Pål" - Pål Danielsson, Nordmaling
Updated 2022-08-08 09:06 Finn-Pål (1714 – 1776) was the son of Daniel Pålsson who lived in...
Status report - DNA for the Stjärnasläkten at Stora Kopparberget
(2021-02-01) Summary Three brothers are mentioned in the documents from the court at Stora Kopparberget 1473, Olof, Markvard...
Y-DNA for Eggert Eggertsson, born in Stora Kopparberg parish 12/19/1768
2021-01-31 Eggert Eggertsson had two sons, Lars and Eggert. I have DNA tested a Y line (ie...
Status report - DNA for the Stjärnasläkten at Stora Kopparberget
(2018-05-10) Summary Three brothers are mentioned in the documents from the court at Stora Kopparberget 1473, Olof, Markvard...
Sandman from Piteå – Y-DNA
As part of a slightly larger investigation, I have Y-tested the family Sandman from Piteå...
Everyone related to everyone?
Sometimes you can get the feeling that everyone in a limited area gets a DNA match...
Unreliable markers – close paternal relatives do not appear in the Y37 list
You may have close relatives who should appear but are not in your match list...
The star family from Kopparberget and Forsgren from Älvkarleby?
A hitherto unknown agnatic line has appeared from Olof Nilsson, ancestor of the Stjärnas family...
Genney 2.0 has come with DNA support
Now the Swedish genealogy program Genney has arrived in version 2. One of the novelties is DNA support...
DNA of the Stjärna kin at Stora Kopparberget / Great Copper Mountain, Falun, Sweden
(Updated 2018-01-06) Abstract Stora Kopparberget, the Great Copper Mountain, was a medieval mining and industrial...
Family Swedenborg's DNA – I1-BY229
Y-DNA from a man from the noble Swedenborg family has been tested and found to belong to a...
Gevert DNA Project
To investigate the Gevert family, Jussi Gävert and I have started a DNA project. What...
Emanuel Swedenborg – his origin in haplogroup I1-BY229
The Y-DNA of a man of the nobility Swedenborg has been tested and been found to...
The DNA of the Stjärna Kopparberg family - two lines from the 15th century secured
Summary At the Legislative Assembly on Kopparberget in 1473, the three brothers Olof, Markvard and Hans Olsson are mentioned...
New blog about Buresläkten - Burefakta.se
Today, a new blog about the Bures family has been launched Burefakta.se We who are behind the blog, Peter...
Svinhufvud in Westergötland, No. 199, a DNA study
Background Jöns Svinhuvud (or "Swinshwow" as he is referred to) is an almost mythical person known from...
Not all Norstedts originate from Höjen, some belong to I1-L813 FGC9493+
Previous blog posts have shown that the family Norstedt from Höjen outside Falun is characterized by haplogroup I1-L1302...
Q-L804 – Current status 2016-01-29
by Jakob Norstedt, admin Q Nordic project E-mail: jakob@hoijen.se Q-L804 is one of the two...
I1-SwF cluster / I1-JN38 subclade – status 2015-10-08
SwF is a cluster with ancestry on both sides the Gulf of Bothnia. SWF was...
French Q-L804 subclade – trace of Normans?
The Scandinavian haplogroup Q-L804 has been expanded with a branch from Norway to the North Western...
French branch of Q-L804 - traces of Normans?
The Scandinavian haplogroup Q-L804 now has a branch from Norway to the region of Normandy. The branch from...
Testing Novel SNPs to define the most recent parts of my branch
Jakob Norstedt E-mail: jakob@hoijen.se Normally SNPs are very old, but some are indeed possible to...
L807 has joined the Q-L804 tree
L807, the Pearson SNP, has been known to be after L804, ie a subclade of...
Q-L804, current status of one of the Q Nordic subclades
Q-L804 is one of the two subclades of Q considered Nordic (the other is Q-L527)...
Västerås High School
I visited the city archives in Västerås the other day to look for a couple of relatives. They had without a trace...
Daniel Åsberg from Åsbo, Hosjö
I topped a heptathlon in Nordmaling yesterday. When, a few months ago, I first came across…
1635-08-18 Copy of Nils Olsson's /Norstedt/ purchase deed
This is the deed of sale that was written when Nils Olsson bought a share in Höjen in 1635 from...
Ancient days
I found an interesting interdisciplinary anthology about the Copper Mountain today. It has been compiled by Högskolan Dalarna...
To secure my lineage from Höjen
Christoffer Larsson, who took the name Norstedt, was born on the mining farm Höjen outside Falun in 1672. He was...
Nils Olsson, died 1652
A wealthy Bergzman has a farm on Höijen, only now Councilor Johan Näsman owns it. He...
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