Europeans share common ancestors who lived 1 000 years ago So I am sure some have seen the news but we may get a flury of edits need to read over the paper clolsly before any additions Received July 16 2012 Accepted March 27 2013 Published May 7 2013 Citation Ralph P Coop G 2013 The Geography of Recent Genetic Ancestry across Europe PLoS Biol 11 5 e1001555 doi 10 1371 journal pbio 1001555 The Geography of Recent Genetic Ancestry across Europe