53% Scandinavia, 19% British Isles, footprints on six continents. Genes from four corners, one restless compass.
02 — Lineage
The Olsson family, later Barre — and Meurlin. Now merged with the Knoop line, back to Bremen merchant Daniel D. Knoop (1750–1817), from a family chart on the Norwegian side — whose grandson Ludvig Knoop, brother of our direct ancestor, built a cotton empire in Russia, founded the Krenholm textile mills in Narva, and was made a baron by Tsar Alexander II.
This section has family names and birthdates for a lot of people who didn't choose to be on a public website — ask a family member for the password.
03 — DNA Origins
Your myOrigins analysis shows the genetic weave behind the travels — and the three ancient European populations (hunter-gatherer, early farmer, Metal Age invader) still visible in your autosomal DNA.
Three ancient populations shaped today's Europeans: hunter-gatherers, early farmers, and Metal Age invaders. The numbers show how much of each can still be traced in your DNA.
Source: myOrigins® v2 & Ancient Origins, FamilyTreeDNA. The raw genotype files (SNP-level data) have deliberately not been added to the site — publishing raw data publicly can reveal kinship and health information far beyond these summary percentages, so it's best left private. If you'd like a password-protected/private page for that data, we can build that separately.
Europe's first post-Ice Age population, living off hunting, fishing and foraging for tens of thousands of years before farming reached the continent.
Descendants of the farmers who migrated in from Anatolia around 9,000 years ago, bringing grain, livestock and settled villages.
Steppe peoples who spread westward during the Bronze Age, around 5,000 years ago, associated with early Indo-European languages.
Your largest share — a line running straight back to the same coast you live on today.
Second largest — traces of migrations across the North Sea through the centuries.
Germany, France, Austria, Italy — the continental core of your weave.
Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania — a thread reaching east.
A small but distinct share from the eastern Mediterranean region — the Oman cluster on the map.
04 — Map
Every pin is a stop along the way. Hover for the photo and name, click for fullscreen.
Real country boundaries (Natural Earth 110m data via world-atlas), equirectangular projection — coordinates for the pins are approximate.
05 — Field Log
Stops along the way. Click a photo for fullscreen.
06 — Reef Log
A few days below the surface — reef life and a couple of clips from the dives.
07 — Dispatches
Murre Globetrotter travels the world chasing new adventures and challenges.
08 — Archive
Four old travel albums, gathered in one place. Click an album to expand it, and a photo for fullscreen.
