WikiTree+ to find oldest ancestor(s) and how reliable is the relationship and the actual existence of these people/lines

Question

I used the Reports>Descendents option in WikiTree+ at http://wikitree.sdms.si/default.htm. Here are the terminal profiles I found in reverse order by number of generations from me along with a broad description of the line (by drilling forward 5-10 generations).

What are yours and should these really be here? Some seem well documented as "legendary" and sagas. Others I'm not really knowledgable about but I remain highly skeptical about some lines.

75. Trocmes-1 Romans
68. Malik-8 Persian line
68. Xiu-1 Chinese emperors
64. Ibn_Mudar-1 Persian (Muhammad ancestor)
63. Of_Pathia-3 Persian
63. Of_Palmyra-1 Roman/Carthage
60. Proba-3 Roman
59. Frea-3 Norse mythology/sagas
59. Ui_Eremoin-1 Irish
59. De-Hunnie-8 Huns/Germanic
59. UNKNOWN-22022 Wales
59. D'Alemanie-5 Boulogne

Comments

Any profile that is BCE will be deleted and I know the Wikitree team are working through those.

Others in the list probably need to be checked to see if they are legendary or 'real' and whether all the links from them to now are reliably sourced.  That's a big job.

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Thanks, John. Just a few of my are are obviously still BCE (a few generations in the the oldest oldest Roman line). The rest I have come across have been scrubbed of the BCE portion of their lines from what I can tell. I think Ales (and others?) made a big BCE cleanup pass a couple of months ago. So at least my concern is largely not a BCE issue.

I started on one of the "roots" and added at least rudimentary sources (WIkipedia), Even if they indicated legendary just to get a base for discussion/decision making about these lines and individuals.

Answer 1

For Western Europe, see the Henry Project. 

http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/prov/at.htm

Though one might think the boat has been pushed out too far with the Wessex and Dal Riata lines.

Answer 2

I saw a website where somebody was claiming a Biblical descent.

Apparently back in the early days of testing, 2003, somebody had a yDNA test at FamilyTreeDNA, 12 markers.

They told him they only had one match in their (still tiny) database, a Spanish Filipino, surname Perez.

They also told him that the name Perez is in the book of Genesis.