How can you trace your bloodline back to the 9th century if you think you might be related ancient royalty?

Question

For example, Alfred the Great.

Answer 1

That would be very difficult. Here are two possible routes:
1) You would have to rely on written records, primarily church retained histories, of baptisms births and deaths. The problem here is that in England not much predates 1066, the Norman Conquest. But Doomsday book can be useful up to a point.. if your ancestors were land holders.
2) If there are authenticated bone hair or other organic fragments of Alfred the Great, for a few tens of thousands of dollars you might try to get a DNA match.

Lineages going back more than 1000 years are very rare EXCEPT in Iceland. That island, settled about the time Alfred was supposed have ruled, has had remarkably few invasions and immigrants so that blood lines trace back with relative ease. One Icelander holds the record. He can trace back about 1100 years.

Answer 2

Tons of geaneology places around. I can be traced back to the British royal family, and an African royal family. I have zero desire to go after either of those thrones, nor to be officially recognized either.

But going back to the 9th century is sometimes hard to do. Lots of stuff got lost around the 12th to 15th centuries.

Answer 3

That is a toughie. I can only trace my family back to 1250
I have a friend who can trace his family back to 900 when his ancestor was the mayor of Hamburg, Germany.
A cousin of mine has been tracked to be about 3,500th in line to the British Crown ;-)

Answer 4

Theres a project

www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic, costs de 100 dólars

Answer 5

familytree.com