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by Ygg2 2077 days ago
Common ancestors are in all humans IIRC. While say Neanderthal DNA is only in subset of populations.
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You don't necessarily have any DNA from any particular ancestor, but they would be your ancestor. This is explained in the article I linked. That means that if everybody's ancestors converged in 5500 BC, and at least one person had a Neanderthal as their ancestor, everyone has a Neanderthal ancestor.