Family history DNA results

[culcreuch]

I really wish I could do this ...just feel uncomfortable about giving my DNA to be passed on to anyone.

 

[Zedotelhado]

i must do this, i have to find me

 

[Rufusdog]

I did my Ancestry DNA last year to complement the genealogical research I’ve been doing for the last 5 years. My ethnicity is Scotland 33%, Europe West 31%, Southern England 30%, Scandinavia 2%, Finland 2%, Europe East 1% and Iberian Peninsula 1%. I’ve found out some very interesting things about my family.

Ancestry has re-worked my ethnicity, which is now 52% English, 45% Scottish and 3% Nowegian.

 

[JamieM]

Hello.
A lady (let's call her A), was adopted at birth, her biological mother did not want any contact.

A joined a site and had DNA testing done hoping to find her biological father. She was matched with a man (B). The link between A and B is B's mother and grandmother. The grandmother had 5 brothers and one of those brothers is the biological father of A. The only surviving people mentioned here are A and B so there is no one left to help who would have been living at the time.

When I heard about this, I wasn't sure how the DNA path led to the brothers. I would be very interested if someone could explain how this works. Thank you.

That's why you joined it: because of its vast database, there was someone linked in their database to person B possibly their children which would lead back to person A making them first cousins, I have many update links coming up on my profile regularly.

 

[pjgh]

Early days with Ancestry, my step-daughter was told in no uncertain terms that she had her family tree wrong because that relative was absolutely not her relative as it was this other person's relative and the families have no connection. Years later, what with the DNA project moving along, this person got in touch again and conceded that is was indeed possible.

By this time they'd added a photograph of themselves to their profile. She was an absolute clone of my Mrs!

 

[Chris]

Here's mine. My wife's done my tree but it's under her account so I can't actually access it. What was really interesting though was that my maternal grandfather was adopted as a baby and we didn't know anything else about him. My wife was able to find the adoption records and trace the nephew of his birth mother who had had a close relationship with her so we got a lot of interesting information about his birth family. He was also pleased that we were able to tell him about where his cousin had gone and what happened to him.

 

[JamieM]

Here's mine. My wife's done my tree but it's under her account so I can't actually access it. What was really interesting though was that my maternal grandfather was adopted as a baby and we didn't know anything else about him. My wife was able to find the adoption records and trace the nephew of his birth mother who had had a close relationship with her so we got a lot of interesting information about his birth family. He was also pleased that we were able to tell him about where his cousin had gone and what happened to him.

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Chris, you are 51% Celtic, interesting results.

 

[Chris]

Chris, you are 51% Celtic, interesting results.

A few months back I was two thirds Celt, it was roughly a third each of Irish, Scots and English in descending order. Seemingly I now have more English and have lost some Scots and Irish but I have gained some Scandinavian and Welsh. The proportions do seem to shift over time.

 

[JamieM]

A few months back I was two thirds Celt, it was roughly a third each of Irish, Scots and English in descending order. Seemingly I now have more English and have lost some Scots and Irish but I have gained some Scandinavian and Welsh. The proportions do seem to shift over time.

Yes they are updating it regularly, mine hasn't changed for some years so I think my DNA is now fixed. 56% Irish 42% Welsh 2% Scottish.

 

[ajc347]

I’ve ended up doing further testing on my paternal Y-DNA and it’s proved fascinating.

My paper family tree is traceable back to an illegitimate birth in Suffolk in 1796 following which the maiden name of my 5 x Great Grandmother became the family surname.

I was lucky enough to be able to expand the Y-DNA tree as matches have been found over the years.

The result is that my Y-DNA is strongly suggesting a Scottish ancestry from around the Perth area as all of my close Y-DNA matches have descended from a distant ancestor from this area with 2 or 3 potential surname matches (with one potentially appearing stronger than the others) based upon the mainly US based diaspora who have this common ancestor (although there are no clear written records to suggest who this person was).

It’s fascinating stuff and every year or two, the picture expands as further matches are discovered.