Almost What I Expected

 

My brother recently had his DNA assessed by Ancestry.com to see what his ethnic genealogical composition is, and the results have now come back.

I was really interested in his results as my background will be the same, although in different proportions.

My great great grandmother, who was the grand-daughter of an Australian convict

So, what are we?

Scottish – no surprise there, as both my parents have ancestors who came from here

Irish – we know of at least one family who came from the Emerald Isle

Norwegian – we can find no immediate connection here, but perhaps they were responsible for our fair skin and red hair!

East European – predominately Ashkenazi Jewish, which was something we suspected in one family at least

And that was it.  We were both very surprised that there was no evidence of English / Anglo-Saxon there, as we have had family living in England for a couple of centuries – obviously they came from somewhere else!

Knowing all this makes absolutely no difference to our lives; it is only interesting and perhaps adds a bit of light onto our origins.

Have you ever investigated your DNA background?

Have a marvellous day 😊

Margaret.