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Friday, 18 March 2022

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.

 

20 comments:

  1. How interesting. We know our family tree but a DNA analysis would be fascinating.

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  2. Sometimes the results are not the same. DNA can result in lots of surprises. I read a report a few years ago when this kind of testing became the vogue, and it revealed that in a certain population (in Eastern Europe if I remember well, although I am sure it would hold up elsewhere) that in families with four or more children, in 15% of them, one or more of the siblings had a different father from the others.

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  3. It's something I have thought of doing, I've never looked at our family tree, but I often wondered out our family origins.

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  4. We were surprised to find that Doug, who is part Maori and was born here, has more English ancestry than me and I was born and raised there. I knew of Welsh blood as my mother was from there but I was surprised that it is the most dominant. I did not know of Sweden and Denmark. Doug meanwhile is mainly English with a high proportion of Maori/Polynesian.

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  5. That is a wonderful photo! She looks lovely. I have English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. Yours is an interesting combination! Isn’t it amazing finding out about our ancestry?

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  6. Yes, I can see that having your DNA investigated would be very interesting. I haven't been tempted though. I think my background would be very boring but who knows....there might be surprises.

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  7. No I have never had my DNA tested - what a fascinating mix you have :)
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  8. That's so interesting...doing family history was something I did a few years ago, but I hit a roadblock and stopped. You've inspired me to try again! I've not had my DNA tested, but from what I can see in the family tree, most genealogy lines come from England and Denmark. Mary

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  9. Yes, the kids got us the DNA tests and I cannot even remember the results off hand.

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  10. Beautiful portrait and interesting facts.

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  11. What a lovely lady she was!!!! Soooooooo pretty!!!!!! So many of those old photos, show stern looking people, but she! Looks like she is about to burst into a lovely smile.

    Scottish, Irish, German and Austrian here.

    🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼

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    1. Thanks for your lovely comments on the photo. From all accounts, she was a lovely lady :)

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  12. I did a DNA test about 5 years ago and found out some huge surprises. I knew about the Irish/Scottish/English but what also came up was Swedish and Filipino. The last one was the biggest shock because we had always been told that my grandfather's father was Spanish (he did look like it) so it was a major eye opener.

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    1. I believe a lot of Spanish settled in the Philippines. One of my sisters-in-law is Filipino and she had a Spanish grandmother.

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  13. Do they do 'know your ancestors' testing for cats? Mittens - where do you suppose your immigrant predecessors came from? And before that even? xxx Mr T

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    1. There is no doubt about it Tigger, we are both descended from a long line of Illustrious Kitties. My personal opinion is we were once Gods living in Egypt. What a life they must have had then 😻

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  14. No but I would like too! Always so interesting!

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  15. Just when you thought MUTTS were only created in America. hehe. I have so many nationalities, just like you. I might be surprised to find we are not something we always thought we were. I know I'm Irish, German, and Swedish by all my grandparents. Are there any people who are "true bloods" (One nationality for several generations) anymore?

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