After reading some posts, I am beginning to understand a bit about DNA testing. I finally took a DNA test and received my results this week.
Three of the "ethnicity estimates" were:
Ireland/Scotland/Wales 33%
Great Britain 27%
Europe West 13%The indented bubble under Ireland/Scotland/Wales was
Scotland, with the following explanations
- "Ethnicity Estimate - You probably have relatives who lived in this region in the past few hundred years. Your connection to this region is likely through your ancestry from:
Ireland/Scotland/Wales
Great Britain
Europe West"
- "Places in This Region - Specific places in this region where your family might have lived - Central Scotland & Ulster, Ireland"To me, "You probably..." sounds like a guess and to my inexperienced mind, seems like a "filler" to my results. Is there a reason why those statements would have been included?
I looked at my brother's results from earlier this year (knowing that there are reasons why they are different from my results)
-- two of his results included Ireland (not Ireland/Scotland/Wales) and Great Britain. Could his test only identify Irish DNA and my test was DNA from Irish and/or Scottish and/or Welsh ancestors?
I apologize for my confusing post. I can't come up with a clearer way of stating my results and asking questions that are clear. Thank you in advance for any assistance. Lisa
PS I am delighted that I took the test as it confirmed that a suspected 3rd cousin is truly related to me.