Ancestry UK European West 59%

[youngtug]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/21/arrival-of-beaker-folk-changed-britain-forever-ancient-dna-study-shows

[ChalmersB]

That's very interesting. Thanks!

I have uploaded my dna to Gedmatch. I'm still a novice at this, but it's starting to make a lot more sense now.

Why are you surprised by the high percentage?

England was settled by Angles, Saxons, Normans, Bretons, Dutch, Norwegians, Swedish and Danish in the last 1500 years. Mine is around 51% and I'm not surprised by that.

Some of the responses on here are a bit strange, most of the supposed inaccuracies can be explained readily once you understand how genetic clusters overlap.

On Gedmatch my top four are:

1   North_Dutch   4.29
2   Danish   5.52
3   West_German   5.84
4   Norwegian   5.8

Within the context of the history of England the above result is about right, especially in East Anglia, where I am from.

[Regorian]

No problem Chalmers, you are an Anglo-Saxon with a smattering of Viking.

[IJDisney]

How far back are these "ethnicity estimates" supposed to go? Are we not all basically African?

If we start excusing the discrepancies between the estimates and known paper trails with references to migrations 1500 years ago, then why is there any distinction made between British/Western Europe/Scotland/Scandinavian etc in the first place? The demarcations are extremely unreliable and is the most misleading (if not deceitful) part of this DNA testing business. How can they legally get away with being so inaccurate?

In 50 years time, future genealogists will laugh at our gullibility and compare us to previous times when everyone wanted to find an ancestor in the Bible.

[ChalmersB]

It actually makes more sense or seems more realistic having uploaded my Dna file to Gedmatch.

South West English, Orcadian and West Scottish can be traced in my family tree on quite recent times. North Dutch I'm not sure of, but it's very close to Yorkshire where I also have a lot of ancestry.

1 Southwest_English @ 3.856362
2 Southeast_English @ 5.715516
3 Orcadian @ 6.585446
4 North_Dutch @ 7.187740
5 West_Scottish @ 7.225705
6 Irish @ 7.393940
7 Danish @ 7.565976
8 South_Dutch @ 8.208080
9 West_German @ 8.980570
10 North_German @ 9.075273
11 Norwegian @ 9.642979
12 West_Norwegian @ 10.345956
13 French @ 11.669604
14 Swedish @ 11.719646
15 North_Swedish @ 14.418611
16 East_German @ 15.591498
17 Spanish_Galicia @ 19.910423
18 Southwest_Finnish @ 19.934065
19 Spanish_Cataluna @ 20.435026
20 Austrian @ 21.020836

[davidft]

1 Southwest_English @ 3.856362
2 Southeast_English @ 5.715516
3 Orcadian @ 6.585446
4 North_Dutch @ 7.187740
5 West_Scottish @ 7.225705
6 Irish @ 7.393940
7 Danish @ 7.565976
8 South_Dutch @ 8.208080
9 West_German @ 8.980570
10 North_German @ 9.075273
11 Norwegian @ 9.642979
12 West_Norwegian @ 10.345956
13 French @ 11.669604
14 Swedish @ 11.719646
15 North_Swedish @ 14.418611
16 East_German @ 15.591498
17 Spanish_Galicia @ 19.910423
18 Southwest_Finnish @ 19.934065
19 Spanish_Cataluna @ 20.435026
20 Austrian @ 21.020836

Do you understand what that means and if you do could you give me an idiots guide. Thank you.

[ke]

Try this guide:

http://genealogical-musings.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/finally-gedmatch-admixture-guide.html?m=1

1 Southwest_English @ 3.856362
2 Southeast_English @ 5.715516
3 Orcadian @ 6.585446
4 North_Dutch @ 7.187740
5 West_Scottish @ 7.225705
6 Irish @ 7.393940
7 Danish @ 7.565976
8 South_Dutch @ 8.208080
9 West_German @ 8.980570
10 North_German @ 9.075273
11 Norwegian @ 9.642979
12 West_Norwegian @ 10.345956
13 French @ 11.669604
14 Swedish @ 11.719646
15 North_Swedish @ 14.418611
16 East_German @ 15.591498
17 Spanish_Galicia @ 19.910423
18 Southwest_Finnish @ 19.934065
19 Spanish_Cataluna @ 20.435026
20 Austrian @ 21.020836

Do you understand what that means and if you do could you give me an idiots guide. Thank you.

[davidft]

Try this guide:

http://genealogical-musings.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/finally-gedmatch-admixture-guide.html?m=1

Thank you for the link. I have had a good read and been playing around on Gedmatch and still don't have a clue what its all about sadly.