Ancestry DNA results

[weste]

I had my DNA test results from ancestry tonight.

60 % great britain
16 % ireland
15% Europe west

The other regions to make up the%, 5 regions ,but basically I am 100 % European according to ancestry. Although we know  ethnicity prediction  is n't precise. Just getting to grips with the rest. 17 matches , some 4th-6th cousins highly likely and some high and some 5-8 high. I'll let you know more later but no Pacific Islander!

[cyanda]

Ive had a distant relative find 3rd-4th cousins through the FtDna  and her father in law found a first cousin that he didnt know he had

i cant wait to do one!!

[DavidG02]

The best way to approach it is first to decide what it is you want to find out.

YDNA - can only be taken by men and only gives the direct male line ie father, grandfather, great grandfather etc. Can be useful in helping with surname studies

mtDNA - can be taken by men and women. This gives the direct female line ie mother, grandmother etc

Autosomal - can be taken by everyone. This looks at all your DNA (albeit based on a very small sample) and is what is used to determine your ethnic\regional origins (although this is more subjective than objective as the science is in its infancy). This tests is also what is used ti find potential relatives hence its alternative name of family finder.

With apologies to everyone who may have posted something similar but this is the best explanation I have read . Thank you 

Yet the problem is  I reckon I would get all 3 and be broke or take out a house loan 

[cyanda]

  i was thinking the same thing only the Ancestry one is not available here in Oz yet

[DavidG02]

i was thinking the same thing only the Ancestry one is not available here in Oz yet

I keep getting emails from them saying '' very soon''

I should check my emails I sent to the trash

Now available from only  a small house loan ( I wont put the price - not doing their advertising)

[cyanda]

oh no not the house loan! its still telling me Available soon 

[weste]

After a second email I've actually got a reason for why ftdna have n't sent my results. Davidft was right. Something had gone wrong. Someone had put my email as viscali instead of tiscali. I wrote the email on the form and my t does n't look like a v so someone must have typed it incorrectly into their system. What is just has bad, they've said is let them know if I need a password so they obviously don't read properly either. You get your password when they batch It. If they've typed it incorrectly then surely the email would have bounced back. I noticed it took them 5 days to ask for payment from my credit card company as well. They've sent me a customer survey form to do, I will do when I receive my password and results. It takes 3 days plus to get a reply. Hope I find out before the bank holiday.

[cyanda]

Blimey your making me worry about getting one from ftDna now

[davidft]

Blimey your making me worry about getting one from ftDna now

Don't worry ftDNA are a very reliable company but like all companies there are sometimes glitches

Weste - glad you are making progress, stick with it