« Reply #26 on: Monday 29 August 22 21:38 BST (UK) »
my DNA results have just been updated and I need to scrap the original result
they now say I am
80% England, Wales & Northwestern Europe
and 20% Ireland and Scotland
what happened to my other interesting percentages?
This is exactly why I will not waste my money on a test.
Oh, it is very useful for putting the criminal at the scene of the crime; deciding which of the rugby team is the father; identifying which hairbrush belonged to great-great-great grandfather Jeremiah,
but
as a genealogical tool, I think it just muddies the water.
Regards
Chas
I would agree that at present the ethinicity estimates should not be viewed as anything other than a bit of fun at present but in a few decades they may have a purpose.
Putting that aside I would also say that DNA is the greatest advance in genealogy/family history for many years, possibly second only to the advent of the internet.
DNA is the next best thing to being at the birth of a child to determining who the birth mother is/was and is the only way to prove who the biological father is at present.
That does not by any stretch of the imagination mean DNA will determine the parentage of a child as obviously the correct people have to have taken a DNA test to determine that, but DNA can determine from which ancesteral line the DNA has been passed down.
Cheers
Guy
True. I have also seen how easy it can be to jump to conclusions though with common DNA testing for ancestry, and how the worst is assumed. Someone on FB said they did DNA and neither of their grandfathers were biological. I find that hard to believe, I think this could be a case of misinterpreting the results.
About 1 to 2% of NPE's will have taken place in anyone's ancestry, perhaps up to 3%.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain