My DNA from that well known website!!

[brigidmac]

I found the ethnicity useful
It proved that my grandmother's birthfather was indeed European Jewish and a lot of our matches are 100percent or near enoughclassifiedas such .
My mother's percent has just gone from 22percent to 24+mine has risen from 11 to 12.
I've gained 1 percent French and 2 percent German but kept my 49percent Scottish.

I wonder how much results are influenced by the number of people tested in particular areas .?

Sorry you lost your multi ethnicity amounts but next reanalysis may bring something new .

By looking at my matches ethnicity I can sometimes see immediately which branch they are from .

[plimmerian]

A further update to my DNA results:


England & Northwestern Europe
(North West England & the Isle of Man
Cheshire, Merseyside & South Lancashire
Wirral Peninsula & Flintshire) 47%

Scotland 19%

Wales 17%

Ireland 14%

Norway 3%

I feel like a ping pong ball lol 

[plimmerian]

Yet another change in data!

England & Northwestern Europe
56%
North West England & the Isle of Man
Cheshire, Merseyside & South Lancashire
Wirral Peninsula & Flintshire

Scotland
18%

Ireland
13%

Wales
12%

Sweden & Denmark
1%

[Zaphod99]

From their site,

The results provided are decided by the strength of your link to a particular region and your genetic relationship to your matches. Rest assured that it is often the case that results differ from our own prior knowledge given the snapshot in history we concentrate on- namely on 500 -1000 years for distant origins (represented by 'Regions' and 50-300 years ago for more recent origins (represented by 'Communities'. This means that we often see links to our deep past far beyond most family history knowledge. This combined with the random nature of genetic inheritance means that we do not inherit each and every trait or marker from our ancestors. Nevertheless, such roots remain a part of our heritage even if they do not appear in the  results.

Zaph

[plimmerian]

Too complicated for my frazzled brain at the mo!

Think I need to employ a DNA investigator to help find the missing  unnamed fathers in my complex tree.

 

[plimmerian]

An even further more update to my DNA results:

England & Northwestern Europe 60%

Wales 14%

Ireland 12%

Scotland 10%

Norway 4%

 

[MeirSoul]

I'd like to share my results with you and get your opinions (what can I really learn from these results):

Great Britain 62%
Ireland 15%
Scandinavia 6%
Iberian Peninsula 6%

Italy/Greece 4%
Europe West 2%
Europe East 2%
Finland/Northwest Russia < 1%

Caucasus 1%

Asia South < 1%

what I know about my family history (briefly):

paternal grandfather's paternal line traced to Shropshire pre 1800
paternal grandfather's maternal line traced to Lancashire pre 1800

paternal grandmother's paternal line traced to County Durham pre 1800
paternal grandmother's maternal line traced to Scotland pre 1800
(also a direct ancestor born in France - a British Subject - parentage foggy)

maternal grandfather's paternal line traced to North Yorkshire pre 1800
maternal grandfather's maternal line traced to Cheshire pre 1800

maternal grandmother's paternal line traced to Wales pre 1800
maternal grandmother's maternal line traced to Ireland pre 1840s

all very much a mongrel mix in those lines too as you move forward in time!

I'm not shocked to see the British / Irish / Scandi results but the other regions are a surprise.

It is quite amazing to think an ancient ancestor of mine from India enabled their gene to get carried north with the passage of time, no matter how faint it is now!

 

I'd take it with a pinch of salt mate . Romani Gypsy ancestry for example could make a difference. 

[Guy Etchells]

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

[coombs]

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%.