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kneedtwoplease 68M
1189 posts
10/17/2018 11:29 am

does this give you license to use the 'n' word?


starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
10/17/2018 1:13 pm

I created trees for my biological and step sons. I found a solid paper trail for my younger son leading to a 1820 census of a man listed as Mulatto living in a household of free blacks. There is an earlier census of a Frenchman living with a female slave and a young boy. I suspect this my son's sixth granddaddy, his baby mama and child. He eventually adds a white wife to the household. The earlier DNA test did not reveal African DNA but updated one did. Bantu also showed up in the testing of several of his cousins. My son does have dark features as do most of the folks from his paternal grandmother's line. My son thought it was cool but warned me whatever you do, DON'T tell Grandma and DON'T tell Dad. I immediately got on the phone and advised my ex-hubby of the happy news. They attribute the dark features to the French several time great-grandfather but never talk about his son Abraham and the baby mama.

Abracadabra


mytime2014 73F
1 post
10/17/2018 3:03 pm

If we were able to really go back and check our family tree we would find out we are not all pure black and white. I think it's a beautiful thing.


Seattlechick8 67F

10/17/2018 3:22 pm

These Tests Are Such A Crock
Surprised So Many “ Buy “ Into It
Heck You Have To Waste Your Money Someplace
Spit Away lol


starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
10/17/2018 6:13 pm

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The way DNA Works is that you get 50 percent from each parent and they get 50 percent from their parents. What you get from Grandparents and Great Grandparents, ad Infintum is not equal. If you have a second great grandparent who is half Indian, You might inherit all of the European DNA from that grandparent and none of the NA. This is why siblings can have different DNA. One might end up with dark curly hair while the other has straight red hair. It depends on whose DNA they acquired.

Abracadabra


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
10/17/2018 6:53 pm

It seems odd that Ancestry would specify Norwegian in your results, as they usually use "Scandinavian" as the DNA is indistinguishable........even the intra-continental populations are difficult to distinguish and are often guessed at......

If you want to widen the scope of the information from your test, you can download your raw data file to GedMatch and utilize their various ethnicity, triangulation and chromosome by chromosome comparison uyilities.


sewg1941 82F

10/17/2018 7:33 pm

I have also had my DNA done through Ancestry with very surprising results... 70% Western European and only 17% British and my son Joel has a tad of Africa in his... had to be from his daddy's side Now I have to narrow it all down to where and who!


starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
10/17/2018 9:11 pm

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Determining ethnicity is not an exact science. The more information they get the more accurate the results. I have connected with several cousins from different branches with the paper trial to verify. Norway makes sense for those of us with British ancestry consider the Nordic invasion which infiltrated the Brits with their DNA,

Abracadabra


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
10/17/2018 9:55 pm

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When someone has such a high % of DNA from Great Britain with under 13% Scandinavian, it is usually attributed to a Viking raid......I have never seen individual Scandinavian countries specified in any articles or writings about DNA.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
10/17/2018 10:54 pm

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I suggest you go and read about DNA testing and how it works. The results are predictions based on people who have have already been tested. As more people get tested, they learn more and the predictions become more accurate. There are many populations that have a very low sample population , so it doesn't show up in results. I have Saami ancestry, which only shows up if the person being tested gives that information. The DNA of Saami people can be interpreted as Native American or Circumpolar by some companies. The DNA tests that we have now, don't have a large enough population sample to show up most North American Native peoples, let alone individual tribes. We really have two family trees, one defined by our genetics and one defined by our family history. If you're really interested, there are several genealogy sites that have available software to help you build your family tree and your DNA tree and correlate them........


Seattlechick8 67F

10/18/2018 5:11 pm

Interesting Liszt