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I Am Celtic

By family tradition, I'm about a third Scots and a wee bit of Irish. This is approximately backed up by Ancestry DNA, which says my genetics include 20% Ireland and Scotland, and 57% England, Wales, and Northwestern Europe – which of course includes a fair bit of Celtic admixture. So, yep, I'm Celtic! Not pure Celtic (got a lot of Norse and Germanic in there, too), but definitely Celtic...

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yeronlyman · 51-55, M

Fellow Celt ☘️
Celtic history is quite amazing
At once the celts spread across Southern Europe from east to west
Moved form east to west to Ireland eventually.

The last of the six celtic nations
Ireland Scotland Wales Cornwall Isle of Man and Brittany

The Norse were very special too
Very nice heritage

OlderGent1965 · 56-60, M

@yeronlyman Thank you kindly, sir! Yes, a most interesting heritage to be part of. :-)

GhostGirl · F

I wanna do one of those DNA tests. I'm Irish on both sides.

cheesenpickles · 26-30, F

My heritage is very similar.
I was wondering how Ancestry broke down
Irish, Scottish, English and Welsh.
Interesting

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OlderGent1965 · 56-60, M

Ancestry.com's "Ethnicity Estimate" for me, by DNA:

England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 57%
Ireland & Scotland 20%
Germanic Europe 10%
Norway 8%
Sweden 2%
Finland 2%
Baltic States 1%

The only thing that was significantly different than I expected (and still not too radical) was that 8% Norway and only 2% Sweden – family tradition held that we had Swedish, but never mentioned Norwegian!

cheesenpickles · 26-30, F

@OlderGent1965 I would be happy with those results. Fascinating countries with rich history and culture.

Did that test signify if you were related to anyone else in their database?

OlderGent1965 · 56-60, M

I am very happy with them! And yes, they are. I think it's cool that I apparently even have a touch of Finnish and Baltic. :-)

Hakkaa Päälle! ;-)

I haven't really looked into the relational aspect of it, to be honest. Was mainly interested in how the genetics squared with my family history. But I probably should!

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