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Ever done your DNA ethnicity report? Someone bought me one for Xmas.

It seems pretty standard for a British citizen.

41% Anglo Saxon, 32% Celt/Irish, 11% Scandinavian, 9% French, 6% German, 1% Slavic.

It got my physical traits right: Blue eyes, non balding, blonde hair during infancy, ring finger matching index finger, dimples, over 6 foot in height etc
I did Ancestry and it was fairly vague. Didn’t tell me anything g I didn’t already know really.
96% Irish
2% Scottish
1% Norway
1% England/Northern Europe
@JonLosAngeles66 Wow, you’re more Irish than my friend who was born there. She was 85% Irish, 10% Scottish, 5%Greek (which puzzled her beyond words).
@bijouxbroussard yeah I’m surprised too actually. 7 of my 8 great grandparents were from Ireland. The 1 not Irish was a direct Mayflower descendent. So I was expecting some English. I guess we Irish creep into every bloodline even blue bloods. Lol. So I guess it was more eye opening than I described. Lol
@bijouxbroussard well Greeks did conquer the world!
Torsten · 36-40, M
I have always wanted to do one of those but cant be assed to pay the price they normally charge for it haha
WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
@Torsten I agree. I only had mine done because it was a gift.
Torsten · 36-40, M
@WintaTheAngle good gift
Before I tested I used to joke that there was probably little it would tell me that my [b]mirror[/b] didn’t. My family’s originally from Louisiana, black, French and Native. So testing indicated I’m African (Nigerian, Kenyan & Sierra Leonean) European (French, Irish) and on my mother’s side, Middle Eastern. One test found 2% Native.
No, I don't want my DNA stored in a database
empanadas · 31-35, M
@Souls damn bruh who you killed
WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
@Souls Wooooo the government
Miram · 31-35, F
Yes, sub saharan african, berber, jew , turk and some arab percentage
DrSunnyTheSkeptic · 26-30, M
I'd love to do one of those eventually, curious what'd come up
SW-User
Nope, but I think that would be interesting.
Fluffybull · F
That's fascinating! 👏👏👍
exchrist · 31-35
Pretty cool when I had mine done is came back as King David 100%. Irish, German, French, Native American; Is my heritage though.
Reflection2 · 41-45, M
Doesn't it suppose to show some African lineage in every human DNA?
WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
@Reflection2 The report I got was just the vague product report everyone gets. I’m sure it a university was doing it an African element would show up. But you don’t get that level of info for £50.
Reflection2 · 41-45, M
@WintaTheAngle That is what I was thinking because we all have same place of origin, after all.
For instance, Mongolian DNA is very common because of their atrocities around the globe, when they captured a huge part of the world.
caccoon · 36-40
I have not. I'm just some white idiot, I doubt it matters beyond that XD
WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
@V00doo Yes apparently I’m a mongrel
Fluffybull · F
@WintaTheAngle Most of us are ☺️
@WintaTheAngle We all are 🤣 Im a Scotts/Irish/Cypriot/North African/ Arab mix 🤷‍♀️
empanadas · 31-35, M
Yeah I'm still shocked i'm more European than black. Took it twice and it came back similar.
SW-User
@empanadas you Portuguese bastard
empanadas · 31-35, M
@SW-User lmao 😂 I'm part Portuguese according to the DNA tests
SW-User
@empanadas fucking hell ☠️ That was a total stab in the dark
SW-User
Yeah it was mostly pretty obvious.

I think it was 84% Irish, 10% English, a few percent Welsh and the same amount French (which was the only real surprise)
WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
@SW-User I’m guess you live over the west side of Ireland. I was a little frustrated that the report didn’t break down 32% Celt/Irish part. I’ve got a branch of my family I know hail from far west of Cornwall but there’s a rumour in my family about how an Irishman was adopted by my relative so he could inherit their land in gratitude for some unrecorded event in the 1800s. I guess it will just stay a story.

 
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