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I Am Part Irish

So last year I did a post about being 1/4 Cherokee. It turns out that I'm not (should have not taken my grandmother's word on this lol.) I had two family members one on each side do the DNA thing and there is ZERO Native American. There is however much more of something I never knew, and that is a huge chunk of Irish from both my parents. 65% Irish/Celt from my dad and 52% from my mom. (There's also a bit of German, Welsh, and Swedish in there) so there you have it. I'm mostly Irish and can now celebrate St. Paddy's Dad with true roots. (Last part was meant to be funny.) It's interesting to find out that I am way more Irish than I ever thought. My dads family was traced back to mid 1600's. Subsequently I removed my post about being Cherokee. It's disappointing but very cool to be a Celt!:)
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Lol why would your granny say that??
ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
@DarlingSelah She was a nut. I thought I'd give her the benefit of the doubt. Shame on me!:)
SW-User
@DarlingSelah Lol, right? I was like...where tf did she pull that from?
ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
@SW-User She said that my grandfathers mother told her that and my grandfather had darker hair and medium toned skin. I found it possible.
walabby · 61-69, M
@ravenwind43 You could still have had Cherokee ancestors way back. It's possible to totally breed out DNA after a few generations.
ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
@walabby It's possible! DNA doesn't "lie" but can be inaccurate? Lol.
walabby · 61-69, M
@ravenwind43 Yes. I have had mine done and it sort of fits with family history, but the percentages don't. Reading the blurb about this on Ancestory.com explains how DNA can be "edited" out.. :)
ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
@walabby Interesting! In my case I always knew there was some Irish there but it's a much bigger % than I ever realized.🙂
walabby · 61-69, M
Everyone loves the Irish. :)
I have some myself, Northern Irish, though...