Question for Those Who Have Had Their DNA Analyzed... - Page 4

Trailrun23 · ‎05-31-2022

My children's father was 100% Cherokee. We know that is true. He has all the records, documents and photos, etc. His father was also Cherokee. The only non-Cherokee nation person in their family tree they had managed to find was a few generations ago. I am 75% Irish. The results from my 5 kid's 23 and Me showed all of them large % Scandinavian and no mention of Cherokee at all. I think their results are not accurate for many. I think my son is going start from scratch and send in another DNA sample and see what that result is. Some of the other info like health, etc. was spot on though.

tipsy · ‎03-11-2010

@Burnsite wrote:
I did Ancestry to help my sister, who was working on family geneology. Besides, they were having a sale--I can't resist a bargain.

So, I'll get to my results. . .but this year (there was another sale) I sent my sister a kit, too.

Here's the thing: they now say how much of your dad's DNA you have, and how much from your mother. My sister looks so much like me that we were once stopped by a policeman in Philly and asked (in a jocular way): "OK, ladies. . . sisters or cousins?"

Well, I am now listed as 88% Irish (3 of 4 grandparents came from there in the early 20th c) and my sister as 50% Irish. I got more of my mother's genes and my sister got more of my dad's. So every sibling will test a little differently.

What made us both happy. . .our dad's father always told us there was a native ancestor from a coastal tribe in Nova Scotia. Ancestry says we are a small percentage of "Northeastern Indigenous" ancestry.

I just did this as a lark originally, but who knew that every child gets a different percentage of each parent's genes?

Mine says Parent 1 & Parent 2 but doesn't specify which parent is 1 or 2. I think my Dad is Parent 2 but am not sure. How can I see which parent is which?

tipsy · ‎03-11-2010

@drizzellla wrote:
My Husband and his sister sent their DNA in to be tested. They sent it in to a company that was affiliated with the Smithsonian.

Since my husband's sister has a different name (by marriage) and lives 1,000 miles away, he thought it would be interesting what the DNA test showed.

Boy oh boy. It said my husband''s ancestors were from Africa and his sister descended from Northern European. Nothing in the reports were remotely similar.

My husband and his sister were born 15 months apart. And there is no doubt they have the same parents. In fact if you looked at their baby pictures, you would think they were twins.

My husband took his report to his family reunion. No one could believe it. They all thought my husband was playing a joke. He has no interest in paying for another test.

That's crazy!! I wonder if they screwed up & used someone's else's sample by mistake.

Ladybug724 · ‎03-12-2010

@gertrudecloset wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
My DNA is with 23andMe. I initially came back as 70some percent Italian which I thought was low since every great-grandparent who stepped through Ellis Island came from the boot.

I am now up to 88% Italian after a few years which I think is about right. I have also switched the collection of minor ethinicities to become essentially a three race person with 88%, 9% and 3% of my makeup.

My ancestors apparently went sailing occasionally across the Sicilian sea but for the most part they kept to themselves and stayed home.
The fact that your great grandparents came to the US via Ellis Island has nothing to do with what they or their forefathers did before you @Laura14 . That lineage (whatever combination it is) happened wherever they were and they brought that with them to the U.S.

More than one race? You mean like of European descent or Sub Saharan African descent or of Asian descent? American Indian or Alaskan Native? Or do you mean ethnicities?

@gertrudecloset If you re-read her post, you'll see she said they came from the boot, meaning Italy.

gertrudecloset · ‎02-13-2021

@Ladybug724 wrote:
@gertrudecloset wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
My DNA is with 23andMe. I initially came back as 70some percent Italian which I thought was low since every great-grandparent who stepped through Ellis Island came from the boot.

I am now up to 88% Italian after a few years which I think is about right. I have also switched the collection of minor ethinicities to become essentially a three race person with 88%, 9% and 3% of my makeup.

My ancestors apparently went sailing occasionally across the Sicilian sea but for the most part they kept to themselves and stayed home.
The fact that your great grandparents came to the US via Ellis Island has nothing to do with what they or their forefathers did before you @Laura14 . That lineage (whatever combination it is) happened wherever they were and they brought that with them to the U.S.

More than one race? You mean like of European descent or Sub Saharan African descent or of Asian descent? American Indian or Alaskan Native? Or do you mean ethnicities?
@gertrudecloset If you re-read her post, you'll see she said they came from the boot, meaning Italy.

Thank you, thank you @Ladybug724 . I thought she mistyped "boat." I had no idea the term meant Italy. Thank you for clarifying for me. I learned something. That is the reason for the questions/comments I made. All she had to do was clarify so I could understand.

A Negative Mind ~ Will give you a Negative Life

gertrudecloset · ‎02-13-2021

While many of you are on your quest to find out about your forefathers and family structure, I would like to caution you that if any of it comes up with Sub Saharan African or any bit of African admixture ~ you should read up and study on how America categorizes you. Some of it might not be so obvious because of the recessive and dominant genes that the races have.

I won't make those points here, but this speaks to the main reason I think geneaology should not be a source of study for children in school. This can be an enlightening undertaking, at the same time it can be confusing if it's your admixture changes periodically.

At the end of the day we are one race (the human race). I'm inclined not to believe that the changes has anything to do with the more who get involved and the technological advancements of the study itself. It's a science which is not exact so there's that part of it too.

A Negative Mind ~ Will give you a Negative Life

Oznell · ‎11-08-2014

Interesting that you should ask this now, @golding76 , since my sister just sent me her latest update from Ancestry. (I haven't been analyzed, but she always sends me hers).

Yes, they have re-jiggered the percentages again. It's still about 60% Scotland, about 28% England and Northwestern Europe, and tiny percentages of Sweden and Denmark, Wales, Ireland and Norway. But now, all of a sudden, there's a new category, "Germanic Europe"-- 3%, which can include Germany, German-speaking areas, and France, I believe from what I read.

They must keep refining what they can tease out from the DNA.

It's funny, because my Dad's side is completely English with a bit of Welsh, and some Norse, way back, and my mother's side is polyglot of both northern and southern Irish, and French Huguenot and English, maybe a little Sephardic Jewish too. We know all that from past, verified investigations as well as family lore.

So the big Scottish element was a huge surprise. Whaaa? All I can think of is that the Protestant Irish from my mother's side, was really very ethnically Scottish (as many northern Irish were).

So, the surprises just keep rolling in from sis's analysis. Not earth-shaking, but mildly interesting to the people involved, us!

Hope you'll keep us posted if you get any more interesting results!

golding76 · ‎05-19-2012

It was very interesting to read the ethnic/regional breakouts that constitute the DNA makeup of those who were kind enough to share their lineage here. Thank you. For me, the subject of DNA is fascinating because it reveals origins, and, in my case, these roots shed some light on several of my predilections that years ago puzzled me and my parents.

I was able to track down an email that I'd sent out in which I reported my very first DNA analysis. I'd forgotten it; in fact, I mistakenly reported a second reading as my first analysis upthread. ETA: Each new analysis supersedes the previous analysis online. If you have not saved it, it is no longer available. So glad I found that email.

Below is the first crude analysis of my DNA. It was produced over five years ago, and I recall that the gene pool was extremely small compared to what Ancestry reported only a year after this first analysis. I am using Ancestry's terminology, which they have perfected over time.

"Italy/Greece" -- 56%

"Europe East" -- 18%

"European Jewish" -- 6%

"Europe West" -- 2% (low confidence)

"West Asia" -- 17%

("Caucasus," 10%; "Middle East," 7%)

"Asia" -- >1% (low confidence)

[I knew the "Europe West" was likely not mine, but I was thrilled to have it. I appreciated Ancestry's honesty when they added "low confidence" beside a finding that was uncertain. I haven't had that comment since, as I recall.]

From the rough early analysis above, Ancestry, using its mighty database, has refined and drilled down my DNA to this most recent reading (posted earlier on this thread but here for easy reading):

Greece & Albania -- 82%

Aegean Islands -- 11%

Eastern Europe & Russia -- 4%

Anatolia & the Caucasus -- 2%

Baltics -- 1%

Kitty Galore · ‎03-16-2010

I have always been Leary of these dna testing . I don't like the idea of those having access to my DNA. I mean it's who you ARE.

I know from my parents, grandparents , and great grandparents on both sides who I was lucky enough to know as they lived well into there 90's , close to 100 all about my ancestors. It may not go generations back , but far enough for me.