Facebook suggested this website enough to me that I decided to upload my Ancestry DNA to it and give it a try. So far, it hasn’t told me anything that I didn’t already know or haven’t already seen on other tests, which is good. The only surprising bit is the fact that it did not pick up any Irish DNA, and it reported west German DNA when 23andMe isn’t sure if I’m French, German, or both, and Ancestry initially had me pegged at 2% German that it walked back on the next update. Given what I do know of my family history though, I am inclined to say that I am probably not as German as 23andMe thinks I am, or this website might think I am.
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Regarding the gene test results that I posted…
Through talking to some people, I found out that some of these tests consider Scandinavian DNA to be European (namely western European, from the United Kingdom) if it reports back to them at what they consider a “low confidence”. On my dad’s side of the family, I’ve been able to ascertain that I am predominantly Danish, some British, and… as for the rest of what has reported back over the years that I’ve done these tests, I’m still figuring out from whom might I have inherited what (or was it both of them?). I know that I am Swedish on my mom’s side of the family because her maiden name was extremely Scandinavian, and Ancestry reporting back that I am Swedish — then being able to tell from what side of the family that would be on — does not surprise me one bit. I mean, it would be from one of those countries.
I seem to be stuck with the Irish, Scottish, and Welsh DNA, and I say that with nothing but love at this point.
As for the Greek, southern Italian, and Balkan DNA, that’s where things began to get a bit interesting. When I first took a 23andMe test, before they made some updates to their algorithm, it reported back that I had southern European DNA at around this percentage. I have a cousin from whom I was able to tell exactly how we are related who has this at a higher percentage, and apparently a higher confidence level. So I was quickly able to figure out from exactly which relative this DNA came from, even if Ancestry and 23andMe “regard” the DNA with lower confidence than MyHeritage (my paternal great-grandmother). Interesting…
I did another one of those genealogy sites, everyone!
This time, I used MyHeritage with my own DNA, having downloaded it from the other sites that I gave it to.
This has been interesting, to say the least.
I will get to how this has actually confirmed some things on other tests I’ve run in a little bit, I promise.