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[Pelado]

Got the Ancestry DNA test kit for Christmas. I am one very white person.

Ethnicity estimate

Your DNA looks most like DNA from these 7 world regions

We compare your DNA against a worldwide reference panel to see which populations your DNA looks most like.

• Sweden & Denmark 56%
  • Your community with a connection to this ethnicity region
    
    Denmark
• England & Northwestern Europe 19%
• Norway 10%
• Scotland 7%
• Germanic Europe 6%
• Finland 1%
• Wales 1%

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I think mine would be similar, though maybe a touch more than 1% Wales.

[myboynoah]

I was very excited to have some Wales in me!

[Pelado]

I just got an email inviting me to register for RootsTech. It's only $98 and includes access to the virtual sessions even after the conference.

I declined.

[Bo Diddley]

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[BigPiney]

I just got an email inviting me to register for RootsTech. It's only $98 and includes access to the virtual sessions even after the conference.

I declined.

I didn’t even get invited.

[chrisrenrut]

I was at a friend’s birthday party last week with a bunch of other adults from the neighborhood. One guy had us all get out or apps to see who was related to whom. It was not the most fascinating or entertaining thing at a party to see how many 9th and 10th cousins are in the room.

[Copelius]

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Mine has changed. When I first did the DNA some years ago it showed up about 5% Greece and Palestine combined. After seeing others here, I went to grab mine to compare and was shocked to see how much Greek I am. I didn't think that eating at Santorini's on Saturday would have that big of an effect.

[Pelado]

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Looks like a fair amount of English blood coursing through your veins.

[Bo Diddley]

Looks like a fair amount of English blood coursing through your veins.

Yep. Fairly even split between British Isles and Scandinavia.

[Clark Addison]

I just got an email inviting me to register for RootsTech. It's only $98 and includes access to the virtual sessions even after the conference.

I declined.

I have a sister in law whose yearly highlight is RootsTech. I get a LOT of RootsTech info if I get on Facebook for the week or two around it.
No judgment from me. There are a lot worse ways to spend your time, I am sure. But I have never really been tempted to join her there.

[Green Monstah]

I have a sister in law whose yearly highlight is RootsTech. I get a LOT of RootsTech info if I get on Facebook for the week or two around it.
No judgment from me. There are a lot worse ways to spend your time, I am sure. But I have never really been tempted to join her there.

I love genealogy.

Maybe one of the most spiritual experiences I've had in the last twenty years was standing outside the parish church in Odiham, England, where about 300 years of my ancestors were Christened, looking at a church that (a portion of which) was 800 years old, thinking about the role it played in their lives, and maybe most importantly, in mine.

[PaloAltoCougar]

The most recent Ancestry update eliminated the "< 1% West African " element I had enjoyed previously. I'm now pretty much as white as it gets: 94% British isles and 6% Norwegian.

[beefytee]

I'm 60% Scottish, 20% English, 10% Irish, 5% Wales, 5% Norwegian.

When I originally took it, it had a good portion of my DNA coming from the Iberian Peninsula. Now it has zero from there. I'm 95% British isles.

[Pelado]

I'm 60% Scottish, 20% English, 10% Irish, 5% Wales, 5% Norwegian.

When I originally took it, it had a good portion of my DNA coming from the Iberian Peninsula. Now it has zero from there. I'm 95% British isles.

Hope you use plenty of sunscreen.

[Bo Diddley]

I love genealogy.

Maybe one of the most spiritual experiences I've had in the last twenty years was standing outside the parish church in Odiham, England, where about 300 years of my ancestors were Christened, looking at a church that (a portion of which) was 800 years old, thinking about the role it played in their lives, and maybe most importantly, in mine.

I've had similar experiences in the motherland.