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I did the Ancestry DNA and then also uploaded it to myheritage.com and it gave me some alternate results from the same test.
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I just sent mine into myheritage. Curious to see what turns up.
I did the Ancestry DNA and then also uploaded it to myheritage.com and it gave me some alternate results from the same test.
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Europe west?Second, one of the lines on my Dad's side was from France. That doesn't show up either.
OH, you've been to Starke County and the town of Knox?
Wave at mom on your way through..
On the ancestry probably, but nothing on the myheritage. As different as the two are, I wonder how scientific this really is.Europe west?
When we first moved to Indiana, we lived in Knox for just over a year. I had heard rumors while I was there about the origins of the town.
On the ancestry probably, but nothing on the myheritage. As different as the two are, I wonder how scientific this really is.
Finally got my wife's DNA results in. The interesting thing is that it shows no European DNA even know she is positive there is significant Spanish blood in her family. Her grandfather's appearance was more than proof of that. The other oddball surprise was showing 2% from the Afghani area. That DNA must have gone back really, really far.
Here's a great article that explains how all this can happen.
Understanding Genetics
As a side note, I have met several of my new relatives and seen pics of many others. It is absolutely amazing how much I look like my bio-father and some of my siblings (and their kids). That, much more so than the DNA test, proved to them that I was really part of the family.
I just want to clarify I am not a native of the area...we moved here about 20 years ago.
I am not a native of Indiana either, but I have lived here for the past 30 years. Other than the little over a year in Knox the rest has been Indianapolis area.
I think it will be more interesting than you expect! Phenotype (outward appearance) doesn't always track 1:1 with genotype.
It was the same test, I just uploaded the giant text file of DNA gibberish that I got from Ancestry.Assuming the samples aren't tainted and the lab crews are competent, the differences are going to be due to the databases they use. I suspect the different companies who are building their databases share 100% of the profiles and demographic info with each other. Over time as their data for comparison grows, the results should become increasingly similar.
I had a lot of Scandinavian as well. In my case it has to be Viking blood in Ireland, Scotland and England because I know my bloodlines back to the 16 and 1700s. All of them came over from Ireland, England, Scotland and France.I always thought I was Irish/German, but when my mom and my brother did the DNA test, they both came out around 40 % Scandinavian. Which is a surprise, since we are mostly of short stature, with dark hair and we all tan very dark. Although I do have blue eyes, maybe that's where that came from.
I had a lot of Scandinavian as well. In my case it has to be Viking blood in Ireland, Scotland and England because I know my bloodlines back to the 16 and 1700s. All of them came over from Ireland, England, Scotland and France.
I always thought I was Irish/German, but when my mom and my brother did the DNA test, they both came out around 40 % Scandinavian. Which is a surprise, since we are mostly of short stature, with dark hair and we all tan very dark. Although I do have blue eyes, maybe that's where that came from.
Scandinavian probably equals viking and they very definitely made long term incursions into Ireland/British Isles, western Europe.