Posted on 11/10/2018 2:45:18 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
That DNA ancestry stuff is for entertainment purposes only. Any relation to it and actual science is strictly coincidental.
https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/04/25/is-genetic-genealogy-a-scam/
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140425082329AA7jU5g
Scotch-Irish means that the Scotts were brought into Ireland and Wales by the English to ‘pacify’ the area. That is where the term Black Irish comes from. Further most marriages involved people from the same general area. Again this is not unusual in areas where people from the same areas would move into together. Think the Irish areas of Boston, the Italian areas of NY and Boston, etc.
those tests are not necessarily accurate.
you are descended of Celts, enough said.
Our son found his half brother, much to Mr. Mercat’s chagrin.
But if you have ancestors from different generations who married into the Scotch-Irish bloodline, you could get to 32%, undoubtedly by multiple paths.
In other words, it's impossible to get 32% from a single ancestor at any distance of removal.
If, however, the number was 1/32, then it's easy: you are five generations removed from Scotch-Irish ancestor.
There's a big difference between 32% and 1/32, obviously.
“That DNA ancestry stuff is for entertainment purposes only. Any relation to it and actual science is strictly coincidental.”
Agreed.
Using DNA sequencing and comparison to find relatives is certainly science.
Using DNA to say you are 0.75% Lithuanian is a parlor trick.
Yes, there is. I tested with Ancestry and I am 36% Scandinavian. My grandmother was from Norway. (25%). The rest comes from Scotland and England - those Vikings got around...
In fact Irish-Irish could have lived in England or Wales. Even for several generations. And a bunch of Scots, English and Welsh could have lived in Ireland voluntarily or not. Remember the story of St Patrick? The Irish were taking slaves from England up until the 12th century.
They are right next door to each other after all.
That’s hard to say. My DNA shows 73% England, Wales & NW Europe; 13% France and the rest is split between Acadian and Native American Indian.
My great-grandmother’s family on my father’s mother’s side is literally from England (Mayflower descendant, here). My mother’s father’s side, though, they come from the UK back in the 1600s, but the subsequent families were born here in the USA. Her mother, though, may have come in from the UK in a later era. I haven’t gotten that far to know yet, but understanding the geographic history of Nova Scotia leads me to that conclusion.
My father’s side, however, is Acadia/Mi’kMaq to the 1600s and then from France earlier than that. My father was 2nd generation USA born.
The lower the % ethnicity, the higher up on the ancestry chain, I do believe, and then it depends on which sides your DNA are being drawn from. Remember - we get our DNA from BOTH sets of parents.
Secrets - oh yeah...they’re everywhere. How far back has your brother reached on both sides?
Love it!
You are Generation 1, so Generation 4 are your great grandparents of whom you have 8. But your great grandparents may not have been 100% Scots-Irish or any other ethnicity, so these reports are not worth much. These results are based on the database that they maintain and only provide a some probability that your ancestors fit into this population. This is a marketing parlor trick. It may be interesting and even fun, but it’s not a serious tool.
If you know the names of your grandparents, then you can probably find enough ancestors to answer your question. Companies like Ancestry are selling their subscriptions and the DNA report is very useful to them for selling subscriptions. Some of this is free and you may be able to get everything you are looking for without paying for information.
Some of the testing companies do separate any of the Celtic populations. He could be getting Welsh when it’s really Irish or Scotch.
Who did he test with?
Also, you won’t get the exact results as your brother. It’s different for each sibling.
I’m part sasquatch. I won’t tell you which part.
But they’re a good cover story for getting peoples genomes into the Google global database. They didn’t invest in 23andme for nothing.
Meant to type “do not”. Some of the companies do not distinguish between Celtic populations. There are something like 7 Celtic “Nations”.
I don’t put much stock into the ethnicity % amounts; I’m not scientific enough to know whether it’s truth or not.
However, if I were to look at my tree results, I’d say it’s a fair representation of what I found in my tree. Believe me when I say I did a thorough search, digging through the records to find the parent to child connections.
It the % accurate? *shrug* I don’t really care about that so much. I’m 100% AMERICAN and that’s where my loyalty lies.
Nuff said.
Funny you should mention DNA results! My brother sent in his DNA and, get this, they advised him that he (and we)had what could only be a sister down in Florida! Yep! They were right! Who knew!? Careful with this stuff, it can be dynamite...
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