[z3n]

Interesting video. If all this is true, and it makes sense, how can these stupid geneology/ancestry testing companies tell you how much percent you come from various places.

I always suspected it was just a bunch of BS to get you to submit your genome. They don't really want to map you out for who you are, they want to add you to their map of how you are related (closely by a few generations) to.

But the video makes sense. All you have to do is go back 5 or 6 generations to see how the number of people in your tree gets rediculously large. You can pick anyone of them and realize that very little of their contribution shrinks due to all the others among their set.

Also, every one of us could probably point to famous historical figures in their tree. That's because it's rediculous how many thousands of people are in your tree if you go back far enough.

[Jamestown1630]

DNA is not genealogy.

I don’t know how they do that DNA testing, but I’ve heard people say it often isn’t accurate.

[mairdie]

People born in the south have a much higher chance of having a royal ancestry as people with royal connections settled there more than in the north.

[Cloverfarm]

It’s true that we have thousands of ancestors.

But I’m curious and look at time frames, when they were born, where they went, where they are buried, how many kids they had and am amazed that some of them survived.For instance, one ancestor born on a sailing ship coming over from Ireland. Amazing that mom and baby survived.

So for me it’s human interest stories and a connection to history.