A number of years ago when my Mother was still alive, I gave her an Ancestry.com account for Xmas one year, she was really into Genealogy.
When Ancestry started doing DNA testing, I had a close friend try it and was please with the results, so I had my DNA tested thru Ancestry....
I was always told that my ancestry was British and Spanish, when I got the results of the DNA testing I was surprised to say the least....
I was 50% British, but the 2nd strongest DNA trait was Ashkenazi Jew from Eastern Europe.
My mother did not believe it and sent off to have her DNA tested, her results came back 50% Ashkenazi Jew, the ancestry could have only come from her Father who passed away when she was a teenager, he immigrated to the USA before WW I, his name was Michael Thompson, hardly a Eastern European Jewish name, she knew he was adopted but we have no information on his birth...so he must have been a 100% Ashkenazi Jew.....
And You’re right, I have always been friendly with Jews
That’s so interesting! Thanks for sharing your story.
Interesting story.shows why testing can be important. You now know you have risks.
Sometimes you have to use it as an advantage to get tests ordered.
Drs may be reluctant until they hear ashkenazi jew.
A lot of Drs just dont listen..so i make sure key words are used and often. Like with ob gyn...”died of ovarian cancer”..which is a huge red genetic flag
Inside the Shady World of DNA Testing Companies
BTW, when you give your DNA to Big Corporations, you're giving it to the Deep State.
The CEO of "23 & Me" is Anne Wojcicki, sister of CEO (& Chief Censor) of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki.
Not people to entrust with your DNA. I doubt Ancestry.com is any better.
Interesting. Long ago, in my 20s, I was at a children’s book convention and I kept going over to listen to interesting ethnic music at a booth run by Moses Asch. Bought stuff from him for my kids. He looked at me and said, “You must be Jewish to like this stuff.” I said,” Nope, Irish.” He said, “That explains it. The Arabs and Jews came to Ireland in the Spanish Armada.”
Sounded weird to. me, but just a few years ago, my neice got blood test done by National Geographic when they were still doing it. It revealed we started in SouthEast Africa, one of the first groups to go north. Egypt (plus Israel), Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, to Morocco, where we stayed for generations, then came to North Ireland. Probably not with the Armada, but with another group seeking conquest. Or freedom.
My daughter is the only person in the family skilled in foreign languages. Learned Arabic and went to visit friends in Tunisia, came home three years later. She had been to several countries. Tunisians liked Americans then, Algeria was a horrible mess, and she absolutely loved Morocco, a place she still recommends to traveling friends.
She lives in N Idaho now, married to the Sheriff, terrific Republican. Unfortunately unable to have kids, but four dogs are great. She actually brought a German Shep home from Tunisia, very best, smartest, largest Shep ever, named Pasha. He lived an extraordinarily long time, was NOT going to leave her safety to another dog as long as he could put one paw after the other.
Oy vey, my FRiend.