thank you. The problem with DNA tests is they are still a question in many areas of fact. My son had the DNA testing and they said he had no Irish in his background, and his great grand parents on his mom’s side are from Southern Ireland and came to the US themselves.
The living relatives that I have on my father’s side are all of the current family name and about four others. None are blood. My father was born in Oakland, California, to a woman according to his real birth certificate, but there is no record of the father being “unknown,” and my father tried to trace her but came up with nothing. She may have used a false name as she never existed on anything else, tax records, birth certs, property ownership, etc.
My adopted grand parents were great, so it never meant much to me that they were as they were. It just creates a problem for me to fill out census documents factually and really vexes the people trying to get the count of ethnicity. But I am really a north american, U.S. citizen and have been all my life. It just is an example of sometimes the feds can’t get something done so it bothers them. And that’s the fun of it.
rwood
Best wishes... I was thinking the DNA would give you something to put on the Census, that would be close/correct, as ethnicity...meaning whatever is largest percentage of the DNA. Examples: Scotland/England/Italy etc.