Friday, September 6, 2019

Research Notes - DNA Stuff


I've done two DNA tests.  23 & Me and Ancestry.  Here are the origin results.

Ancestry:

  • England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 92%
  • Ireland & Scotland 4%
  • Germanic Europe 2%
  • France 2%
Additional Communities
  • Lower Midwest & Virginia Settlers
  • Missouri Ozarks
  • East Tennessee Settlers
23 & Me:
  • Maternal Haplogroup - J1c8
  • Northwestern Europe - 99.7%
  • British & Irish 53.4%
  • Greater London, United Kingdom - highly likely match
  • Lancashire
  • Greater Manchester 
  • Tyne & Wear
  • West Yorkshire
  • South Yorkshire
  • Edinburgh
  • Hull
  • Cornwall
Ireland - Like Match 
  • County Kerry
  • County Dublin
  • County Cork 
  • County Limerick
  • County Donegal
  • County Clare
French & German - 30.2%

  • North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Utrecht, Netherlands - possible match
  • North Holland
Scandinavian - .8%
Broadly Northwestern European - 15.3%
Broadly European - .3%
Trace Ancestry - <.1% - East Asian & Native American - hahahahahahahaha
My brother's Ancestry DNA origins are a little different:

  • England, Wales & Northwestern Europe - 77%
  • Ireland & Scotland - 19%
  • Germanic Europe - 2%
  • France - 2%

Additional Communities:

  • Lower Midwest & Virginia Settlers
  • Eastern Kentucky & Northwest - Tennessee Settlers

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