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Ancestral DNA. Has anyone had theirs done?

TheCatWoman
3 months ago

II had mine done a few months ago and it was really interesting, I'm 88% southern English with a smattering of European and 8% Iberian. To have such a high percentage in one area is quite unusual, if true, I dont' know where the Iberian link comes in, I can't see anything in the ancestors I've already traced that would suggest Iberian ancestry. 8% would mean that it's a fairly recent addition grand parents or great grandparents and they all came from southern England, more specifically Kent, Sussex  and Berkshire.

My Mum had hers done and she's real mix of British, Scandinavian, Welsh and European but no Iberian, so if it's true that I have some Iberian ancestry then it dosen't come from her, we know her Welsh connection, thats her great grandad, but she's only got 4% Welsh, so you can see my quandary with 8% Iberian?

I might get it done again, with a different company and get my haplotypes done too, I think it would be really fascinating to know my deep ancestry, when my people came to Europe and by what route, are they fairly recent, or have they been here since the end of the Ice Age?

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  • 3 months ago

    It's very regional too, in France you dont' seem to be allowed to have an ancestral DNA test, DNA tests seem to have to be mandated by a court. It seems that the French see ancestral DNA tesing as divisive, I think it's part of their cultural thing about the meaning of being French. I think the Chinese are the same, wanting to show homogenity as opposed to difference, so for some people finding out their ancestry is really difficult. Many peoples fear ancestral DNA testing as they've been historically ill treated by the medical preofession and dont' trust it.

    I did read a book, that appeared to say that white people looking for their ancestors were being inherently racist and white supremacist, which I thought was a load testicles, people take these sort of tests for all sorts of reasons, I think proving some sort of supremacy must be a miniscule reason out of the thousands of people wo are tested around the world.

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  • 3 months ago

    It's very regional too, in France you dont' seem to be allowed to have an ancestral DNA test, DNA tests seem to have to be mandated by a court. It seems that the French see ancestral DNA tesing as divisive, I think it's part of their cultural thing about the meaning of being French. I think the Chinese are the same, wanting to show homogenity as opposed to difference, so for some people finding out their ancestry is really difficult. Many peoples fear ancestral DNA testing as they've been historically ill treated by the medical preofession and dont' trust it.

    I did read a book, that appeared to say that white people looking for their ancestors were being inherently racist and white supremacist, which I thought was a load testicles, people take these sort of tests for all sorts of reasons, I think proving some sort of supremacy must be a miniscule reason out of the thousands of people wo are tested around the world.

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