This is so interesting, cool video a mate! Got my dad an ancestry kit for his birthday and was only expecting English and a little bit of Irish. Came back 42% English (but like yours it also highlighted a little of France, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany), 36% Scottish (a huge number considering I didn't know we had any Scottish ancestry at all), 15% Irish, 5% Norwegian (I'm guessing maybe some Viking DNA??) and 2% Welsh! Saw some people recommending uploading DNA to myheritage, would you say it's worth a look?
The Norwegian vikings settled in Ireland. In fact the Irish probably have more viking DNA than people think, it's just mixed and hard to distinguish because of this and vikings taking people back to Norway
Its shocking how much Irish is apart of so many ppl. Im Canadian Scottish. Or so i thought . I too found out the Irish ancestors are all over my history. . The real shock came when a buddy of mine took the test he is Polish . u guessed it.....23% Irish.. as he put it ....it puts a whole new meaning on Saint Patrick's Day for him
I know! it's actually pretty interesting. The Irish have definitely influenced a lot of places around the world! But who wouldn't want to celebrate St Patrick's day!!
Nice results 👍 in my one I got 49.2% Italian, 20.8% welsh and a little Irish, 18.6% French and German, 5.1% North African, 2.7% East European, 2.2% Middle Eastern and 1.4% Balkan
I did a test through AncestryDNA as well and I was really surprised to learn that Im 18% Scottish and 7% Norwegian, I wasn’t expecting anything from Scandinavia and the only thing I was expecting from the British Isles was Irish which im 37%
Its interesting, I found Scandinavian, baltic state,Irish and my main English. I'm guessing swedish with me having baltic in me. I an blonde blue eyes too so.
I know the English came in the 4th century from the continent. But that was so long ago that the traces would be minimal unless there was a recent ancestor. As you’ve suggested. But I feel that it’s just a broad ancestry category, to define any possible traces from that region.
@@thatonecharlie English people still has large amount northwest European dna..in fact full English person has little Irish...u are mostly native Brit..from Wales and midland which is still mostly britonic and Ireland is also Celtic...
@@thatonecharlie English people has atleast 60% Germanic DNA.but if your English .most people in England are mixed with Irish it Welsh or they are Welsh Scottish living in england
I did both Ancestry and MyHeritage DNA and on MyHeritage, I'm 15.4% Irish, Scottish & Welsh, but on Ancestry I'm 4% England, 3% Irish, 3% Norwegian, 1% Scottish & 1% Greek, which I think is an error. But It's funny how Scandinavian and English shows up on my Ancestry results but not on MyHeritage. Hm.
Lol myheritage is saying 55% Scandinavian.. Lol no. I've not got any Scandinavian grandparents. Even generations up. They also said I'm Italian 😂 😂 😂 I'm half Irish, and the rest is Welsh and English. I'm probably Scottish too. But don't put to much into these tests. I've done 7 dnas now. I'm trying to find someone. And they all say somthing different. Only thing they agree on, is that I'm half Irish.
The Irish and the Welsh intermarried, often. Both are Celtic peoples. Often, the Irish, out of oppression and desperation foisted upon them by the British, worked in Wales and intermarried. Your Norwegian blood *may* be from your Irish blood, as the Norwegian Vikings ravaged Ireland, even founding many cities, there, including Dublin. The Norwegian Vikings also fought, traded, held land (Hebrides and Shetlands) and intermarried with Scottish Clans. The founder of the MacDonald Clan was a Norwegian viking named Somerled! Anyway, just some more insight as to where your (over 50% when you include the Welsh) Celtic connection might have come from. Slainte!
The Vikings weren't a group as such, there were various different groups that have got labelled as Vikings. This includes starving Scandinavian farmers who had failed crops and did raids to survive. There were also warrior castes, particularily among groups that settled Iceland and places down West of Ireland, West of Scotland, parts even of western England and Western Wales, much of these groups are associated with YDNA and MtDNA groups that peaked among Iron Age Danish Warriors and were of Middle Eastern origin and were involved in colonisation of Greenland and a colony in Eastern Canada, most of those groups moved on and so the DNA is more commonly found in the places they went to and is rarely found in modern Scandinavia, so English, Welsh & Northwestern Europe or Ireland & Scotland could well be Viking ancestry.
Ahh this is very true. I think due to their integration in early medieval society their 'geneotype' has very much been diluted through the british isles and europe. I do think the term viking is often too broad, and used to refer to too many people, but definitely an interesting group to research!
I got 25% Scandinavian i have zero Scandinavian ancestors. All my ancestors come from london, cork, naples and sicily which is all norman rules areas i think this is why mine is so high. Also my english and irish surnames are all norman origin.
North western Europe includes the Jutes/angles and saxons so you will have some Danish and Dutch DNA as well as Germanic and Frankish DNA. as for the Norweigon, I would put that down to East Anglia raiders or in your case, interbreeding with the Picts. (unless you have nailed a direct Norweigon ancestors of course). Moreover. congrats who wouldn't want Viking genes! Also, with your results don't forget that big brain and powerful muscle heritage from our Neanderthal Ancestors as well ;) There's a reason why all the world strongest men have had North Western-Scandinavian or Germanic-Russian DNA. Finally, Can I make a suggestion that you take advantage of your genes and join a powerlifting club or hardcore gym mate. Best wishes from an old and insufferable Anglo-Scandinavian.
I do find it so cool thinking about what my heritage could have been! Especially thinking about raiders and how they could have affected my dna! An interesting thought, thank you ☺️ I also didn’t know about any muscle heritage! Which is very interesting, maybe I will try and join a powerlifting club!!
Myheritage only gives him more dna results but the math suggests that ancestrydna is the most accurate for the ETHNICITY aspect. I'm only supposed to be 4% Scottish. Ancestry was correct, but myheritage gave 33% Scottish.
@@jaybinks5989 yes I find that it very's and sometimes quite alot with different company's as they use different algorithms. It's interesting to see though . Also there is gedmatch and I think a few more that are free to use . Plus you get new family matches too which is good because you may have family that have tested using a company you didn't .
I checked out myheritage and it said I was 6.8% Iberian. I defintely find it interesting what other algorithms interpret from the dna. But I guess we wont know which are the most accurate until they can unanimously agree on the results.
Your Irish ancestry is written on your face! Lots of Irish People migrated to Scotland, Wales, and western England. British people have a lot of Scandinavian genes. Not only from Invasions a long time ago. Saxons AND celts inhabited France and Belgium. So, Pretty much Looks like you a little bit more Celtic than Saxon. etc Don't ve surprised)
I knew I had some Scottish Ancestry, but I wasn't surprised to see I got Norway/Iceland also on my Ancestry Dna, one word: Vikings. But Korea and Vietnam was very surprising to me. But I do have Chinese heritage. Plus England and other European and Alot of African countries!
U are mostly descended from Brythonic people Native British not the one that built Stonehenge they ones that came after called the Bell Beaker Culture that came here in 4,500BC from Germany. they replaced 90% of Briton. population.
Cher Scarrott , I’m Danish and other than Scandinavian dna I had 13,7 % Irish/Scottish. I can trace my roots 5 generations back and none of them are either Scottish or Irish. I think, for you and me, and a whole bunch of Brittish and Scandinavian people the answer lay in our common history, anglo-saxons, vikings etc.
I have 25% and i have no ancestors of Scandinavian either. All my family come from areas ruled by normans though London, cork, naples and sicily. So they must be inbeded in my dna and the normans was of Scandinavian origin.
Hes 100% powerful his people took over the world they wasnt weak people. They also invented over 40% of the worlds inventions including what you are using to connect with him.
@@LondonGooner well well well... Looks like I just triggered a proud member of the barbarian neanderthal subspecies, why don't you go learn grammar you Flintstone!
This is so interesting, cool video a mate!
Got my dad an ancestry kit for his birthday and was only expecting English and a little bit of Irish. Came back 42% English (but like yours it also highlighted a little of France, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany), 36% Scottish (a huge number considering I didn't know we had any Scottish ancestry at all), 15% Irish, 5% Norwegian (I'm guessing maybe some Viking DNA??) and 2% Welsh!
Saw some people recommending uploading DNA to myheritage, would you say it's worth a look?
The Norwegian vikings settled in Ireland. In fact the Irish probably have more viking DNA than people think, it's just mixed and hard to distinguish because of this and vikings taking people back to Norway
Its shocking how much Irish is apart of so many ppl. Im Canadian Scottish. Or so i thought . I too found out the Irish ancestors are all over my history. . The real shock came when a buddy of mine took the test he is Polish . u guessed it.....23% Irish.. as he put it ....it puts a whole new meaning on Saint Patrick's Day for him
I know! it's actually pretty interesting. The Irish have definitely influenced a lot of places around the world! But who wouldn't want to celebrate St Patrick's day!!
Nice results 👍 in my one I got 49.2% Italian, 20.8% welsh and a little Irish, 18.6% French and German, 5.1% North African, 2.7% East European, 2.2% Middle Eastern and 1.4% Balkan
@Biel 2001 I live in Australia but as I’ve know. My whole life I’m half Italian and half welsh
So excited to receive my kit I’ve just ordered it yesterday morning.. I’m Irish but I don’t look very Irish so exciting times ahead 😂👌🏻
It is very exciting. Although, it's a long wait to here back, so hopefully you'll find some interesting results :)
I got 3 percent Norway, im mostly celtic
I did a test through AncestryDNA as well and I was really surprised to learn that Im 18% Scottish and 7% Norwegian, I wasn’t expecting anything from Scandinavia and the only thing I was expecting from the British Isles was Irish which im 37%
Dublin is a Viking settlement
You should be PROUD to have Munster Iirsh ancestry.
I’ve got Munster ancestry LoL a bit of a shock I’m 10% crude Swedish & Saami it’s no wonder I’ve got bright blonde hair and my nickname is snowy!
Danish testers get a mix of Norway and Sweden + more. So your danish is probably in your Norway %
Ah I thought that might be the case, thanks for the clarification though! Guessing when ancestry have another update it should be rectified!
Its interesting, I found Scandinavian, baltic state,Irish and my main English. I'm guessing swedish with me having baltic in me. I an blonde blue eyes too so.
Oooh the Baltics! That sounds like a really cool mix of DNA
English came from saxony germany thats why it shows part of europe study on anglo saxons which are the english
I know the English came in the 4th century from the continent. But that was so long ago that the traces would be minimal unless there was a recent ancestor. As you’ve suggested. But I feel that it’s just a broad ancestry category, to define any possible traces from that region.
@@thatonecharlie English people still has large amount northwest European dna..in fact full English person has little Irish...u are mostly native Brit..from Wales and midland which is still mostly britonic and Ireland is also Celtic...
@@thatonecharlie English people has atleast 60% Germanic DNA.but if your English .most people in England are mixed with Irish it Welsh or they are Welsh Scottish living in england
Celtic
Im mexican
I have spain, Portugal, middle east, italy, irland, sweden, Scotland, congo, indigenous from the Americas:)
I did both Ancestry and MyHeritage DNA and on MyHeritage, I'm 15.4% Irish, Scottish & Welsh, but on Ancestry I'm 4% England, 3% Irish, 3% Norwegian, 1% Scottish & 1% Greek, which I think is an error. But It's funny how Scandinavian and English shows up on my Ancestry results but not on MyHeritage. Hm.
Myheritage has bad scanners, theyre better at finding your relatives, ancestry is the best when it comes to your DNA
Lol myheritage is saying 55% Scandinavian.. Lol no.
I've not got any Scandinavian grandparents. Even generations up.
They also said I'm Italian 😂 😂 😂
I'm half Irish, and the rest is Welsh and English. I'm probably Scottish too.
But don't put to much into these tests. I've done 7 dnas now. I'm trying to find someone. And they all say somthing different. Only thing they agree on, is that I'm half Irish.
The Irish and the Welsh intermarried, often. Both are Celtic peoples. Often, the Irish, out of oppression and desperation foisted upon them by the British, worked in Wales and intermarried. Your Norwegian blood *may* be from your Irish blood, as the Norwegian Vikings ravaged Ireland, even founding many cities, there, including Dublin. The Norwegian Vikings also fought, traded, held land (Hebrides and Shetlands) and intermarried with Scottish Clans. The founder of the MacDonald Clan was a Norwegian viking named Somerled! Anyway, just some more insight as to where your (over 50% when you include the Welsh) Celtic connection might have come from. Slainte!
Good results im from spain but i have norwegian ancestry and swedish
love the scandinavian ancestry!!
@@thatonecharlie yes
My test revealed 36% Irish 34% Scottish and 20% Scandinavian.
The Vikings weren't a group as such, there were various different groups that have got labelled as Vikings.
This includes starving Scandinavian farmers who had failed crops and did raids to survive.
There were also warrior castes, particularily among groups that settled Iceland and places down West of Ireland, West of Scotland, parts even of western England and Western Wales, much of these groups are associated with YDNA and MtDNA groups that peaked among Iron Age Danish Warriors and were of Middle Eastern origin and were involved in colonisation of Greenland and a colony in Eastern Canada, most of those groups moved on and so the DNA is more commonly found in the places they went to and is rarely found in modern Scandinavia, so English, Welsh & Northwestern Europe or Ireland & Scotland could well be Viking ancestry.
Ahh this is very true. I think due to their integration in early medieval society their 'geneotype' has very much been diluted through the british isles and europe. I do think the term viking is often too broad, and used to refer to too many people, but definitely an interesting group to research!
get wrecked ^
Yes our very Native British
I got 25% Scandinavian i have zero Scandinavian ancestors. All my ancestors come from london, cork, naples and sicily which is all norman rules areas i think this is why mine is so high. Also my english and irish surnames are all norman origin.
Pretty much the same as my results and I am Australian , although I had 3 percent Australian Aboriginal
You must have a close relative that is irish 40% from one area
North western Europe includes the Jutes/angles and saxons so you will have some Danish and Dutch DNA as well as Germanic and Frankish DNA. as for the Norweigon, I would put that down to East Anglia raiders or in your case, interbreeding with the Picts. (unless you have nailed a direct Norweigon ancestors of course). Moreover. congrats who wouldn't want Viking genes! Also, with your results don't forget that big brain and powerful muscle heritage from our Neanderthal Ancestors as well ;) There's a reason why all the world strongest men have had North Western-Scandinavian or Germanic-Russian DNA. Finally, Can I make a suggestion that you take advantage of your genes and join a powerlifting club or hardcore gym mate. Best wishes from an old and insufferable Anglo-Scandinavian.
I do find it so cool thinking about what my heritage could have been! Especially thinking about raiders and how they could have affected my dna! An interesting thought, thank you ☺️ I also didn’t know about any muscle heritage! Which is very interesting, maybe I will try and join a powerlifting club!!
You should download your raw DNA and put it into my heritage for free and see what that says too .
I’ll definitely be doing that, thanks for the suggestion :)
Myheritage only gives him more dna results but the math suggests that ancestrydna is the most accurate for the ETHNICITY aspect. I'm only supposed to be 4% Scottish. Ancestry was correct, but myheritage gave 33% Scottish.
@@jaybinks5989 yes I find that it very's and sometimes quite alot with different company's as they use different algorithms.
It's interesting to see though .
Also there is gedmatch and I think a few more that are free to use .
Plus you get new family matches too which is good because you may have family that have tested using a company you didn't .
I checked out myheritage and it said I was 6.8% Iberian. I defintely find it interesting what other algorithms interpret from the dna. But I guess we wont know which are the most accurate until they can unanimously agree on the results.
Ahhh cool what else did it give you ? Also pop them into ged match they have different calculators you can play around with which is pretty cool ...
Ur so cute I'm gonna cry
Thank youu :))
Your Irish ancestry is written on your face! Lots of Irish People migrated to Scotland, Wales, and western England. British people have a lot of Scandinavian genes. Not only from Invasions a long time ago. Saxons AND celts inhabited France and Belgium. So, Pretty much Looks like you a little bit more Celtic than Saxon. etc Don't ve surprised)
It is the history of Great Britain and Ireland.
Do u speak in a British accent?? 😆
It sounds like it😂
I knew I had some Scottish Ancestry, but I wasn't surprised to see I got Norway/Iceland also on my Ancestry Dna, one word: Vikings.
But Korea and Vietnam was very surprising to me. But I do have Chinese heritage. Plus England and other European and Alot of African countries!
I got the same results basically bro haha
U are mostly descended from Brythonic people Native British not the one that built Stonehenge they ones that came after called the Bell Beaker Culture that came here in 4,500BC from Germany. they replaced 90% of Briton. population.
@Diana Garcia Welsh are native Britons English are Germanic
@Diana Garcia basically if you have Scottish English or Welsh you come from the island of Briton
So you must have British
Awwww norweigen
Yay love a bit of Norwegian!!
I'm confused with mine I'm 28 % Scandinavian 40 %scot 17 irish I thought I was english clearly not I don't no any Scandinavians so how can I be 28%🙈
Cher Scarrott , I’m Danish and other than Scandinavian dna I had 13,7 % Irish/Scottish. I can trace my roots 5 generations back and none of them are either Scottish or Irish. I think, for you and me, and a whole bunch of Brittish and Scandinavian people the answer lay in our common history, anglo-saxons, vikings etc.
I have 25% and i have no ancestors of Scandinavian either. All my family come from areas ruled by normans though London, cork, naples and sicily. So they must be inbeded in my dna and the normans was of Scandinavian origin.
youre adorable im about to simp
So you're 0% exotic... gotcha! lol Jk
Ahaha its true I wish I was exotic
Hes 100% powerful his people took over the world they wasnt weak people. They also invented over 40% of the worlds inventions including what you are using to connect with him.
@@LondonGooner well well well... Looks like I just triggered a proud member of the barbarian neanderthal subspecies, why don't you go learn grammar you Flintstone!