My daughter wanted me to fo a DNA test just for the ethnicity. I have a twin & my siblings are always discussing if we're actually identical. I did not know that my twin had also done one. Called my daughter & to her the question was answered, we were a 100% match. (Edited for spelling)
I've been waiting to hear words like this. Ancestry hasn't noted my French ancestry (albeit, it's one person in the 17th Century), but I think it's also impossible to categorize Norman French ancestors as many were Vikings (Norwegians and Swedes) who circled around the UK in so many directions. I find the scholarship so much more captivating.
Yea, I thought I would have France show up because I had so many ancestors from France and assumed they were French... Nope, Norman.. and have direct ties to Rollo himself, along with many other notable people. Too bad it doesn't account for anything now 😫 so many others do too.
I know someone who did their DNA and was told their entire life and their mother was told their entire life that they were native American. But since I was helping her with the DNA and figured out what happened. I went through the census records and discovered that her mother was born in the deep South and her grandparents State on the census record mulatto. So then the next generation they end up moving up to Michigan and they're listed on the census as half-breed Cherokee so somebody probably told them just move up to the northern states and say you're Indian. And so when the DNA shows up it shows African and absolutely no native American.
YES!!! "Surprises" This is 100% accurate! "Not father" is so common now. Sadly it also ruins families too :( Also when you have "what is never told" i.e. a child born out of wedlock that is swept under the rug and never talked or heard about. Sadly when this comes up too, often family will deny it when you tell them 100% DNA does not lie (unless u've got a bone marrow? transplant)
So, I took a DNA test about 5 or so years ago. I started talking to someone and we couldn't figure out how we were related. 5 years go by and she reaches back out and says that she found out how and whom.
Thank you for your message! I though of that too. There are at least two limitations of DNA ancestry testing. One, is that it can go as far as back 5 generations and is limited to specific ethnicity. Two, the data available is limited (and often unreliable) at best but I recognise that it is changing for better or for worse! I identified the problem with DNA testing which is that I was supposed to have German, French, Spanish, Swiss, Jewish and other non-British ancestry but nothing. However, I realised that I can go as far as back 5 Generations and I am 4th Generations Australian. The bulk of my DNA testing and matching are in Australia! There is another issue of ethnicity test which is that there is no such thing as pure homogenous ethnic groups in the world. English people is a very good example of this, there are at least 5 different ethnic groups that makes up the people. Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavians, Normans (French-Vikings) and various migrations of mostly European origin. That makes it harder to identify the real origin of us! As for me I am discovering many twists as I am not who am I!
I have traced genealogy line to include known 8th, 9th and 10th ggrand parents on dad's side are Abenaki but my DNA results do not show it. However, my aunt (dad's sister) does show. Also, my DNA shows match back 62 generations to a Peruvian (based on a known sample group) who lived approximately 450 AD and I'm listed with 1.7% AmeriIndian and 4% overall native including Columbian, Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestors--based on y chromosome. No one in the family made that connection before. This is all quite interesting. Thanks for the vids--you are very informative and pleasant to listen to.
Yes, the sibling distribution is wild! My paternal grandfather immigrated from Sicily, his wife, my grandmother was from Baton Rouge of French descent. My momma’s side was a hodgepodge of English, Scottish, Irish etc. My DNA on Ancestry says 47% English, 16% Scottish, 13% Southern Italian (Sicily), 11% Wales, 7% French, 6% Irish. At My Heritage- (my first test) it says I am 6% Ashkenazi Jewish and my Dad (also tested) was 7% Ashkenazi. We totally expected this (though I still have not found the Ancestor) - my dad has Crohn’s Disease, he was born in 1943 & he started having symptoms at 8 years old. Fast forward to 1973, he became severely sick, lost weight fast, no hospital in our area that he went to, could figure out what was wrong. (We live in Kansas City, Missouri). My dads mom worked at Menorah Medical Center (a Jewish Hospital here in KC) - his X-rays from North Kansas City Hospital were sent over & his physician there immediately diagnosed him with Crohns Disease. This Doctor, told my Dad (quote) “that he has Jewish blood, because this is a Jewish Disease.” It’s weird how so many people have now been diagnosed with Crohn’s in the years since, yet it was absolutely unheard of in the non-Jewish Medical Community in 49 years ago. 🤷🏽♀️
My uncle has Crohn’s Disease and we don’t have any Jewish blood. What a silly thing and quite cheeky thing to say to a sick man. I’d of walloped that doctor if he’d of spoke to my father like that. What a cheeky git. I’m sitting here angry at that doctor, your poor dad.
First of all, there’s no such thing as “Jewish blood” - or any other kind of ethnic blood. Ethnicity is socio-cultural, not biological. You can thank the commercial DNA testing companies for popularizing that misinformation. (Did you get your results from saliva? If so, it’s clear that your genetic inheritance is detectable from various types of cells in your body, not just from a blood sample.) Secondly, Crohn’s is *not* a “Jewish disease.” The prevalent group that gets diagnosed with it is northern Europeans, some of whom may be Ashkenazi Jews - since many of them are of mixed Mediterranean/Southwest Asian and European origin. Just Google Crohn’s and see what info from medical centers and research papers say about the demographics. Thirdly, that doctor should be reported to the hospital management. He’s clearly misinformed about how to talk with patients. Labeling someone rather than asking them about matters like their ancestry is unethical. I know some doctors think their medical license gives them the right to say any stupid thing they want, but it doesn’t. What a jerk. I’m of part Jewish ancestry, btw. I don’t care if he said your uncle was part Jewish, or part Asian, or whatever. If he wanted to assess risk factors for Crohn’s, he should have asked, not spouted off out of ignorance and rudeness.
You are good. In fact you need a tv show. I have a question: You mentioned: If someone lk at your DNA test they can get in contact with you. How will they know how to contact you? Thanks. Again great video.
The major testing companies, like AncestryDNA, have a messaging system. When someone shows up as one of your matches, you can send them a message through that system.
Thank you for this video. I have taken DNA tests with multiple companies and the ethnicity estimate is a little different. Whenever these companies do an update on the ethnicity estimate the percentages do change however the technology still appears to be a work in progress.
Thank you for the video. I've often wondered why people take the DNA test and then don't want to be bothered. We all have our motivations. Perhaps they're struggling with some of the findings, don't have time to respond to multiple requests, are not comfortable sharing personal information with strangers, or didn't realize how much work there can be in building out a Tree.
I try and tell people who take it just for estimates, to make their DNA test private so they never end up with the people asking and aren't interested in genealogy or know anything.
Also, they may have only taken it because of their health. That might not be something that they want to share with everyone. People, please understand that there is a way to opt out of sharing services, and to indicate that you don't want to be contacted.
Before I cancelled my first DNA test (which I had shared with a guaranteed match I had “met” on Ancestry) I was overwhelmed with requests for my Email address. I unwittingly would give people full information of who I was linked to in their tree but never got any information back as to who they were. It was a really disappointing experience.
I’ve tried explaining recombination to my siblings. I think I’m going to need a few jars of different colored sand. One jar is English, one jar German, one jar French… mix them in a big jar, scoop some out into 3 empties and see what they get.
How I explain it when I don’t have visual aids is to say that each child gets 50% from each parent, but they don’t get the same 50% - otherwise, they’d all be identical. It’s the “otherwise, they’d be identical” part that usually helps.
I probably had the worst emotional experience of my life through discovering, and contacting my birthmother through genealogy DNA testing. I'll just say that she wasn't thrilled with me contacting her. I'm in my 50's and It took some counseling, and time to reasonably accept it. I had considered suicide. I cannot emphasize enough to discourage parents of adopted children in assisting with even well intentions? Another point to mention is if you move forward with the test is to have your user name, and not your real name displayed on the site. You then decide who knows who you are? I have no regrets though, and glad I did it!
Chris, I am so sorry that you went through all of that. The whole experience is something that doesn't get enough consideration. I'm glad that you've been able to come to peace with it.
As an older adult I found out I had an illigitimate brother fom my father I was shocked to see his photo plastered all over Ancestry. Both the child and my father are deceased (I posted earlier about this). My father was a womanizer so I wasn't shocked in that way; it was just actually seeing this adult child's face in a Ancestry tree that shocked me. What a way to find out. Adopted children suffere somewhat the same issues of children with known parents who abandon them. Just be thankful you have a parent who cares, and loves you. Blood doen't promise one love. You wonder why did she give me up? I wonder why didn't he want us? If you are a mother you surely must appreciate love, and the strength she had to give you to a family who would love you?
@@judegirl7607 The truth is I had alot of casual sex growing up, but just never got anyone pregnant. Or so I think.........To me, the whole picture is my ultimate challenge of empathy, and understanding. At times I replay the horror of my birthmother snapping at me on the phone, and I'm not sure I'll ever really get over it? However I don't even have a clue about her story of what she went through in life? We just need to count our blessings, and have faith that God is watching over us.
Hi Chris You are not alone 😭 I have gone through exactly the same but not because my birth mother didn't want to know, it was my 1/2 sister who gave her an ultimatum so she abandoned me for a second time. Life certainly isn't easy for some of us!!! I haven't had counselling, and like you I just feel so awful at times. I feel so jealous of adopted people who are accepted with open arms by their birth parents and especially siblings! Now I have been tracing my birth father's family via DNA. I hope to find closer matches however at present my closest matches are 2/3 cousins.
I’m so sorry to hear you contemplated suicide. It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Iv had 2 close family members who committed suicide and it nearly killed me, thinking about how he visited me all the time and never told me he was feeling like this. Maybe I could of helped him, maybe I couldn’t of but I’d like to of been there for him. I’m pleased you didn’t do it and I wish you all the joy and happiness this world can throw at you. 🙏🙏🙏
I’m somewhat surprised that there was no mention of who owns the DNA after a person sends it off to the company for testing. Also, no mention as to what use, the company may make of your personal record after the test has been completed.
Exactly. I worked in Attica Prison 2004-2017. I found it odd a person could be charged with a crime from a family DNA test, But it wasn't legal to use as an exonheration. DNA testing to prove you didn't commit a crime is cost prohibitive for most. Hundreds to thousands of dollars to guys Maki g .12 cents an hour. But for $60 they could do an Ancestry test. Results aren't viewed legally the same. Inadmissible at the time is what was explained to me. I worked in the legal department, it was sad. And Sus
Off Topic... I really like what you're wearing (I love red, white, and blue!). I was wondering if you'd tell me who manufactures it so I can find one on eBay for me!
You spoke quite a bit about Native American Ethnicity, and then at one point said "this is for another video". Have you done or are you planning on doing a video dedicated to this topic? I'm one of those people with family stories, and my paternal grandfather looked quite Native American, but no DNA results for that. I've just started my Genealogy research but haven't found anything in census records yet. Please let me know. Thank you
It's amusing how keen people seem these days to claim native-American ancestry. In the past, it would've been something people would have tried to hide LOL.
Well my father's mother was Cherokee and I just found out my father's birth certificate says he's native American. But I'm considered African American. The native Americans that I met over the years don't really accept anyone else claiming native American origins.
My Great great grandparents on both sides were Seminole/BlackFoot. I find it interesting that this AGENT AMY is reporting false information intentionally. A large % of us who are classified as African Americans are indigenous. Please research your Roots Research the trail of tears and you will understand what happened. Shame on you AGENT AMY. Wake up my people!🪶🏹🦅🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶 They can’t lie anymore.
My father is from Scotland and my mother is from Germany. Some branches I could trace back 6 or 7 generations and both sides stayed and married mostly in the same region. When I took a DNA test I expected the ethnicity to be about 50% Scottish and 50% German. I was surprised to see over 40% Scottish (Irish, Welsh), almost 40% English and only about 20% German. I thought this can't be accurate but as I watch your video I got this idea. My mother's paternal family and ancesters are from Hannover, Lower Saxony. Could my "high" English ethnicity actually be Anglo-Saxon original from Germany?
The amount of DNA that matches falls within a range, and some relationships do overlap in their ranges. According to the Shared cM Project, most half-siblings share between 1160-2436 cM. (Full) 1st cousins share between 396-1397 cM; so yes, there is some overlap in the ranges of half-siblings and first cousins. If you've done a test and it shows how many cM you share, you can enter that number into the Shared cM Project tool and see the possible relationships: dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcmv4
I've been taking all the tests I can find. I got curious as to how similar (or different) the results would be. So far... Ancestry/MyHeritage have same regions but different %'s. 23&Me found Indigenous American where as Ancestry/MyHeritage did not. On the flip side, 23&Me didn't find Scandanavian, where Ancestry/MyHeritage did. I was handed down family records on my mother's side. She's. Primarily German (her dad) and Irish (her mom). Ancestry has me at 3% German and 23&Me has me at 35%. Of course Ancestry also sub-regions Germany into two other "regions". So, that should be taken into account too. Nice video. 🤘 (Edit added) FamilyTreeDNA has my results still pending. And the CRI Genetics tests hasn't arrived yet. I'll be ordering LivingDNA as soon as CRI gets in.
My 2nd great grandfather was irish and his mother was irish, but I dont have any irish in my ethnicity, my ethnicity does have Scottish and Welsh but I dont have this showing up on my tree. And iv gone back 7 generations.
I cannot remember the TV program (maybe Dr Oz or The Doctors), but anyway Triplets were DNA tested. Identical twins ect are suppose to have the same DNA right? Well two of the girls had identical DNA, and the 3rd Triplet's was slightly different; not by much but different. So scientists are working on all sorts of DNA testing. My brother's friend has Triplet nieces who are simply gorgeous, and you cannot tell them apart. They were at the mall one day when approched by a talent scout it was on to different opportunities for them; (I digress).
I have a large Ancestry tree. After a lot of problems with supposed DNA matches I made my tree private and deleted my DNA test results. Recently I bought another DNA test from Ancestry. The top match has changed to a small tree that is totally no clue to the DNA link and some of my previous tree matches show now as no match at all. How is that possible ??????
If your previous test was a long time ago, you could have “lost” matches that were very small to begin with. Ancestry has refined their matching and the threshold for matching has increased. Your top match can (and will) change depending on new test takers coming in and matching you. Regarding it being a small tree with no clue to the DNA link, take a look at your shared matches to see if you can narrow it down. It could just be a case that the other person hasn’t built out their tree far enough to see the match.
@@AmyJohnsonCrow Hi, Amy it was about July 2020 when I cancelled my first DNA test and switched my tree to private against all my natural instincts. I was plagued with lots of DNA matches who ignored messages or never answered how they were related in our trees. I always said exactly who I was and who my Grandparents were and I never got any indication of their descent back. It was horrendous. I have checked as you kindly suggested what our shared DNA matches are and it leads me back to the struggle I had before I cancelled the first DNA test. The shared matches to my top match this time are, 1) the grandson of my grandmother’s brother, David Vaughan. David Vaughan was the brother of my Dad’s mother, Ann Vaughan. I am 72. 2) Even stranger, a match to PS (who I have met with her daughter who manages the related trees) Again this is my father’s side and PS is the granddaughter of Margaret Williams, my grandfather’s sister. To my mind this is an impossibility, these lines have never crossed in Geography and to sum up my top match (who has few unrelated names) is a DNA match to my great aunt Margaret Williams to her granddaughter PS and my grandmother, Ann Vaughan through her brother and my great Uncle, David Vaughan. As I suspected something seems to be very wrong here.
I took 3 DNA tests and all where 90% correct yes I was not surprised shocked was more like it but I finally know who I am and where my family came from !
I have a cousin and our nearest common ancestor is our 2nd great grand father. Both of us did our DNA test down to the 700 marker level. There is only 2 markers that are only one number difference between us. We are hardly identical and we only met for the first time in 2017. We are in our 60's.
Tbh I don't trust my family as is so finding substantial proof that the lineage on that side is correct is even more difficult. I never got to hear stories or anything about where we can from. Most of my grandparents that immigrated we're from Germany but I was only a 13% match with DNA that said I was Germanic. It has since been updated and now it's in my top 3 where as the Irish from my "mother's" side has gone down in not only percentage but on my list. It's been confusing to say the least. I don't just wanna learn the family history but I'd like to learn things about the area of cultures I may be from and I'm finding this very challenging as they change.
I would focus on the research, rather than relying on the ethnicity estimate to learn about the areas your family is from. Remember, the ethnicity estimate is looking back hundreds and hundreds of years - places that your more recent ancestors may not have lived. Even if you don’t trust your family, you can still research their records.
Also, it helps to do good researcher. My uncle fell for a false lead, even to believe his mother lied to him about her father The truth is, HIS biological father was his mother's first husband, but he had her second husband's last name. There is a photo of his real father, which shows a strong resemblance to him, and my grandmother...
I wish you would have touched on the topic that they only test 37 to 50 SNPS of data and your DNA has allot of SNPS so if they don’t pick it up pay for a bigger SNP test! There still is allot more research to do on DNA! I say this for people who are trying to rejoin the tribes that are allowing them to like the Catawba tribe.. you have to prove DNA and this is probably the last generation that will get in
Keep in mind, too, that the ethnicity estimate is looking at your ancestry from hundreds of years ago, so it may not match what you have researched about your more recent generations.
Good info about the N.A. features. Not everyone with wavy black hair and high cheekbones is an indigenous American! I can't understand why this assumption still lives in the 21st century, it's ridiculous.
Actually the biggest chance that you would have Native American ancestry is if you have French-Canadian Ancestry. Many French Canadians married with Native American females especially in the 1600s and 1700s because there just wasn’t enough females from what is now Quebec to marry.
I have what should be a 1st cousin once removed who had taken a test (Angela). She doesn't share enough DNA with me, my brother, my uncle and about 12 cousins whose tests I manage. She's definitely related, but not how she should be! Her grandmother Gail, is my mom's sister, or at least that's what she's supposed to be. Based on the amount of DNA shared, I think grandma and my 1st cousin's mother (Gail) and at least one other aunt have some explaining to do! Grandma had 17 kids (maybe 16 after I explain..), 10 (or 9) daughters and 7 sons. I believe that one of my aunts gave birth to Gail and grandma raised her as her own! I believe that Aunt Gail is actually a 1st cousin to me, her son is 1st cousin once removed, and that Angela is my 1st cousin 2x removed. None of the family want to hear about, but hey, DNA doesn't lie!
It's kind of amazing how often that happened. I'm sure you know this, being the manager of so many tests, (but I'll say this for the benefit of others reading these comments), be sure to consider the range of shared DNA that a relationship is expected to have. According to the Shared cM Project, a 1C match should share on average 866 cM, with a range of 396-1397 cM. A 1C1R match should share on average 433 cM, with a range of 102-980 cM. (So there is some overlap between those two relationships.)
Look at it this way. If you reach out to a match and the DNA match don’t respond? Thank them silently for giving more clues to those who match (you). Don’t assume DNA tests have one reason to exist. It’s annoying when people put that pressure on because guess what? They are NOT going to want to take a test because of this unwarranted expectation. I like connecting - I’m in the adoption triad - but not all others are in that boat.
Another example of "not exact." My ex wife and her daughter both spit into the tube. They have a 2701 cM match which Ancestry assigned as a Sibling match. My ex kind of remembers being her mom. Our 3 sons match their mom at 3053 cM, 2968 cM, and 3063 cM. The sons all have a match with me in the 3400's range. The daughter is my step-daughter so has no DNA match with me. She does have half-sibling matches with my three sons.
While 2701 cM is more typical of a sibling match, according to the Shared cM Project on DNA Painter, it is just inside the threshold for parent/child. Sounds like your ex-wife and her daughter are at the very end of the bell curve.
Hello, I am Wayward Californian. Thank you for taking the time to share knowledge! Building family histories online is really fun. For some reason, I really mistrust mail order DNA tests. Shouldn't the testing be in a clean, sterile laboratory setting?🎁
When you buy a kit, it comes completely sealed, and the sample that you mail back is sealed. In the case of AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, and the other big genetic genealogy companies, they run the sample in labs that adhere to sterile standards.
Every September my Ancestry ethnicity make-up changes. I’m a lot more German than i was 3 years ago.😁😁 From 0 to 6% in just 3 years. Funny thing is that 20 years ago i thought i was 5% German and rest Czech/Slovak. After doing genealogy going back 5 generations i should have just trace of German, as only 1 surname is German and the last time he was in Germany was 400 years ago. The subsequent generations kept marrying local girls in Czechia and then Slovakia.
I was sad to lose my 3% Greek/Italian. But your comment about your ancestor being in Germany 400 years ago is spot on with what the ethnicity estimate is looking at. It's looking at where they think your DNA came from hundreds of years ago, which may or may not be the same as what you are seeing in your 5 most recent generations.
I have Czech, Slovakia and German too. Also Polish, Ukrainian, Russian and Hungarian. I knew before I took a test that I would have Russian, Polish, Czech/Slovakia ( my moms side). So that's 100% accurate, especially since my grandfather came from Poland.
I don't know about other DNA companies, but I know that AncestryDNA seems to have a hard time with Scotland. Over the years, my percentage of Scottish DNA has swung wildly. So, it could be something like that. Presuming that your grandmother is Scottish, it could also be that if she's your only Scottish line, it's getting overshadowed by all of your non-Scottish lines. There's also the possibility that somewhere back on the Campbell line one of the men wasn't really a Campbell (and also wasn't Scottish). All of this being the long way of saying that the ethnicity estimates are just that: estimates.
Yup! I was raised to hide our heritage and culture. I did mine to try and find relatives because of adoption and I don't want to be that One who sends random people messages. How can I be sensitive about it?....
Took my test and found out my dad isn't my dad - No ruined family here although mum is now the butt of all the family jokes. Glad I took the test while she is alive. Mum is 85 and has vague bits info for me to try and track the real baby daddy.
He's right. The saliva sample from bone marrow and stem cell transplant recipients can contain cells that come from the bone marrow. AncestryDNA advises people who are bone marrow or stem cell transplant recipients to not take their test.
I look totally black American. My DNA is showing you know African countries along with European countries like Sweden, Denmark, Wales, and Ireland. So I have jeans from all those places in Europe as well.
I took the ancestry DNA test looking for viking and found none. It took me 2 weeks to follow this rumor told by our dark age nobles and found these busts that the Romans have 3000 years ago and my family look like twins of these guys still today and my last name means the eyebrow bridge of the Sarmatians. We were the very first horse people and the only tribe the Romans feared and forced us to be their cavalry and took the sons very young for 30 years generationally for centuries. Which forced the daughters to be the warriors and defenders of the tribe. They didn't marry until the men would return to the tribe, they had arranged marriages. They didn't kill the boys but sent them away to hide from the Romans. They found their tombs 3 years ago and have our DNA. We Slavs all have Sarmatian DNA but we Poles have the most we are 50/50 Sarmatian/Slavic. I wrote THE FIRST HORSE PEOPLE the complete history of my ancient tribe the Sarmatian knights and the Amazon women and I am revising to put in the parallel history of the Slavs and how they became allies to the horse people. The Romans have busts of the faces of every tribe they encounter including in Africa.
The children can't help they got here by an unwed mother . I think they like to know ,so when have children don't get marry to one of their lost family. Adopted people some found out they are adopted children after their parents die .so sad.
I took one of those DNA tests. I know they are not 100% accurate by the method they use If you can trace your genealogy back 4 or 5 generations,you pretty much know your nationality origins by the surnames. I've got mostly Irish ,English and Scot origins
Um you cannot discount personal family history stories though, especially about Native American ancestry. People have to understand. Most Native Americans do not test for DNA especially if someone wants to find ancestry. Tribes use special census tribal rolls especially if you want to enroll in a tribe. Most of them don’t require DNA testing for that. So I think that’s why people don’t have a lot of Native ancestry in their estimates. In addition to that, not saying that Native Americans don’t test, but these companies don’t have large amounts of Native American samples to compare individuals with
I didn't mean that people should discount the oral histories. As they say, "It's complicated." I've heard way too many stories of "We have to be Cherokee because great-grandma had high cheekbones," but the paper trail doesn't show anything remotely Native American for many generations. Yet, a person can have a Native American ancestor without having it appear in their ethnicity estimate. The ethnicity estimates aren't based on how many people have tested, but on the reference panels that the DNA companies put together. If the companies haven't included a large enough sample for it to be statistically valid, then the estimates are going to be off. I predict that they will all be working to include more people of non-European descent to improve those estimates.
I was told my genealogy was of American Indians. I researched my lineage and found 3 generations of indians on my mother & father side, but my dna ancestry only shows 2% of it & 37% African. How is it possible when I can't find no records of any Africans in my genealogy?
Native American history and Black history are intertwined; it's a complex history. You might be interested in Angela Walton-Raji's article for Smithsonian: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-ancestry-of-african-native-americans-7986049/ A book that I've heard recommended (I haven't read it yet, so can't vouch for it) is "Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage" by William Loren Katz.
@@gayla_r_l Right! I'm back 4 generations and only discovered American Indians & no African anywhere. I can't even find any slavery either in my lineage.
NUMBER 5: Some cousin I did/do not know because she was never raised in our state abused #5. Her father was so jealous of her mom when her mom would come here to visit every 10 or more years to visited her parents/my paternal grandparents her husband would'nt allow her to bring the kids along that way it was "insurance" she would retun to Washington. So anyway, this "cousin" did the DNA test and found out my "birth father" (I call him that because he had 5 daughters and never took care of any of us) and beat our mother' nearly to death; anyway, dear old dad has an illegitimate son. LOL! I'm sure there are more out there! So this "cousin" makes contact with this man's grandaughter because she too took a DNA test too. The granddaughter built a tree on Ancestry for the illegitimate son. So I'm looking for a piece of information on Ancestry trees when one caught my eye; yes, dear old dad's name and birthdate so I look and nearly passed out. A formal Navy photo of my father listed as "Father" and "Mother" a photo of her grandmother just like a happy little married family; daddy, mommy, & baby makes 3. All of my paternal aunties, cousins ect but none from his side. "Old dad's" daughters are my 2 full sisters and then our 2 half sisters. Our oldest sis is passed away. She was a very private person she is turning over and over in her grave knowing she is on this granddaughters Ancestery tree; she would never ever claim this illegitimate man. Even posted our precious mother and my half sis's mom; simply low class and disrespectful. This cousin and this man's granddaughter built this tree like we are all one big happy family. They even have me posted (a living person) I begged Ancestry to remove me obviously because I am alive but they refused and Ancestry refused to contact the tree owners and tell her to take me off the tree. I could care less about this illegitimate deceased son or any one in his family. Something else I think is very sad about this is the fact that the man who raised this illegitimate male child died at Normandy WWII; I wonder if he knew this wasn't his kid or if made any difference to him as he took his last breaths. The illegitimate son died and of course the obit had him listed as the son of Mr & Mrs John Doe and all of ther other children (his sibs); what if they never knew he was'nt really their full brother. I'm not sure what I would have done if this illegitimate child would have contacted me years ago and I doubt my sis knew him or about him (?) but at least we would have been respected and given a choice. I understand people just want to know where they come from. This out right BLATANT act just turned me into a flaming mad disrespected individual. Thing is BEWEAR about DNA & posting trees online because anybody can publish anything they chose to and you cannot do one thing about it. Your most personal life is all laid out before you true or fiction. I was informed "The Dead Have No Rights."
My daughter wanted me to fo a DNA test just for the ethnicity. I have a twin & my siblings are always discussing if we're actually identical. I did not know that my twin had also done one. Called my daughter & to her the question was answered, we were a 100% match. (Edited for spelling)
I've been waiting to hear words like this. Ancestry hasn't noted my French ancestry (albeit, it's one person in the 17th Century), but I think it's also impossible to categorize Norman French ancestors as many were Vikings (Norwegians and Swedes) who circled around the UK in so many directions. I find the scholarship so much more captivating.
Yea, I thought I would have France show up because I had so many ancestors from France and assumed they were French... Nope, Norman.. and have direct ties to Rollo himself, along with many other notable people. Too bad it doesn't account for anything now 😫 so many others do too.
I know someone who did their DNA and was told their entire life and their mother was told their entire life that they were native American. But since I was helping her with the DNA and figured out what happened. I went through the census records and discovered that her mother was born in the deep South and her grandparents State on the census record mulatto. So then the next generation they end up moving up to Michigan and they're listed on the census as half-breed Cherokee so somebody probably told them just move up to the northern states and say you're Indian. And so when the DNA shows up it shows African and absolutely no native American.
YES!!! "Surprises" This is 100% accurate! "Not father" is so common now. Sadly it also ruins families too :( Also when you have "what is never told" i.e. a child born out of wedlock that is swept under the rug and never talked or heard about. Sadly when this comes up too, often family will deny it when you tell them 100% DNA does not lie (unless u've got a bone marrow? transplant)
So, I took a DNA test about 5 or so years ago. I started talking to someone and we couldn't figure out how we were related. 5 years go by and she reaches back out and says that she found out how and whom.
Thank you for your message! I though of that too. There are at least two limitations of DNA ancestry testing. One, is that it can go as far as back 5 generations and is limited to specific ethnicity. Two, the data available is limited (and often unreliable) at best but I recognise that it is changing for better or for worse!
I identified the problem with DNA testing which is that I was supposed to have German, French, Spanish, Swiss, Jewish and other non-British ancestry but nothing. However, I realised that I can go as far as back 5 Generations and I am 4th Generations Australian. The bulk of my DNA testing and matching are in Australia! There is another issue of ethnicity test which is that there is no such thing as pure homogenous ethnic groups in the world. English people is a very good example of this, there are at least 5 different ethnic groups that makes up the people. Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavians, Normans (French-Vikings) and various migrations of mostly European origin. That makes it harder to identify the real origin of us! As for me I am discovering many twists as I am not who am I!
I have traced genealogy line to include known 8th, 9th and 10th ggrand parents on dad's side are Abenaki but my DNA results do not show it. However, my aunt (dad's sister) does show. Also, my DNA shows match back 62 generations to a Peruvian (based on a known sample group) who lived approximately 450 AD and I'm listed with 1.7% AmeriIndian and 4% overall native including Columbian, Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestors--based on y chromosome. No one in the family made that connection before. This is all quite interesting. Thanks for the vids--you are very informative and pleasant to listen to.
Learning so much. Very informative
This is an awesome video! Theres a lot that I didn’t understand but you really made things more clear…Thanks so much for sharing ❤️
Glad it was helpful!
Yes, the sibling distribution is wild! My paternal grandfather immigrated from Sicily, his wife, my grandmother was from Baton Rouge of French descent. My momma’s side was a hodgepodge of English, Scottish, Irish etc.
My DNA on Ancestry says 47% English, 16% Scottish, 13% Southern Italian (Sicily), 11% Wales, 7% French, 6% Irish.
At My Heritage- (my first test) it says I am 6% Ashkenazi Jewish and my Dad (also tested) was 7% Ashkenazi. We totally expected this (though I still have not found the Ancestor) - my dad has Crohn’s Disease, he was born in 1943 & he started having symptoms at 8 years old. Fast forward to 1973, he became severely sick, lost weight fast, no hospital in our area that he went to, could figure out what was wrong. (We live in Kansas City, Missouri). My dads mom worked at Menorah Medical Center (a Jewish Hospital here in KC) - his X-rays from North Kansas City Hospital were sent over & his physician there immediately diagnosed him with Crohns Disease. This Doctor, told my Dad (quote) “that he has Jewish blood, because this is a Jewish Disease.”
It’s weird how so many people have now been diagnosed with Crohn’s in the years since, yet it was absolutely unheard of in the non-Jewish Medical Community in 49 years ago. 🤷🏽♀️
My uncle has Crohn’s Disease and we don’t have any Jewish blood. What a silly thing and quite cheeky thing to say to a sick man. I’d of walloped that doctor if he’d of spoke to my father like that. What a cheeky git. I’m sitting here angry at that doctor, your poor dad.
First of all, there’s no such thing as “Jewish blood” - or any other kind of ethnic blood. Ethnicity is socio-cultural, not biological. You can thank the commercial DNA testing companies for popularizing that misinformation. (Did you get your results from saliva? If so, it’s clear that your genetic inheritance is detectable from various types of cells in your body, not just from a blood sample.)
Secondly, Crohn’s is *not* a “Jewish disease.” The prevalent group that gets diagnosed with it is northern Europeans, some of whom may be Ashkenazi Jews - since many of them are of mixed Mediterranean/Southwest Asian and European origin. Just Google Crohn’s and see what info from medical centers and research papers say about the demographics.
Thirdly, that doctor should be reported to the hospital management. He’s clearly misinformed about how to talk with patients. Labeling someone rather than asking them about matters like their ancestry is unethical. I know some doctors think their medical license gives them the right to say any stupid thing they want, but it doesn’t. What a jerk.
I’m of part Jewish ancestry, btw. I don’t care if he said your uncle was part Jewish, or part Asian, or whatever. If he wanted to assess risk factors for Crohn’s, he should have asked, not spouted off out of ignorance and rudeness.
You are good. In fact you need a tv show. I have a question: You mentioned: If someone lk at your DNA test they can get in contact with you. How will they know how to contact you? Thanks. Again great video.
The major testing companies, like AncestryDNA, have a messaging system. When someone shows up as one of your matches, you can send them a message through that system.
Wonderful informative and spot on!
Thank you for this video. I have taken DNA tests with multiple companies and the ethnicity estimate is a little different. Whenever these companies do an update on the ethnicity estimate the percentages do change however the technology still appears to be a work in progress.
Thank you for the video. I've often wondered why people take the DNA test and then don't want to be bothered. We all have our motivations. Perhaps they're struggling with some of the findings, don't have time to respond to multiple requests, are not comfortable sharing personal information with strangers, or didn't realize how much work there can be in building out a Tree.
I try and tell people who take it just for estimates, to make their DNA test private so they never end up with the people asking and aren't interested in genealogy or know anything.
@@wuverrabbit : Wise advice. Saves a lot of frustration on both ends.
Also, they may have only taken it because of their health. That might not be something that they want to share with everyone.
People, please understand that there is a way to opt out of sharing services, and to indicate that you don't want to be contacted.
Before I cancelled my first DNA test (which I had shared with a guaranteed match I had “met” on Ancestry) I was overwhelmed with requests for my Email address. I unwittingly would give people full information of who I was linked to in their tree but never got any information back as to who they were. It was a really disappointing experience.
I’ve tried explaining recombination to my siblings. I think I’m going to need a few jars of different colored sand. One jar is English, one jar German, one jar French… mix them in a big jar, scoop some out into 3 empties and see what they get.
How I explain it when I don’t have visual aids is to say that each child gets 50% from each parent, but they don’t get the same 50% - otherwise, they’d all be identical. It’s the “otherwise, they’d be identical” part that usually helps.
I probably had the worst emotional experience of my life through discovering, and contacting my birthmother through genealogy DNA testing. I'll just say that she wasn't thrilled with me contacting her. I'm in my 50's and It took some counseling, and time to reasonably accept it. I had considered suicide. I cannot emphasize enough to discourage parents of adopted children in assisting with even well intentions? Another point to mention is if you move forward with the test is to have your user name, and not your real name displayed on the site. You then decide who knows who you are? I have no regrets though, and glad I did it!
Chris, I am so sorry that you went through all of that. The whole experience is something that doesn't get enough consideration. I'm glad that you've been able to come to peace with it.
As an older adult I found out I had an illigitimate brother fom my father I was shocked to see his photo plastered all over Ancestry. Both the child and my father are deceased (I posted earlier about this). My father was a womanizer so I wasn't shocked in that way; it was just actually seeing this adult child's face in a Ancestry tree that shocked me. What a way to find out. Adopted children suffere somewhat the same issues of children with known parents who abandon them. Just be thankful you have a parent who cares, and loves you. Blood doen't promise one love. You wonder why did she give me up? I wonder why didn't he want us? If you are a mother you surely must appreciate love, and the strength she had to give you to a family who would love you?
@@judegirl7607 The truth is I had alot of casual sex growing up, but just never got anyone pregnant. Or so I think.........To me, the whole picture is my ultimate challenge of empathy, and understanding. At times I replay the horror of my birthmother snapping at me on the phone, and I'm not sure I'll ever really get over it? However I don't even have a clue about her story of what she went through in life? We just need to count our blessings, and have faith that God is watching over us.
Hi Chris
You are not alone 😭 I have gone through exactly the same but not because my birth mother didn't want to know, it was my 1/2 sister who gave her an ultimatum so she abandoned me for a second time. Life certainly isn't easy for some of us!!!
I haven't had counselling, and like you I just feel so awful at times.
I feel so jealous of adopted people who are accepted with open arms by their birth parents and especially siblings!
Now I have been tracing my birth father's family via DNA. I hope to find closer matches however at present my closest matches are 2/3 cousins.
I’m so sorry to hear you contemplated suicide. It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Iv had 2 close family members who committed suicide and it nearly killed me, thinking about how he visited me all the time and never told me he was feeling like this. Maybe I could of helped him, maybe I couldn’t of but I’d like to of been there for him. I’m pleased you didn’t do it and I wish you all the joy and happiness this world can throw at you. 🙏🙏🙏
Been on both sides of the DNA surprise. It's ALWAYS hard, but worth it.
thanks, Amy
I’m somewhat surprised that there was no mention of who owns the DNA after a person sends it off to the company for testing. Also, no mention as to what use, the company may make of your personal record after the test has been completed.
Exactly! I think these companies should be paying people to take these tests given they use the results to make money.
Exactly. I worked in Attica Prison 2004-2017. I found it odd a person could be charged with a crime from a family DNA test, But it wasn't legal to use as an exonheration. DNA testing to prove you didn't commit a crime is cost prohibitive for most. Hundreds to thousands of dollars to guys Maki g .12 cents an hour. But for $60 they could do an Ancestry test. Results aren't viewed legally the same. Inadmissible at the time is what was explained to me. I worked in the legal department, it was sad. And Sus
@@DamieasGarden There are many different kinds of DNA tests. It seems you are doing an "apples and oranges" kind of comparison.
Off Topic... I really like what you're wearing (I love red, white, and blue!). I was wondering if you'd tell me who manufactures it so I can find one on eBay for me!
You spoke quite a bit about Native American Ethnicity, and then at one point said "this is for another video". Have you done or are you planning on doing a video dedicated to this topic? I'm one of those people with family stories, and my paternal grandfather looked quite Native American, but no DNA results for that. I've just started my Genealogy research but haven't found anything in census records yet. Please let me know. Thank you
Thank you very much for explaining why probably they do not answer to me. I was really frustated 💝
It's amusing how keen people seem these days to claim native-American ancestry. In the past, it would've been something people would have tried to hide LOL.
Well my father's mother was Cherokee and I just found out my father's birth certificate says he's native American. But I'm considered African American. The native Americans that I met over the years don't really accept anyone else claiming native American origins.
@@williamstiggersws I 100% agree. Like how can they not accept us but we share the same ethnicity?
My Great great grandparents on both sides were Seminole/BlackFoot. I find it interesting that this AGENT AMY is reporting false information intentionally. A large % of us who are classified as African Americans are indigenous. Please research your Roots Research the trail of tears and you will understand what happened. Shame on you AGENT AMY.
Wake up my people!🪶🏹🦅🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶 They can’t lie anymore.
Yep, I’m Native American… many white people his native Americans and gave them their last name! Blacks too!
frankhooper. It depends WHICH people you're talking about trying to hide Native heritage.
Love your videos.
My father is from Scotland and my mother is from Germany. Some branches I could trace back 6 or 7 generations and both sides stayed and married mostly in the same region. When I took a DNA test I expected the ethnicity to be about 50% Scottish and 50% German. I was surprised to see over 40% Scottish (Irish, Welsh), almost 40% English and only about 20% German. I thought this can't be accurate but as I watch your video I got this idea. My mother's paternal family and ancesters are from Hannover, Lower Saxony. Could my "high" English ethnicity actually be Anglo-Saxon original from Germany?
Would a half brother show up as a cousin? If not enough DNA matched.
The amount of DNA that matches falls within a range, and some relationships do overlap in their ranges. According to the Shared cM Project, most half-siblings share between 1160-2436 cM. (Full) 1st cousins share between 396-1397 cM; so yes, there is some overlap in the ranges of half-siblings and first cousins. If you've done a test and it shows how many cM you share, you can enter that number into the Shared cM Project tool and see the possible relationships: dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcmv4
I've been taking all the tests I can find. I got curious as to how similar (or different) the results would be. So far... Ancestry/MyHeritage have same regions but different %'s. 23&Me found Indigenous American where as Ancestry/MyHeritage did not. On the flip side, 23&Me didn't find Scandanavian, where Ancestry/MyHeritage did.
I was handed down family records on my mother's side. She's. Primarily German (her dad) and Irish (her mom). Ancestry has me at 3% German and 23&Me has me at 35%. Of course Ancestry also sub-regions Germany into two other "regions". So, that should be taken into account too.
Nice video.
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(Edit added) FamilyTreeDNA has my results still pending. And the CRI Genetics tests hasn't arrived yet. I'll be ordering LivingDNA as soon as CRI gets in.
My 2nd great grandfather was irish and his mother was irish, but I dont have any irish in my ethnicity, my ethnicity does have Scottish and Welsh but I dont have this showing up on my tree. And iv gone back 7 generations.
I cannot remember the TV program (maybe Dr Oz or The Doctors), but anyway Triplets were DNA tested. Identical twins ect are suppose to have the same DNA right? Well two of the girls had identical DNA, and the 3rd Triplet's was slightly different; not by much but different. So scientists are working on all sorts of DNA testing. My brother's friend has Triplet nieces who are simply gorgeous, and you cannot tell them apart. They were at the mall one day when approched by a talent scout it was on to different opportunities for them; (I digress).
I have a large Ancestry tree. After a lot of problems with supposed DNA matches I made my tree private and deleted my DNA test results. Recently I bought another DNA test from Ancestry. The top match has changed to a small tree that is totally no clue to the DNA link and some of my previous tree matches show now as no match at all. How is that possible ??????
If your previous test was a long time ago, you could have “lost” matches that were very small to begin with. Ancestry has refined their matching and the threshold for matching has increased. Your top match can (and will) change depending on new test takers coming in and matching you. Regarding it being a small tree with no clue to the DNA link, take a look at your shared matches to see if you can narrow it down. It could just be a case that the other person hasn’t built out their tree far enough to see the match.
@@AmyJohnsonCrow Hi, Amy it was about July 2020 when I cancelled my first DNA test and switched my tree to private against all my natural instincts. I was plagued with lots of DNA matches who ignored messages or never answered how they were related in our trees. I always said exactly who I was and who my Grandparents were and I never got any indication of their descent back. It was horrendous.
I have checked as you kindly suggested what our shared DNA matches are and it leads me back to the struggle I had before I cancelled the first DNA test.
The shared matches to my top match this time are,
1) the grandson of my grandmother’s brother, David Vaughan. David Vaughan was the brother of my Dad’s mother, Ann Vaughan. I am 72.
2) Even stranger, a match to PS (who I have met with her daughter who manages the related trees) Again this is my father’s side and PS is the granddaughter of Margaret Williams, my grandfather’s sister.
To my mind this is an impossibility, these lines have never crossed in Geography and to sum up my top match (who has few unrelated names) is a DNA match to my great aunt Margaret Williams to her granddaughter PS and my grandmother, Ann Vaughan through her brother and my great Uncle, David Vaughan.
As I suspected something seems to be very wrong here.
I took 3 DNA tests and all where 90% correct yes I was not surprised shocked was more like it but I finally know who I am and where my family came from !
I have a cousin and our nearest common ancestor is our 2nd great grand father. Both of us did our DNA test down to the 700 marker level. There is only 2 markers that are only one number difference between us. We are hardly identical and we only met for the first time in 2017. We are in our 60's.
Yes I went onto 23& me and found out I had 2nd 3rd and even 4th cousins I contacted 3 of them but got no reply so I have now lost interest.
The 'dad' thing happened to one of my daughter's and I but I wasn't as surprised as she was because I had always suspected that I was her father
Dr. Tess for their patients would be extremely expensive, possibly available worldwide
Tbh I don't trust my family as is so finding substantial proof that the lineage on that side is correct is even more difficult. I never got to hear stories or anything about where we can from. Most of my grandparents that immigrated we're from Germany but I was only a 13% match with DNA that said I was Germanic. It has since been updated and now it's in my top 3 where as the Irish from my "mother's" side has gone down in not only percentage but on my list. It's been confusing to say the least. I don't just wanna learn the family history but I'd like to learn things about the area of cultures I may be from and I'm finding this very challenging as they change.
I would focus on the research, rather than relying on the ethnicity estimate to learn about the areas your family is from. Remember, the ethnicity estimate is looking back hundreds and hundreds of years - places that your more recent ancestors may not have lived. Even if you don’t trust your family, you can still research their records.
Estimate is simply "the best guess we have at the time."
I agree with her. I found 4 out of 5 of her points to be true
Also, it helps to do good researcher. My uncle fell for a false lead, even to believe his mother lied to him about her father
The truth is, HIS biological father was his mother's first husband, but he had her second husband's last name.
There is a photo of his real father, which shows a strong resemblance to him, and my grandmother...
I wish you would have touched on the topic that they only test 37 to 50 SNPS of data and your DNA has allot of SNPS so if they don’t pick it up pay for a bigger SNP test!
There still is allot more research to do on DNA!
I say this for people who are trying to rejoin the tribes that are allowing them to like the Catawba tribe.. you have to prove DNA and this is probably the last generation that will get in
Yes I look like native put my test didn't show anything
I do, too. A test showed 3.8% Native American. But had 14% Italian, so I doubt it's results. Unless my mother fooled with the milkman! 😂
Keep in mind, too, that the ethnicity estimate is looking at your ancestry from hundreds of years ago, so it may not match what you have researched about your more recent generations.
@@AmyJohnsonCrow they said that the Italian was in my recent DNA, no more than 5 generations ago.
Good info about the N.A. features. Not everyone with wavy black hair and high cheekbones is an indigenous American! I can't understand why this assumption still lives in the 21st century, it's ridiculous.
Actually the biggest chance that you would have Native American ancestry is if you have French-Canadian Ancestry. Many French Canadians married with Native American females especially in the 1600s and 1700s because there just wasn’t enough females from what is now Quebec to marry.
I have what should be a 1st cousin once removed who had taken a test (Angela). She doesn't share enough DNA with me, my brother, my uncle and about 12 cousins whose tests I manage. She's definitely related, but not how she should be! Her grandmother Gail, is my mom's sister, or at least that's what she's supposed to be. Based on the amount of DNA shared, I think grandma and my 1st cousin's mother (Gail) and at least one other aunt have some explaining to do! Grandma had 17 kids (maybe 16 after I explain..), 10 (or 9) daughters and 7 sons. I believe that one of my aunts gave birth to Gail and grandma raised her as her own! I believe that Aunt Gail is actually a 1st cousin to me, her son is 1st cousin once removed, and that Angela is my 1st cousin 2x removed. None of the family want to hear about, but hey, DNA doesn't lie!
It's kind of amazing how often that happened. I'm sure you know this, being the manager of so many tests, (but I'll say this for the benefit of others reading these comments), be sure to consider the range of shared DNA that a relationship is expected to have. According to the Shared cM Project, a 1C match should share on average 866 cM, with a range of 396-1397 cM. A 1C1R match should share on average 433 cM, with a range of 102-980 cM. (So there is some overlap between those two relationships.)
Look at it this way. If you reach out to a match and the DNA match don’t respond? Thank them silently for giving more clues to those who match (you). Don’t assume DNA tests have one reason to exist. It’s annoying when people put that pressure on because guess what? They are NOT going to want to take a test because of this unwarranted expectation. I like connecting - I’m in the adoption triad - but not all others are in that boat.
Another example of "not exact." My ex wife and her daughter both spit into the tube. They have a 2701 cM match which Ancestry assigned as a Sibling match. My ex kind of remembers being her mom. Our 3 sons match their mom at 3053 cM, 2968 cM, and 3063 cM. The sons all have a match with me in the 3400's range. The daughter is my step-daughter so has no DNA match with me. She does have half-sibling matches with my three sons.
While 2701 cM is more typical of a sibling match, according to the Shared cM Project on DNA Painter, it is just inside the threshold for parent/child. Sounds like your ex-wife and her daughter are at the very end of the bell curve.
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Hello, I am Wayward Californian. Thank you for taking the time to share knowledge! Building family histories online is really fun. For some reason, I really mistrust mail order DNA tests. Shouldn't the testing be in a clean, sterile laboratory setting?🎁
When you buy a kit, it comes completely sealed, and the sample that you mail back is sealed. In the case of AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, and the other big genetic genealogy companies, they run the sample in labs that adhere to sterile standards.
Every September my Ancestry ethnicity make-up changes. I’m a lot more German than i was 3 years ago.😁😁 From 0 to 6% in just 3 years. Funny thing is that 20 years ago i thought i was 5% German and rest Czech/Slovak. After doing genealogy going back 5 generations i should have just trace of German, as only 1 surname is German and the last time he was in Germany was 400 years ago. The subsequent generations kept marrying local girls in Czechia and then Slovakia.
I was sad to lose my 3% Greek/Italian. But your comment about your ancestor being in Germany 400 years ago is spot on with what the ethnicity estimate is looking at. It's looking at where they think your DNA came from hundreds of years ago, which may or may not be the same as what you are seeing in your 5 most recent generations.
I have Czech, Slovakia and German too. Also Polish, Ukrainian, Russian and Hungarian. I knew before I took a test that I would have Russian, Polish, Czech/Slovakia ( my moms side). So that's 100% accurate, especially since my grandfather came from Poland.
I can confirm that estimates don’t always reflect research. I have 30% Celtic dna but none of my 5generation ancestors is Irish born rofl.
My grandmother was a Campbell. Yet my DNA shows no Scottish ancestry.
I don't know about other DNA companies, but I know that AncestryDNA seems to have a hard time with Scotland. Over the years, my percentage of Scottish DNA has swung wildly. So, it could be something like that. Presuming that your grandmother is Scottish, it could also be that if she's your only Scottish line, it's getting overshadowed by all of your non-Scottish lines. There's also the possibility that somewhere back on the Campbell line one of the men wasn't really a Campbell (and also wasn't Scottish). All of this being the long way of saying that the ethnicity estimates are just that: estimates.
Yup! I was raised to hide our heritage and culture. I did mine to try and find relatives because of adoption and I don't want to be that One who sends random people messages. How can I be sensitive about it?....
Took my test and found out my dad isn't my dad - No ruined family here although mum is now the butt of all the family jokes. Glad I took the test while she is alive. Mum is 85 and has vague bits info for me to try and track the real baby daddy.
My son donated his bone marrow to a leukemia patient…they said if she does DNA testing that she’d have the history of our son!
He's right. The saliva sample from bone marrow and stem cell transplant recipients can contain cells that come from the bone marrow. AncestryDNA advises people who are bone marrow or stem cell transplant recipients to not take their test.
I look totally black American. My DNA is showing you know African countries along with European countries like Sweden, Denmark, Wales, and Ireland. So I have jeans from all those places in Europe as well.
I took the ancestry DNA test looking for viking and found none. It took me 2 weeks to follow this rumor told by our dark age nobles and found these busts that the Romans have 3000 years ago and my family look like twins of these guys still today and my last name means the eyebrow bridge of the Sarmatians. We were the very first horse people and the only tribe the Romans feared and forced us to be their cavalry and took the sons very young for 30 years generationally for centuries. Which forced the daughters to be the warriors and defenders of the tribe. They didn't marry until the men would return to the tribe, they had arranged marriages. They didn't kill the boys but sent them away to hide from the Romans. They found their tombs 3 years ago and have our DNA. We Slavs all have Sarmatian DNA but we Poles have the most we are 50/50 Sarmatian/Slavic.
I wrote THE FIRST HORSE PEOPLE the complete history of my ancient tribe the Sarmatian knights and the Amazon women and I am revising to put in the parallel history of the Slavs and how they became allies to the horse people.
The Romans have busts of the faces of every tribe they encounter including in Africa.
The children can't help they got here by an unwed mother . I think they like to know ,so when have children don't get marry to one of their lost family. Adopted people some found out they are adopted children after their parents die .so sad.
You will need another video to talk about the $5 Indians
I took one of those DNA tests. I know they are not 100% accurate by the method they use
If you can trace your genealogy back 4 or 5 generations,you pretty much know your nationality origins by the surnames.
I've got mostly Irish ,English and Scot origins
I show no Native American ancestry yet my cousins show 25% or more. Mind you we are all enrolled in the Choctaw tribe.
99% of family stories about American Indian ancestry are WRONG.
Um you cannot discount personal family history stories though, especially about Native American ancestry. People have to understand. Most Native Americans do not test for DNA especially if someone wants to find ancestry. Tribes use special census tribal rolls especially if you want to enroll in a tribe. Most of them don’t require DNA testing for that. So I think that’s why people don’t have a lot of Native ancestry in their estimates. In addition to that, not saying that Native Americans don’t test, but these companies don’t have large amounts of Native American samples to compare individuals with
I didn't mean that people should discount the oral histories. As they say, "It's complicated." I've heard way too many stories of "We have to be Cherokee because great-grandma had high cheekbones," but the paper trail doesn't show anything remotely Native American for many generations. Yet, a person can have a Native American ancestor without having it appear in their ethnicity estimate. The ethnicity estimates aren't based on how many people have tested, but on the reference panels that the DNA companies put together. If the companies haven't included a large enough sample for it to be statistically valid, then the estimates are going to be off. I predict that they will all be working to include more people of non-European descent to improve those estimates.
I just hope that when I get my test back that it does not show that i am Gay
All the skeletons come out of the closet from the family tree.
Be ready for many Surprise s.
I was told my genealogy was of American Indians. I researched my lineage and found 3 generations of indians on my mother & father side, but my dna ancestry only shows 2% of it & 37% African. How is it possible when I can't find no records of any Africans in my genealogy?
Bingo! Always my issue! I know my ethnicity and have went back 6 generations! Something aint adding up
Native American history and Black history are intertwined; it's a complex history. You might be interested in Angela Walton-Raji's article for Smithsonian: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-ancestry-of-african-native-americans-7986049/ A book that I've heard recommended (I haven't read it yet, so can't vouch for it) is "Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage" by William Loren Katz.
Going back 6 generations takes care of the paper documentation. However, the ethnicity estimate goes back hundreds of years beyond that.
@@AmyJohnsonCrow I will definitely check it out. Thanks for the reply.
@@gayla_r_l Right! I'm back 4 generations and only discovered American Indians & no African anywhere. I can't even find any slavery either in my lineage.
NUMBER 5: Some cousin I did/do not know because she was never raised in our state abused #5. Her father was so jealous of her mom when her mom would come here to visit every 10 or more years to visited her parents/my paternal grandparents her husband would'nt allow her to bring the kids along that way it was "insurance" she would retun to Washington. So anyway, this "cousin" did the DNA test and found out my "birth father" (I call him that because he had 5 daughters and never took care of any of us) and beat our mother' nearly to death; anyway, dear old dad has an illegitimate son. LOL! I'm sure there are more out there! So this "cousin" makes contact with this man's grandaughter because she too took a DNA test too. The granddaughter built a tree on Ancestry for the illegitimate son. So I'm looking for a piece of information on Ancestry trees when one caught my eye; yes, dear old dad's name and birthdate so I look and nearly passed out. A formal Navy photo of my father listed as "Father" and "Mother" a photo of her grandmother just like a happy little married family; daddy, mommy, & baby makes 3. All of my paternal aunties, cousins ect but none from his side. "Old dad's" daughters are my 2 full sisters and then our 2 half sisters. Our oldest sis is passed away. She was a very private person she is turning over and over in her grave knowing she is on this granddaughters Ancestery tree; she would never ever claim this illegitimate man. Even posted our precious mother and my half sis's mom; simply low class and disrespectful. This cousin and this man's granddaughter built this tree like we are all one big happy family. They even have me posted (a living person) I begged Ancestry to remove me obviously because I am alive but they refused and Ancestry refused to contact the tree owners and tell her to take me off the tree. I could care less about this illegitimate deceased son or any one in his family. Something else I think is very sad about this is the fact that the man who raised this illegitimate male child died at Normandy WWII; I wonder if he knew this wasn't his kid or if made any difference to him as he took his last breaths. The illegitimate son died and of course the obit had him listed as the son of Mr & Mrs John Doe and all of ther other children (his sibs); what if they never knew he was'nt really their full brother. I'm not sure what I would have done if this illegitimate child would have contacted me years ago and I doubt my sis knew him or about him (?) but at least we would have been respected and given a choice. I understand people just want to know where they come from. This out right BLATANT act just turned me into a flaming mad disrespected individual. Thing is BEWEAR about DNA & posting trees online because anybody can publish anything they chose to and you cannot do one thing about it. Your most personal life is all laid out before you true or fiction. I was informed "The Dead Have No Rights."