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Originally Posted by 74-911
True Dat. I was given the Ancestry DNA kit for Christmas. I always thought I was mainly German and English. Per Ancestry I am 50% Irish, 20 Scandinavian and the rest English and Western European ? Who Knew but kind of interesting I thought ?
As to the police and my DNA ? At this point in my life that is about the least of my worries.
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So, your village was raped and pillaged by Vikings also.
One of my daughters gave my wife 23 and Me about five years ago. Spit in the tube and send it in, then you receive an email with a link a few weeks later. 23 and Me runs hundreds of tests on disease and traits in addition to the family history (the FDA prohibited them from sharing disease and medical risk, but that has recently been overturned). I then did it about four years ago. The military already knows more about me than I like, so who cares if my DNA is spread around more than I did when I was younger.
Turns out, she’s 47% Ashkenazi Jew with the potential to carry genes responsible for breat and uterine cancer, however, we now know she doesn’t carry those genes. You also have the option of various degrees of public sharing of your family lineage. There are many adopted folks looking to connect with their genetic families and at least sharing your code anonymously allows them to research. I discovered (actually my sister did who is really into the whole thing) a first cousin who had been given up for adoption when she was a baby (talk about exposing a dark family secret, that had real firework).
As for the Vikings, I though I had the same Scottish, English, German mix as Bill. My family can trace my mom’s side back to 1625 when they arrived to the colonies from England. Her father was 100% German. Seems my father who always claimed pure Scottish blood and that William Wallace (Wallace being his mom’s maiden name) was a direct ancestor was a little off. Seems we are more mongrel than that as I carry 23% Scandinavian blood with the high likelihood that Vikings ransacked our little Scottish village at some point in our history. BTW, this is the advantage of being male and carrying the same Y chromosomes, passed down over he centuries. Who knew?