Ancestry dna

Has anyone else had this done?

It's a sister site to an Ancestry Search.

I had it done about four months ago and it was what I expected with a few surprises.

Europe West 50%
Which comprises of:
Germany
Nederlands
France
Switzerland
Austria

Scandinavia 25%
Ireland 10%
Great Britain 7%
Trace Regions 8%

The trace regions were:

Iberian Peninsula 5%
Europe East 2%
European Jewish 1%

So my people have all stayed within the same corner of the globe, where we all originally started out from is anyone's guess.

It can also link you up to family members you didn't know you had. It flagged me up with a close dna match to someone who now lives in America who was born in the next town over from me. There are also 360 matches of cousins from fourth to eighth.

I messaged her but she hadn't logged into the site since June. I would have loved to have a chat and discover our connection.

I'm assuming the Irish and British percentages are the poor women who were kidnapped by the Vikings and Saxons, I was born in Lower Saxony.

I find this all fascinating, really just to discover something you couldn't possibly have known without the advances in dna.

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I'm not sure about this Silbee...
Unless I was coming out as 100% Silurian Celt I'd be devastated!!

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Part of me would like to have it done - if only because I am the family archivist and it would add to the files but, like Rhian, I am wary of disappointment.

Is it very expensive ??

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Aye, much like I was nine years ago after a dna test with my brother which was 98.7% conclusive there wasn't a single cell of Welsh in me.

I have however come to terms with it. Our Mam was a dark horse to say the least.

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I was really surprised at the price. £79 plus another £10 for posting and packing. Results come down the wire with an outline on a map of the trail that you can print off.

Over the Christmas period it was twenty pounds cheaper so they do offers at quiet times.

I had paid £300 for a test with my brother some years previously so it seemed fair to me.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna/

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It sounds intriguing to find out whether you could match up with other DNA holders of certain family lines.

I never investigated it after reading the blurb to do with DNA rights and ownership of samples and the results and whatnots.
But then .. I'm naturally suspicious and just had visions of them hawking the results off to all interested parties... like Insurance companies.

Yes I know move along Morty, you wet blanket and killjoy.

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Ooh yeah! I hadn't thought it through that far
What if you had 20% Middle Eastern dna?
You'd be phone hacked, just for starters..

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Rhian .. you're taking the pee ... whereas in reality I think they take a saliva sample.

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I had mine returned...no trace of human DNA found. My missus said I was bloody weird.

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I had my code read, it said I was a Reduced packet of doughnuts from Sainsbury's.