DNA

Here goes! I have my results. I could not really look at them properly yesterday as I was off to see my littlest descendants.
This is how the results are presented .
(There are no surprises for me at all and my unknown PGF is just plain GB stock from wherever.)

REGION APPROXIMATE AMOUNT
Africa 0%

Other Regions Tested
Africa Southeastern Bantu 0%
Senegal 0%
Africa South-Central Hunter-Gatherers 0%
Benin/Togo 0%
Nigeria 0%
Ivory Coast/Ghana 0%
Cameroon/Congo 0%
Mali 0%
Africa North 0%

America 0%

Other Regions Tested
Native American 0%

Asia 0%

Other Regions Tested
Asia Central 0%
Asia East 0%
Asia South 0%

Europe 100%

Great Britain 64%
Ireland 16%
Europe West 9%
Trace Regions

11%
Scandinavia 4%
Finland/Northwest Russia 3%
Italy/Greece 1%
Europe East < 1%
Iberian Peninsula < 1%
European Jewish < 1%

Pacific Islander 0%

Other Regions Tested
Melanesia 0%
Polynesia 0%

West Asia 0%

Other Regions Tested
Caucasus 0%
Middle East 0%

This is just the basic info there are genetic links with others of similar gene pools. One person I was aware of because of my previous family diggings is My PGMs younger sister who was whisked off to Canada just after WW1 by a handsome Canadian soldier.
All of this will keep me busy.
I can certainly trace a lot of my Leicestershire East Midlands ancestors back several generations as well the the Cheshire/Liverpool based lot, who tend to have been around the Wales/Shropshire borders.
I would love to know what others have found when they get their results.

I have just had an email saying my sample is now being tested in the lab.

My daughter bought me the test kit for my Christmas present this year. I sent it off and am waiting for the results.

MargaretX The father is who the mother said he is in the absence of any other information.

My father was born in 1915 his mother was 18 and unmarried. his father is unknown. I think my father may be of foreign descent and now with luck I might be able to find this out. I really do want to know.

But for God's sake don't tell Mair off the political threads.

The problem with fathers is that you can't rely on who the father is even from the old census records. And a lot of children were brought up by a father who was not related. Sometimes the grandfather was the real father so at least that is the same line.
I wouldn't pay for DNA.

I have had an Email about my DNA test it appears it's in the backlog of the DNA test Christmas rush. I really want to know.

That doesn't surprise me. Most cities are the same and Birmingham was one of the biggest of them all.

When I researched my own family history, I was really lucky, because most of my ancestors had stayed in small villages and towns for centuries, so it was really easy to search parish records. The only real brick wall I have is an ancestor who was born in London. Even though he had an unusual surname, it's been impossible to get any further back. It doesn't help that the family were non-conformists, who had to baptise their children in secret.

I am a Brummie as were my parents but my geneaology research going back three or four generations shows that they were all migrants from all over the uk - the "city of a thousand trades" attracted thousands in search of work in the 19th century.

I have the same problem with my male ancestors. My father is dead and I am one of three sisters. The only way I could find any DNA information about my paternal line would be through a male cousin.

anya and elegran, I have only just got round to reading this thread again. The sad fact is that my father died many years ago and there were no males in my generation. So that leaves us in a slight quandary. My sisters and I would love to know something of our origins, but I feel that my Dad's side of the family (Celtic?) would have been very interesting. I know something of my maternal grandmother's ancestry because she passed on quite a detailed family tree going back around 300 years.

You might be surprised where his ancestors came from. It was over a thousand years since the Vikings invaded Britain and I expect people moved to all sorts of different places during that time. He only had to have one Viking ancestor (out of hundreds of ancestors), who passed on the gene.

My dad was a Brummie and he had Depuytren's contracture.

Vikings still running rampant in Scottish DNA:

www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/vikings-still-running-rampant-in-scottish-dna-1-3781684

The Up Helly Aa festival on Shetland was this week.

My father in law had Scottish ancestry and Dupuytren's contracture.

Ok yes! I will own up to doing one but have not yet had the results.

Anya I used the Ancestry all sides one.

I was interested to see if I could find any information about the ancestry of my unknown PGF which I think may not be recently European.

I have some relatively recent Irish ancestors. Everyone else seems deeply rooted in England. That distinction may not appear on DNA.
I will keep you posted.

mrsmopp Your DH might be interested in this book (or any of the other articles on the site about the project)

www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve/survey.htm

It won't help with his Dupuytren's contracture (unfortunately), but it might tell him something about his ancestors, especially if he's from the Wirral.

A couple of years ago, the team found somebody with a Viking name, whose DNA tests showed he was indeed descended from one of the original Vikings who settled.

Hilda,, DH also has Dupitrons contracture from the Vikings. (They had a settlement near Liverpool). He had surgery but it didn't help at all, so if they offer you an op, ask what the success rate is.
Blinking Vikings - that gene still around after all these years.

Anno did you not read my post?

anno Do you still have your dad to get his DNA tested? Or a brother or uncle? This thread had made me think about getting my brother a kit for Christmas. Unfortunately I have bought his present, and these are another £120! for the one at the top of the review list. The tests do his mitochondrial and somatic as well, which will be same as mine - two birds with one stone.

There is a website that reviews a lot of DNA testing services at dnatestingchoice.com/ Some of them give you more than others!

A friend had this done and was miffed! Her results showed 90% European and 10% East Asian. She was intrigued by the latter and sought to follow it up, the company wanted MORE money to do this.

I would like to have the DNA test, but I know it's mitochondrial DNA - the mother's side of the family and I feel that my dad's lineage might be more interesting. Is there any way I can get that?

I don't need a DNA test to know that I have Viking blood. The GP told me when I went about strange lumps in my hands.

Yes, Jane - that would be really interesting, though of course, the Asian/Greek connection could well be thousands of years old. I assume that my Iberian genes have something to do with early migration - maybe the Beaker People? MrJ is convinced that he had ancestors who came with the Roman legions to Britain!

Interesting Boadicea. All that and your DH sees himself as Welsh! His family history would be interesting to track perhaps. Genealogy next?