[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by msendo

I thought that I was 50% Italian and 50% Polish. There were disparities with my background and my brothers. I used 23 and Me which said I was 18.1% Italian and 12.5% Eastern European/Polish. My brother used

MyHeritage DNA and showed he was 6.4% Italian and 31.5% Eastern European. Go figure.

Ummmm......

[Schaumburger]

I see both of the leading testing companies are running specials. Thinking of getting my dad one of these tests for his upcoming birthday, although he has a very good knowledge of his geneology.

I'm more curious about my mother's side of the family. I know I'm part Swedish on her side, but don't know much else about that side of the family.

[Matzy]

Hmmm, yes I took the Ancestry.com -Christmas gift- test and was somehow surprised by the result that I am 39% British, 4% French, 7% Scandinavian and 50% Eastern Europe (I thought I was German 100%). The test result came 9 weeks after sending in the kit.

[Wiotte]

Originally Posted by Matzy

Hmmm, yes I took the Ancestry.com -Christmas gift- test and was somehow surprised by the result that I am 39% British, 4% French, 7% Scandinavian and 50% Eastern Europe (I thought I was German 100%). The test result came 9 weeks after sending in the kit.

I assume you’ll be changing from your lederhosen to whatever you want now ?


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Originally Posted by Kenswing

I'd rather not have my DNA on file.. lol

I agree, how long before someone figures out a way to use this information for criminal purposes.

[msendo]

Originally Posted by Allegiance

Was the mailman or milkman polish?

I was wondering how long that would take.

[tcxr750]

The upside of all this DNA testing is that you may actually find ancestral family members that you knew nothing about. I found contact information for a third cousin. She had information about my great grandfather and his 8 siblings from Ireland, that could have taken years of research to find out without the connection through the DNA database.
You can do a lot of FREE ancestry research on the website FamilySearch.org. That website and Ancestry.com are both sponsored by the Church of Latter Day Saints.

[NotGolfer]

Our kids got me the Ancestry one for my birthday in 2016...it took a few weeks to come. I had surprises in that my dad was 100% Scandanavian and it didn't show
"that" in my results. I was mostly curious to have mine done due to not having too much information on both maternal sides. What it came up with was mostly northern European (NO surprise there) but also Eastern/Slavic European. The map/graphs also extended down into Greece/Turkey areas. The genetic tests don't offer which sides of the families are what---who gives which genes.

I was still curious to know how correct this all was so I purchased from MyHeritage as well (they had a "special" going) and it correlated closely with the Ancestry. I did join them for a year to work on the "trees". I was able to go back as far as the early 1500's before that subscription expired. It was an interesting endeavor for sure. I was able to connect with some cousins in the U.S. as well as extended cousins in Europe. THAT was fun!!

I'm not so dubious about offering my DNA to these entities. IF anyone wanted information on me---it's already "out there". IF we think we have privacy---think again because the technology is such that it's no longer a given we have it. Information is tracked via banks, credit cards, medical records, social security etc.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

I'd rather not have my DNA on file.. lol

Agree is you like your privacy, once you have it done, I suspect they sell it to anybody for profit. IMO same as joining FB. You formation for sale world wide.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

Our kids got me the Ancestry one for my birthday in 2016...it took a few weeks to come. I had surprises in that my dad was 100% Scandanavian and it didn't show
"that" in my results. I was mostly curious to have mine done due to not having too much information on both maternal sides. What it came up with was mostly northern European (NO surprise there) but also Eastern/Slavic European. The map/graphs also extended down into Greece/Turkey areas. The genetic tests don't offer which sides of the families are what---who gives which genes.

I was still curious to know how correct this all was so I purchased from MyHeritage as well (they had a "special" going) and it correlated closely with the Ancestry. I did join them for a year to work on the "trees". I was able to go back as far as the early 1500's before that subscription expired. It was an interesting endeavor for sure. I was able to connect with some cousins in the U.S. as well as extended cousins in Europe. THAT was fun!!

I'm not so dubious about offering my DNA to these entities. IF anyone wanted information on me---it's already "out there". IF we think we have privacy---think again because the technology is such that it's no longer a given we have it. Information is tracked via banks, credit cards, medical records, social security etc.

They probably used the same results.

[Carla B]

A friend gave my husband an Ancestry.com kit, since he doesn't know anything about his paternal heritage beyond his father. He thought he was mostly Irish, but it came back 91% Gr. Britain, 4% Irish. He decided to verify by ordering 123andme and it came back 58% British and Irish, a decided difference.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by tcxr750

The upside of all this DNA testing is that you may actually find ancestral family members that you knew nothing about. I found contact information for a third cousin. She had information about my great grandfather and his 8 siblings from Ireland, that could have taken years of research to find out without the connection through the DNA database.
You can do a lot of FREE ancestry research on the website FamilySearch.org. That website and Ancestry.com are both sponsored by the Church of Latter Day Saints.

There's a 'downside' to that also.


I found out that I'm a direct descendant to Napoleon, William Shakespeare, Aristotle, Isaac Newton and Genghis Khan.


How in the heck am I supposed to live up to...what those people accomplished?


It's all so depressing.

[My Post]

Found out I was part Dalmatian. Shocking but I guess I now realize why I chew on shoes occasionally.

Originally Posted by My Post

Found out I was part Dalmatian. Shocking but I guess I now realize why I chew on shoes occasionally.

Wow you might be related to my dog!

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

There's a 'downside' to that also.


I found out that I'm a direct descendant to Napoleon, William Shakespeare, Aristotle, Isaac Newton and Genghis Khan.


How in the heck am I supposed to live up to...what those people accomplished?


It's all so depressing.

HAH! You think you’re depressed. Mr. Boomer has to turn in his lederhosen and I gotta give up my dirndl — such attractive ensembles they were, too. (sigh)