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I used National Geographic's DNA test and found out that I am Danish and Greek; now I want to trace my ancestors and find out who they were. Amazing what a swab to the inside of your jaw can discover.
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German on my father's side, Scotch/Irish on my mother's side. My father's parents were first generation Americans who grew up in "Little Rhineland" in east-central Missouri.
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DNA is the only search I would do although I have a great chart of both sides of my family that goes way way back. We don't like to bring these things up, but how can you count on knowing who your ancestors really are? Takes only one "love affair" to throw it all off.
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I used Family Tree as well. I'm a mix of german, swiss, and scot.
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My maternal grandparents were from Tusa, Sicily and my paternal grandparents were from Lomza, Poland.
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Although born in the UK, family lore had our family roots in Germany and Ireland. I submitted my DNA to Ancestry, and through the DNA analysis and their search engines , I discovered I am 68% Swedish, with the remainder evenly split between Iberia and Northern Spain. Surprise. My g.grandmother who always claimed to have moved from Ireland as an infant with her mother, was in fact born in London. Go figure. Got lots more digging on Ancestry. The small percent of Jewish genes, solved the mystery of my sudden catastrophic vision loss. I probably carry the "Lebors" gene.
I Googled "Lebors" and nothing came up. What in the world is "Lebors" and how does that affect vision and relate to Judaism?
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My moms side was here when you all arrived. Native American
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From a planet Far, Far away according to my wife. Just Kidding. A little bit of Ireland, Germany, and Scotland and of course the Great United States.
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Your beautiful dog looks like it would have an impressive ancestory.
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I Googled "Lebors" and nothing came up. What in the world is "Lebors" and how does that affect vision and relate to Judaism?
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Try the spelling as "LEBER" .
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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy - Genetics Home Reference

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