23andMe and other dna ancestry stuff

[TBman]

At the insistence of my sister I did the dna thing with 23andme. When I got my results I immediately texted my sister to tell her that, yes, we are indeed brother and sister,

Now I have 1,112 3-5th cousins who share approximately 1.0888888 DNA with me.

Wonderful

[Silly Moustache]

So, does it tell you from where your family originated ?

[TBman]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

So, does it tell you from where your family originated ?

Yes. We already knew but there was additional information regarding that we didn't know about. We assumed because all of our grandparents were from Italy, paternal was Sicily and maternal was northern Italian there was nothing more
to it. It turned out I'm 80% Italian with Greek/Baltic ancestry as well. Interesting stuff.

[KevWind]

Mine just said ----DNA not from Earth

[keith.rogers]

The "origins" thing is just based on their database, so you need to realize it depends entirely on how accurate the folks that have reported their own origins are whether it is valid, and, of course, it can (will) change over time as their database expands.

I mean, they do not have DNA from someone who lived in Italy (or wherever) 1000 years ago. What they have is a lot of people who have submitted DNA and said their oldest known ancestor came from X. Then, you have some statistical level of matching with those folks, ergo, your ancestry originates the same place.

My origins were originally 50% Scandinavian, yet I have zero family from there. Of course, a lot of my family is from the Great Britain/Ireland area, and the Vikings did have their way there for a few centuries, so not entirely implausible. But, over the years, that percentage has shrunk. (The 5% Asia Minor thing persists, though, and I'll be danged if I know where that came from!)

The thing that has frustrated me is that, besides my confirmed sister, I have not really gotten any close matches that I can connect with any kind of "paper" trail, so it's all still speculation, and a couple of my lines peter out just in the late 1700s, early 1800s here in the States.

Still, it's interesting, but I'm not spending any more money on it .

[Pitar]

Originally Posted by TBman

At the insistence of my sister I did the dna thing with 23andme. When I got my results I immediately texted my sister to tell her that, yes, we are indeed brother and sister,

Now I have 1,112 3-5th cousins who share approximately 1.0888888 DNA with me.

Wonderful

Keep your assets undisclosed.

[TBman]

Originally Posted by keith.rogers

The "origins" thing is just based on their database, so you need to realize it depends entirely on how accurate the folks that have reported their own origins are whether it is valid, and, of course, it can (will) change over time as their database expands.

I mean, they do not have DNA from someone who lived in Italy (or wherever) 1000 years ago. What they have is a lot of people who have submitted DNA and said their oldest known ancestor came from X. Then, you have some statistical level of matching with those folks, ergo, your ancestry originates the same place.

My origins were originally 50% Scandinavian, yet I have zero family from there. Of course, a lot of my family is from the Great Britain/Ireland area, and the Vikings did have their way there for a few centuries, so not entirely implausible. But, over the years, that percentage has shrunk. (The 5% Asia Minor thing persists, though, and I'll be danged if I know where that came from!)

The thing that has frustrated me is that, besides my confirmed sister, I have not really gotten any close matches that I can connect with any kind of "paper" trail, so it's all still speculation, and a couple of my lines peter out just in the late 1700s, early 1800s here in the States.

Still, it's interesting, but I'm not spending any more money on it .

I have about the same "asia minor" thing going too. It might be how the 23andMe scientists say "we have no idea"

[FrankHudson]

Originally Posted by TBman

I have about the same "asia minor" thing going too. It might be how the 23andMe scientists say "we have no idea"

The relative major to "asia minor" is sea major, which I think refers to Atlantis,


Way down, below the ocean, is where, I want to be.....

[RP]

I did Ancestry.com and it terms out my lineage is about as straight forward as it gets - 98% Ukranian Jewish....

[Shoreline Music]

Because I was adopted at birth, Ancestry had the potential to be very useful.

And it was: I found a half-sister in January. Pretty sweet. I also found out lots of previously-unknown info about my birth father (he is dead—murdered by an angry girlfriend a few years ago).

The odds of more half siblings are exceedingly high, but nevertheless I've since canceled my subscription. If I get any new hits, they'll of course tell me and encourage me to sign up.

[JCave]

Figures I'd be different. I no longer want to know.

[TomB'sox]

I did it also, I have family trees that trace my Scottish heritage back to 1765, no wavering, Scot to Scot all the way until my Grandparents on my mother's side.

On my father's side, our family has been traced back to 1750, all German.

My DNA came up with no Scottish nor any German at all. Call me skeptical to say the least.

[TBman]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

I did it also, I have family trees that trace my Scottish heritage back to 1765, no wavering, Scot to Scot all the way until my Grandparents on my mother's side.

On my father's side, our family has been traced back to 1750, all German.

My DNA came up with no Scottish nor any German at all. Call me skeptical to say the least.

That's weird Tom. Did you tell the dna service about that?

[ziapack]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

I did it also, I have family trees that trace my Scottish heritage back to 1765, no wavering, Scot to Scot all the way until my Grandparents on my mother's side.

On my father's side, our family has been traced back to 1750, all German.

My DNA came up with no Scottish nor any German at all. Call me skeptical to say the least.

Same with mine, daughter had it done. It is so far off the mark, I'm guessing they switched the specimen or something. Got good records of the family lineage from my grandparents, the 2 are not even close.

[Fogducker]

A relative did a search and found my bunch over in Scandinavia, (Norway wasn't a country until 1905) were into magic and chicken thievery so I didn't want to open that "can of worms",------- I guess Grampa/Gramma straightened up over here!

Fog