If you did a DNA test expecting to find more Irish, or at least some Irish, represented in your ethnicity results, you are not alone. Many people are surprised to find Irish, and others are surprised not to find Irish in their DNA. With St. Patrick’s Day always around the corner, you might be asking …
Some with primarily European ancestry are often surprised to find North African DNA in their ethnicity results. In this post, learn a little bit about how you might have inherited DNA from Northern Africa even though you have no known recent ancestors from the area. Plus, find out why it’s not remnants of “ancient DNA”, …
If you have Europe South in your Ancestry DNA ethnicity results, you might be interested in learning more about the region. As it turns out, to really get a good understand of the full meaning of our ethnicity results, we have to do a little exploration of geography and history. It’s worth the effort, however, …
Did you know that siblings will usually show different percentages matching the regions on their ethnicity estimates? In fact, they can even have regions on their results that their siblings don’t have. Does this mean that the results aren’t accurate? Or could it mean that they are not full siblings? It’s normal for siblings to …
If you just got your results back from your Family Tree DNA Family Finder test, you might be wondering how to understand your FTDNA ethnicity results. Ethnicity estimates are often the cause of skepticism and confusion, and if this is how you are feeling, know that you are not alone. In this post, I will …
If you are wondering how the Turkey and the Caucasus DNA ethnicity showed up on your Ancestry DNA results, you are not alone. In order to explain this DNA region on Ancestry – to really understand – we have to learn a bit about geography, history, and genetics. Turkey and the Caucasus is a fascinating …
A common question about ethnicity estimates is whether a child can have more of an ethnicity than a parent does. Find out how this can happen in this post!
If you are exploring your ethnicity results on Ancestry DNA, you might wonder what those little numbers are next to all of the ethnicities on their list. In this post, I’ll explain to you what those numbers mean, and how to know which ones apply to you and your ethnicities. Which numbers am I talking …
If you just got your ethnicity results back from Ancestry DNA, you might be curious to learn more about the European Jewish DNA ethnicity. Even though it’s fairly common for this to show up when someone has European ancestry, you might want to learn more. In this post, I will explain what the European Jewish …
In this post, I’ll explain the different ways to find out if you are Irish – just in time for St. Patty’s Day this year. You just might be wearing your “Kiss me, I’m Irish” t-shirt with confidence… who knew? Are you interested in finding out if you have Irish roots? You aren’t the first …