Do you want to learn the meaning of European Jewish? In this post, learn what this term means, a bit about the history of the European Jewish people, and the answer to other common questions. I first began wondering about the meaning of European Jewish when I first saw my Ancestry DNA results and saw …
If you have Mexican ancestry, you might be wondering whether or not you have Native American DNA. Or maybe you already did a DNA test, and you want to know more about how and why your Mexican roots might show up as Native American on a DNA test. In this post, I’ll discuss this, plus …
If you have Welsh ancestry and are thinking about taking a DNA test, or have already taken one, you might be curious about how your Welsh roots will look on your ethnicity results. In this post, I will explain the basics of Welsh DNA, from how it shows up on autosomal DNA tests to the …
One of the unique challenges that you might encounter while researching your Mexican DNA matches is endogamy. What in the world is endogamy, and what does it have to do with Mexico and DNA matches? Endogamy is simply a fancy word that means intermarriage within a particular community or area. Basically, it’s just the practice …
Have you heard from others that Native American doesn’t show up in DNA? I get this question frequently, and I’ve seen people suggest that Native American DNA doesn’t show up on DNA tests in online forums. In this post, we’ll dispel this myth, and address some reasons that could explain why Native American doesn’t show …
If you received your My Heritage DNA Ethnicity Estimate and saw Central American on your results, you might be wondering what this actually means. I know that I was very confused when I saw this on my husband’s report, and it led me to investigate this further. As it turns out, anyone with Native American …
Did you know that you can compare your ethnicity with that of your DNA matches on Ancestry? In this post, learn how to do this in order to learn more from your DNA results. In this post, I will explain how to access the ethnicity comparison between you and any given DNA match and what …
Did you find the Ireland/Scotland/Wales DNA ethnicity region in your Ancestry DNA results? You might have known that you had distant Irish roots, or recent Scottish ancestry. Or maybe you are completely shocked to find the Ireland/Scotland/Wales ethnicity in your ethnicity estimate. In order to truly understand this ethnicity, and how it ended up in …
If you have Mexican ancestry and took a DNA test, were you surprised to see Irish on your results? In this post, learn how common this is, and how you may have inherited DNA from this region of the world. There is a lot of misinformation out there about the “typical” genetic makeup of the …
