DNA Testing

In 2012 I submitted a saliva sample for DNA testing to determine where my ancestors had lived.  I used the service offered to Ancestry.com members and here are the results.  I was at first surprised at the Scandinavian dominance until I read more about the Vikings exploration of Europe.  It now makes sense knowing that the Scandinavians were in Ireland and the UK and established civilizations there.    The disappointment was the absence of Native American. I hold out hope that my uncertain 5% may have some Native American or African American connection.

In late 2018 Ancesry.com notified me that new data had refined my 2012 Genetic Ethnic Summary.  Below is the 2018 update and my new DNA summary shows a trace of African DNA which in 2012 was not identified.

2018 Ethnicity Summary

England, Wales & Northwestern Europe48%

Ireland & Scotland47%

Norway4%

Cameroon, Congo, & Southern Bantu Peoples1%

Genetic Ethnicity Summary 2012

Your genetic ethnicity reveals where your ancestors lived hundreds—perhaps even thousands—of years ago.

• Scandinavian
   42%
• British Isles
   21%
• Southern European
   18%
• Finnish/Volga-Ural
   14%
• Uncertain
   5%