anyone get unexpected / surprise results in DNA test?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I came back 100% Irish, which is insane/sort of impressive because about half of my direct ancestors on my dad's side (both of his mother's parents' families) have been here since before the American revolution. Both of my mom's parents were born in Ireland, so less random on that side.

That is weird. Our data came back 70% irish/ Scottish /welsh and 12% Scandinavian.
We know that the Vikings invaded Ireland and stuck around, which is what we attributed this to, but now I'm wondering.

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Anonymous wrote:I came back 100% Irish, which is insane/sort of impressive because about half of my direct ancestors on my dad's side (both of his mother's parents' families) have been here since before the American revolution. Both of my mom's parents were born in Ireland, so less random on that side.

That is weird. Our data came back 70% irish/ Scottish /welsh and 12% Scandinavian.
We know that the Vikings invaded Ireland and stuck around, which is what we attributed this to, but now I'm wondering.

It is estimated between 0 and 13% of DNA in different parts of British Isles is from Vikings. Not surprising given they colonised many parts over a long period. It is particularly high in some parts (eg average 11% in the East Midlands).

[Anonymous]

I am boring AF: 50% Scottish with a bit of Irish and 50% Scandinavian (Swedish and Norwegian pretty even with a bit of Finnish). No surprises since my close family members are more recent immigrants.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.germany.info/us-en/service/03-Citizenship/-/2479488

This says you actually have to speak German “fairly well” to apply.

That's so unfair. Germany wants people to speak German.

LOL.

[Anonymous]

Our DD did it and came back like 5% Ashkenazi Jewish. Husband is 11%. We have no idea.
Husband is a nordic looking Minnesotan with a German last name.

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Anonymous wrote:Our DD did it and came back like 5% Ashkenazi Jewish. Husband is 11%. We have no idea.
Husband is a nordic looking Minnesotan with a German last name.

OP here. My officially 10% Maori son has blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin. And he's not tall or big boned. He is slight and proabably only around 5'6. So not classically Maori looking at all. But at 10% this is to be expected.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish women could get info on their father's side. Well, you can, but you need a male relative to do the test, and I don't have one.

If you get someone on your mom's side to test, who isn't a sibling, you can match relatives and if they don't match with a certain person, it's on your dad's side. That's how we've winnowed down results. 23 and Me does the relative match, and I don't know if Ancestry does.

I don’t understNd why people keep saying this. It’s been repeated explained on this thread. Women get 50 percent of their autosomal dna from their fathers. The only thing you don’t get is a tiny little bit on the sex linked Y chromosome linked to the y haploid group which doesn’t provide much information except which region you very distant make ancestors originated in thousands of years ago

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Very distant male ancestors

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish women could get info on their father's side. Well, you can, but you need a male relative to do the test, and I don't have one.

If you get someone on your mom's side to test, who isn't a sibling, you can match relatives and if they don't match with a certain person, it's on your dad's side. That's how we've winnowed down results. 23 and Me does the relative match, and I don't know if Ancestry does.

I don’t understNd why people keep saying this. It’s been repeated explained on this thread. Women get 50 percent of their autosomal dna from their fathers. The only thing you don’t get is a tiny little bit on the sex linked Y chromosome linked to the y haploid group which doesn’t provide much information except which region you very distant make ancestors originated in thousands of years ago

But, if you're looking for your father this is a way to isolate people.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish women could get info on their father's side. Well, you can, but you need a male relative to do the test, and I don't have one.

If you get someone on your mom's side to test, who isn't a sibling, you can match relatives and if they don't match with a certain person, it's on your dad's side. That's how we've winnowed down results. 23 and Me does the relative match, and I don't know if Ancestry does.

I don’t understNd why people keep saying this. It’s been repeated explained on this thread. Women get 50 percent of their autosomal dna from their fathers. The only thing you don’t get is a tiny little bit on the sex linked Y chromosome linked to the y haploid group which doesn’t provide much information except which region you very distant make ancestors originated in thousands of years ago

But, if you're looking for your father this is a way to isolate people.

For example, we were looking for my mom's father (and her DNA is warped after a bone marrow transplant). I tested, and so did her half-brother (which she already knew was half), as did my father. Any matches I had that didn't also match with either my uncle or father, were on her father's side, so we found the family.

[Anonymous]

My cousin found out she has over 20 half siblings. She didn't know her parents used a sperm donor. It was one of those well publicized cases of the fertility doctor using his own sperm to impregnate patients. Needless to say it was a shock, but she's actually formed a relationship with a few of her siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My cousin found out she has over 20 half siblings. She didn't know her parents used a sperm donor. It was one of those well publicized cases of the fertility doctor using his own sperm to impregnate patients. Needless to say it was a shock, but she's actually formed a relationship with a few of her siblings.

Woah, that’s a lot to process.

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Anonymous wrote:My African-American DD found out she has a strong European royalty background on her paternal side. She also has a relative that came over on the Mayflower and another who fought in the Revolutionary War. She is now a member of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution).

How would a DNA test tell you these two things"?

She took a DNA test with Ancestry and then some of her distant relatives began to contact her with their family tree.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish women could get info on their father's side. Well, you can, but you need a male relative to do the test, and I don't have one.

Wow. I had no idea this was the case. Thanks PP. Sorry about the male relative. I have a few but I don’t think he would be willing to take one.

I offered to pay for brother’s test and he accepted.

[Anonymous]

My mother was 50% Eastern European (expected on maternal side) an 50% Irish.

Her paternal grandmother was Irish BUT her paternal grandfather was German (born in Bavaria).

My mother’s father was the oldest of 10. He was born “early” and was “so different” than all of his siblings - dark hair and so good at school. Hahaha!

My mom still can’t wrap her mind around it. We keep telling her that her grandfather - who she said had a strong German accent - isn’t genetically her grandfather. But she keeps saying “how can this be? I know I’m a quarter German!” Makes my brother and I want to bang our heads on the wall