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[quote=Anonymous]Yes and no. I did the test and during the waiting period found out my mom and a paternal cousin had too. (My dad died many years ago.) I always figured I'd come up roughly half Scandinavian and half British. Both my mom and cousin had significantly less of these nationalities than I expected (though my more recent Scandinavian ancestors are on my dads side). When my test came back it was in line with what I expected with 47% Scandinavian and 36% British, 5% Irish, 5% Iberian peninsula and the rest Western European.

I was surprised because it was so different from my mom and cousin...I expected more overlap. I spend some time thinking about it and thinking about what they're testing for and realized they're testing for specific markers in your DNA that are common to certain regions. I happened to inherit some specific markers for Britain that other family members didn't. Doesn't mean they're not British in heritage, just that they inherited the European markers instead. So because your husband inherited Jewish markers doesn't mean there's no European mixed in along the way, just that he didn't inherit those specific markers. [/quote]

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