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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the test is not bringing back the results you want. It's kind of like a Covid test: you can prefer to be positive or negative, but you get what you get, and there are some false results sometimes. The tests aren't perfect and are still evolving.

It sounds like you wanted a "perfect" test to line up with your paper genealogy trail. That really does not exist. Most people are using the test the exact opposite way: they have no idea what part or most of their genetic heritage is, and they want to use the test to help them develop a paper trail.

In addition to the tests still evolving, there are also people who might look "dark" or "light" from migration that occurred hundreds and hundreds of years ago. There was a lot more migration than many suspect, as other pps have mentioned.

For example I have one ancestor from an unexpected ethnicity who ended up in Virginia. I'm not going to say which one, because everyone who studies colonial Virginia will know exactly who it is. I ended up with two of his very distinctive physical traits, even though we only share 1% DNA. If he was just one or two generations back,  the ethnicity wouldn't even show up on the DNA test. [/quote]

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