renoskier Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Take a break from politics for a moment. Has anyone had their DNA tested? I think there was a thread about this awhile back and a few posters had had their's checked. Here's an interesting article which helps explain why the results can be rather inconsistent: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/22/578293890/my-grandmother-was-italian-why-arent-my-genes-italian "We do have the genes we inherit — 50 percent from each parent. But Elissa Levin, a genetic counselor and the director of policy and clinical affairs of Helix, says a process called recombination means that each egg and each sperm carries a different mix of a parent's genes. When we talk about the 50 percent that gets inherited from Mom, there's a chance that you have a recombination that just gave you more of the northwest European part than the Italian part of your Mom's ancestry DNA, she says. That's also why siblings can have different ancestry results." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonkee Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 8 minutes ago, renoskier said: Take a break from politics for a moment. Has anyone had their DNA tested? I think there was a thread about this awhile back and a few posters had had their's checked. Here's an interesting article which helps explain why the results can be rather inconsistent: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/22/578293890/my-grandmother-was-italian-why-arent-my-genes-italian "We do have the genes we inherit — 50 percent from each parent. But Elissa Levin, a genetic counselor and the director of policy and clinical affairs of Helix, says a process called recombination means that each egg and each sperm carries a different mix of a parent's genes. When we talk about the 50 percent that gets inherited from Mom, there's a chance that you have a recombination that just gave you more of the northwest European part than the Italian part of your Mom's ancestry DNA, she says. That's also why siblings can have different ancestry results." There's a great Kurzgesagt evolution video that goes through this concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The Draco constellation Norway and Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_SD_Dude Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Haven’t had my DNA tested, but did Ancestry.com back to the original countries. English, Scottish, Swedish, Dutch. What really surprised me was how long a lot of the people had been here. Some of the English went all the way back to Salem, MA in the mid-1600s and the Dutch back to Long Island in the 1660’s. Thay Haif Said: Quhat Say Thay? Lat Thame Say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtang Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, Old_SD_Dude said: Haven’t had my DNA tested, but did Ancestry.com back to the original countries. English, Scottish, Swedish, Dutch. What really surprised me was how long a lot of the people had been here. Some of the English went all the way back to Salem, MA in the mid-1600s and the Dutch back to Long Island in the 1660’s. I did that as well and was able to track one line back all the way to the 1300s thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsu_alum9 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 1 hour ago, mugtang said: I did that as well and was able to track one line back all the way to the 1300s Mine too, one line outside of London 700 years ago. All over Europe (mostly Norway) and America in 1600s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Did an ancestry search some years back.........someone got off a boat from (what I think) was Germany in the mid 1700's - Spelling of the name changed slightly from original German spelling <-- All speculation from what I found using fathers name.......mothers name is German also & her parents were from Lancaster PA, known for lot's of German immigrants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renoskier Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 Here's a great Natgeo Instagram post that fits in this topic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysfit Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 88% German, 5% Brit, 3% Fin and some Irish. Considering my dad's parents immigrated from Germany not too surprising. Moms side goes back to before the civil war, mostly German descent also. My brother sent out that ancestry thing for xmas. He was surprised at some of the differences. One of the Final Five.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I have the Ancestry.com kit sitting on my bookshelf behind me, I keep forgetting to do the test and send it in. I've done Ancestry.com back to Norman conquerors to England in one part of the family, to France in another, and to Sweden on both sides of my family, as recently as three generations back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacksThePack Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Haven't done anything gene wise, but all of the great grand parents immigrated here in the last century. 5/8 Swede 3/8 German origin wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edluvar Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 5/8 Swedish, 3/8 British Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestinFlPackfan Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Might just be my own suspicions of an entity having my DNA in a data base but I havent submitted. I pretty much know my heritage. American Indian and some European stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renoskier Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 40 minutes ago, DestinFlPackfan said: Might just be my own suspicions of an entity having my DNA in a data base but I havent submitted. I pretty much know my heritage. American Indian and some European stuff. That's been a question for me also. Something to be concerned about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSUTOP25 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I haven’t had my DNA tested but have worked with my uncle to trace back my heritage, both mother and father’s side’s, to the early 1500s. My father’s lineage is 100% Ostrobothnian Finnish and my mother’s is a mix between French/Dutch Huguenot and Dutch South African Boar with a small dash of Indian sprinkled in. So breaking it down, I would assume to be 50% Finnish (could be a small dash of Swedish in there given the history of that part of Finland), 45% Dutch/Huguenot/Boar, 5% Indian (dot not feather). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSUTOP25 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 10 hours ago, edluvar said: 5/8 Swedish, 3/8 British You should avoid the sun at all costs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackmormon Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 According to my family genealogists, Scottish, English, a little French from way, way back, and a dash of Swiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Fun Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 20 hours ago, BSUTOP25 said: Dutch South African Boar with a small dash of Indian sprinkled in. interesting... sounds like someone got busy with the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naggsty Butler Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 English, Scottish, Dutch, Danish, German, Irish, Norwegian. Possibly some French. "BYU is like a 4-year-long church dance with 20,000 chaperones all waiting for you to forget to shave one morning so they can throw you out." -GeoAg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSUTOP25 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Fort Fun said: interesting... sounds like someone got busy with the help. That's funny ... but here's a timeline of Indians in South Africa: http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/history-indians-south-africa-timeline1654-2008 As you can see, it's sort of a mixed bag. Somewhat progressive in the mid 1800s but grew far more discriminatory near the end of the 19th century. South Africa is a country with a sad history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...