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QuoteMy DNA says I'm29% Great Britian24% Ireland/Scotland/Wales21% Europe West17% Scandinavia6% Iberian Peninsula3% South EuropeIreland/Scotland/Wales is Great Britain! So you are 53% British! How cool. You have all inspired me to try and trace my family tree. Not sure how reliable the DNA stuff is...is it legit? I know with dog DNA tests they pretty much just make things up.
My DNA says I'm29% Great Britian24% Ireland/Scotland/Wales21% Europe West17% Scandinavia6% Iberian Peninsula3% South Europe
Not to split hairs, but I don't think many Irish people would be happy being called Great Britain xD.I am guessing the 2nd percentage on Uni's breakdown means Celtic ancestry of some kind, because those are the nations with the most Celtic association - language, etc. And that's why it's separated out.I don't really understand what 'Great Britain' is meant to mean, though, in this context, since GB is technically England, Scotland, Wales (not Northern Ireland). I would've thought that if those account for Celtic, then Anglo Saxon and Viking would be covered by Europe West and Scandinavia? My mother is very keen on this whole DNA thing and is still looking into whether to do it. My supervisor at university is also very hot on his - he's from Kentucky but a lot of his DNA matches are dotted across Germany He's married to a Japanese woman so goodness knows what his son's genetic map looks like...
Ireland/Scotland/WalesPrimarily located in: Ireland, Wales, ScotlandAlso found in: France, EnglandLocated in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales remain linked to Celtic culture. Here, along with a handful of other isolated communities within the British Isles, are some of the last holdouts of the ancient Celtic languages that were once spoken throughout much of Western Europe. And though closely tied to Great Britain, both geographically and historically, all three have maintained their unique character through the centuries.Prehistoric Ireland & ScotlandAfter the Ice Age glaciers retreated from Northern Europe more than 9,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers spread north into what is now Great Britain and Ireland, during the Middle Stone Age. Some 3,000 years later, during the New Stone Age, the first farming communities appeared in Ireland. The Bronze Age began 4,500 years ago and brought with it new skills linked to metalworking and pottery. During the late Bronze Age, Iron was discovered in mainland Europe and a new cultural phenomenon began to evolve.According to long-standing theory, around 500 B.C., the Bronze Age gave way to an early Iron Age culture that spread across all of Western Europe, including the British Isles. These new people originated in central Europe, near what is Austria today. They were divided into many different tribes, but were collectively known as the Celts. New genetic evidence may challenge this theory of Irish origin.The CeltsFrom around 400 B.C. to 275 B.C., various tribes expanded to the Iberian Peninsula, France, England, Scotland and Ireland—even as far east as Turkey. Today we refer to these tribes as "Celtic," though that is a modern term which only came into use in the 18th century. As the Roman Empire expanded beyond the Italian peninsula, it began to come into increasing contact with the Celts of France, whom the Romans called “Gauls.”
Genetic Diversity in the Great Britain RegionThe people living in the Great Britain region today are more admixed than most other regions, which means that when creating genetic ethnicity estimates for people native to this area, we often see similarities to DNA profiles from other nearby regions. We’ve found that approximately 60% of the typical native’s DNA comes from this region.
I don't think any of it is 100% perfect, but I do know for the most part Ancestry will match you with people who you are related to correctly.
DNA testing. https://www.eupedia.com/genetics/which_ancestry_dna_test_to_choose.shtml
Why did they type the lower case "s" with an "f"? It makes reading it out loud sound funny.
Quote from: Pokeyonekenobie on August 21, 2018, 07:53:46 AMWhy did they type the lower case "s" with an "f"? It makes reading it out loud sound funny.it's just how old-fashioned cursive script developed over the years. Another fun example is how the letter "w" did NOT exist for many hundreds of years, it was always "v" which happened to look A LOT like "u".
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