DMA results from Ancestry ... a few questions
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| 1 | I succumbed to a 'special offer' late last year and have now received my DNA results. Mostly as expected - 90% North European including England and Wales, and a small surprise - 7% Swedish. I know I have German forebears and also that my surname (not connected with German side of family) may originally have been Danish. Might the 7% Swedish have been confused with Danish or do you think the system can definitely distinguish the two? I haven't joined Ancestry and would rather not do so, I see it could be very time consuming! But if I want to log into my results from another computer, eg at the National Library, how do I go about it? I don't recall being given a password or similar, and don't have a smartphone. I've looked at my probable matches and also at my 'thrulines' and am interested to see that I have numerous results from my paternal side - and none from my maternal side. Does this simply mean that more people on my paternal side have had their DNA tested and are interested in family history? Or is it possible to inherit more DNA from one side rather than the other? I apologise if these queries are really dumb and have been answered many times before. venna2 - 2019-02-28 13:56:00 |
| 2 | I transferred my data from Ancestry to Myheritage and got slightly different results, try that. I am 4% Swedish by Ancestry. I am 44% Viking, (Scandinavian) on Myheritage. Edited by kamo631 at 2:05 pm, Thu 28 Feb kamo631 - 2019-02-28 14:04:00 |
| 3 | This message was deleted. mixel - 2019-02-28 14:20:00 |
| 4 | mixel wrote:
Because I recognised a few of the people as paternal cousins, and because other shared forebears (on 'thrulines') are on the paternal side of my family. Edited by venna2 at 3:20 pm, Thu 28 Feb venna2 - 2019-02-28 15:06:00 |
| 5 | kamo631 wrote:
To do that, do you have to pay again to have your DNA tested via My Heritage? If not, how do you do it? Would Scandinavian be covered by North-West European? 90% of my DNA was apparently North-West European/English/Welsh, with a separate 7% Swedish. I find it all a bit puzzling as even in centuries past there would have been heaps of migration around Europe and Scandinavia, surely. venna2 - 2019-02-28 15:09:00 |
| 6 | venna2 wrote:
You can download your dna file from Ancestry (on settings page), and then upload it for FREE to many other sites, and get matches out of their databases and use their tools for analysis. The main websites that allow uploading for free are MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA, and GedMatch lucky.gadgets - 2019-02-28 15:37:00 |
| 7 | This message was deleted. mixel - 2019-02-28 16:50:00 |
| 8 | lucky.gadgets wrote:
Thanks for that, I'll try it. venna2 - 2019-02-28 16:59:00 |
| 9 | I managed to upload my DNA data to My Heritage, thanks - it was easy enough. I might try to do the same with FamilyTree DNA and GedMatch. And I've solved the 'password' query, thanks. venna2 - 2019-02-28 18:31:00 |
| 10 | Don't worry about the ethnicity estimate. It's not standardised and only represents your genetic history, not your family history. Your matches are the interesting thing! Thrulines only launched this week, so they're a bit new at the moment. My uncle has heaps, but I have none. We're both linked to the same tree! So they may change over time. rednicnz - 2019-02-28 18:31:00 |
| 11 | I did what I could to fill in my 'family tree' and when I go back to it I find heaps of 'potential fathers' and 'potential mothers'! With two lines I now have probable forebears going back to the 16th and even 15th centuries! Besides the amusement of their names, I'm not that excited by them - they're obviously very remote. I didn't realise that Thrulines is so recent - I've recognised a few people as being cousins I already knew about. But re 'genetic history' rather than family history, that's fine by me, as it was my genetic makeup I was curious about. Edited by venna2 at 6:44 pm, Thu 28 Feb venna2 - 2019-02-28 18:42:00 |
| 12 | This message was deleted. mixel - 2019-02-28 19:24:00 |
| 13 | mixel wrote:
Well, first a correction - I meant 17th and 16th centuries, not 16th and 15th - pretty far back, all the same. As for genetic makeup, I'm referring to my DNA, I guess. Someone else made the distinction between family history and genetic history - that they're not the same. Edited by venna2 at 7:40 pm, Thu 28 Feb venna2 - 2019-02-28 19:39:00 |
| 14 | This message was deleted. mixel - 2019-03-01 06:51:00 |
| 15 | What are thrulines, please? kiwibrit2 - 2019-03-01 08:13:00 |
| 16 | This message was deleted. mixel - 2019-03-01 08:34:00 |
| 17 | The member deleted this message. nbrob - 2019-03-01 10:59:00 |
| 18 | Thanks for the very informative reply. Awaiting my Ancestry results, we did actually do My Heritage first and was intrigued by 13% Balkan but no English - when as far as I knew we have been English for generations. Now appears as North and West Europe. kiwibrit2 - 2019-03-01 21:41:00 |
| 19 | Do you think it depends on whether England is seen as part of North-West Europe? Could be significant in these Brexit days! venna2 - 2019-03-02 09:48:00 |
| 20 | Thrulines are excellent for giving you a clue to do some research on a new name.. I never assume anything and research every name thoroughly before committing them to my tree. mahairy - 2019-03-07 19:29:00 |
| 21 | [quote= Wouldn't it include north-west Germany? venna2 - 2019-03-08 11:16:00 |
| 22 | venna2 wrote:
Yes...just gave some egs. mahairy - 2019-03-08 19:26:00 |
