Ancestry DNA

My apologies for not updating this blog.


So, I finally sprung for the Ancestry DNA test kit. I have been going back and forth deciding whether or not it was worth splurging the $99 for, and I finally said, "Hey, ya know...this might be a wise investment. You always wondered the who's, what's, when's and where's."


The test came in and it was pretty simple. You just spit in the vial and put it in the enclosed box and ship it to the Ancestry lab, postage paid. About six to eight weeks later, you get a notice from the website that the DNA has been processed and you can see your results.


These are my results [Your results will most likely differ:]


Europe: 99%


Great Britain: 26% [pretty much had a clue about that since most of my family are from the British Isles]

Scandinavia: 23% [I had NO IDEA. Awesome!]

Ireland: 21% [much higher than I expected]

Europe West: 14% [This covers Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein; also found in England, Denmark, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic]

Iberian Peninsula: 11% [This covers Spain, Portugal; also found in France, Morocco, Algeria, Italy]

Finland/Northwest Russia: 3% [That three percent makes me AWESOME. I love Finland!]

Europe East: <1% [ This covers Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Russia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia; also found in Germany, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Estonia, Bulgaria]



West Asia: Caucasus <1% [This covers Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey; also found in Bulgaria, Jordan, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Palestine, Romania, Turkmenistan]



It also linked me to distant cousins I never knew of and to those of whom are related to my biological father.


I also uploaded it to gedmatch.com and even though I don't know much about the technicalities of DNA testing, it did correctly predict my eye color. So there's that.



If you are curious to know where you came from, I would suggest buying a DNA kit. Ancestry DNA, 23andme, and a few more offer some great stuff.