Ancestry Results
@gnatsmom (2575)
March 19, 2022 11:00pm CST
A couple of years ago, I took an ancestry DNA to test to see my heritage. Like many, I grew up hearing stories of Native American ancestors. When I took the test, it was during the years that Native American tribes did not release their markers to ancestry and companies like them. So naturally, there was no native american blood line showing. In the past year, many tribes have released their markers to ancestry. Guess What? There is still no native american blood line. I think our parents and grandparents just like passing down the grand stories of the tribes to which we were linked. Everyone I know tells a story of a native American princess in their past. Turns out that story, for my family, is false. We were also told that our line could be traced back to France and Napolean. There was also strong German ancestry from what we were told. My test revealed my parents knew nothing about their ancestors. The only thing they got right was the British blood line.
To say my results were surprising is an understatement. But it is going to be a fun journey learning about my history.
photo: my ancestry results
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Mar 22
It's interesting that your country had its roots in convicts, and our country had its roots in outcasts from other nations. Who would have thought that two of the top nations in the world today got their start from such humble and lowly beginnings.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar 22
@JudyEv I think that has to be a big part of it. Both of the early settlers of our respective countries were very lucky in the sense that they could create their new world any way they wanted it to be. Leave behind the old and start all over creating the new.
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 22
@moffittjc I guess the new settlers all (or mostly) came with a dream and the ability to work hard.
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@gnatsmom (2575)
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20 Mar 22
It is much harder to build a family tree without taking a DNA test. You have to go to different counties and look up records and fill in the information manually. But when you get the ancestry DNA kit and take that, they use the results to match you up to relative that are from the same bloodline. This makes it much easier.
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@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
20 Mar 22
I found out everything i heard from my grand parents was true when I did my DNA from Ancestry.com.
