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beveeheart

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30. Your percentages will be different.

Tue Jul 31, 2018, 10:31 PM

Jul 2018

I had 68% Western Europe (Germany and France) while my sister's almost same percentage was from Ireland, Wales and England.

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Anyone do a DNA test? Any surprises? [View all] bif Jul 2018 OP

I'm about to. no_hypocrisy Jul 2018 #1

Until Privacy of the Data is more secure Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #2

My feelings also. notdarkyet Jul 2018 #31

+1 Quemado Jul 2018 #36

Same here. I am wary of giving my DNA to a private company. Flaleftist Aug 2018 #63

Had our daughter do it. cilla4progress Jul 2018 #3

We had always heard we were just a couple generations from Native American. yallerdawg Jul 2018 #4

My mother told me that her yesphan Jul 2018 #6

My grandmother and her sister in Oklahoma City... yallerdawg Jul 2018 #10

My oldest sister's came back 0% Native American. Mine came back at a bit over 5%. tonyt53 Jul 2018 #28

My brother and I had ours analyzed with 23andMe. fleur-de-lisa Jul 2018 #20

Huge surprise for my uncle JenniferJuniper Jul 2018 #5

Found my dad was not my biological father Louis1895 Jul 2018 #39

No big surprises; the results were pretty consistent The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #7

DNA doesn't work that simply. You don't get exactly 50% of your DNA from each parent, and spooky3 Jul 2018 #27

Yes, exactly. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #33

My Sisterim Law was in her 70s safeinOhio Jul 2018 #8

Yes qazplm135 Jul 2018 #9

Oh my In_The_Wind Aug 2018 #47

Two friends, two surprises. blaze Jul 2018 #11

No unexpected dna, but less or none of some, which can GreenPartyVoter Jul 2018 #12

Same here, What I was told was the truth mitch96 Jul 2018 #13

My brother did it. It said that we were Irish IrishEyes Jul 2018 #14

My granddaughter snowybirdie Jul 2018 #15

Those DNA sites are all CIA fronts.... Hotler Jul 2018 #16

I'm not sure why the CIA would care where my ancestors came from. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #17

I was just being werid. nt Hotler Jul 2018 #19

My wife's uncle did one. I told my son's that I love... NNadir Jul 2018 #18

I think some have the idea that these tests are some sort of miracle defacto7 Jul 2018 #40

2 or 4% Neanderthal. applegrove Jul 2018 #21

I grew up thinking that I was half Italian, 1/4 English and 1/4 Dutch, although I knew smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #22

Yeah. Looked up the family tree and found out I was the sap. miyazaki Jul 2018 #23

My sister recently did hers tonekat Jul 2018 #24

Your percentages will be different. beveeheart Jul 2018 #30

No surprises. I had always thought (hoped?) that I had at least one Glorfindel Jul 2018 #25

My kin don't look up the family tree jpak Jul 2018 #26

My mom said her grandfather full blooded Choctaw, no indication of that Cicada Jul 2018 #29

Never have. Never will. democratisphere Jul 2018 #32

Most of us are no longer Nordic, German, English, Irish or what have you. Kaleva Jul 2018 #34

I was the surprise. Lol I was adopted & DNA was how I found my bio families and... WePurrsevere Jul 2018 #35

My son is adopted. Tucker08087 Aug 2018 #52

DNA testing for ethnicity is in its infancy and... WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #53

Thank you Tucker08087 Aug 2018 #56

Great! I'm so glad you have that attitude with him. So many adoptive parents don't get that. nt WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #58

Yes, sad to say. flying_wahini Jul 2018 #37

I Don't Understand RobinA Aug 2018 #66

My Grandmother was Turbineguy Jul 2018 #38

Three years ago my daughter gave me a 23andMe test. panader0 Aug 2018 #41

Yes. Was told I was 100% Irish. Turns out 72% MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #42

I was more Irish than Italian.... Historic NY Aug 2018 #43

Yes, I have a surprise half sister. seaglass Aug 2018 #44

North African Recursion Aug 2018 #45

Arabic, or Sephardic? kwassa Aug 2018 #62

I wondered, but didn't want to spend another $40 for the "extended analysis" Recursion Aug 2018 #65

A trace of Jewish? oberliner Aug 2018 #46

"Jewish" can also be an ethnicity. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #49

I just sent mine in. I did opt for them to destroy the sample when they are done. Luciferous Aug 2018 #48

Anyone else notice how the commercials focus on racial stereotyping? BlueSpot Aug 2018 #50

Anyone here had tests by two different companies? Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #51

Yes, Ancestry & 23andMe plus I uploaded my raw data... WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #54

FWIW... Ethnicity (Admixture) is fun but it's still in its infancy... WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #55

I was very surprised DFW Aug 2018 #57

Cousin! The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #60

I was told those tests never lie, so..... DFW Aug 2018 #64

Trace of Native American.....probably "ancient noise" as opposed to having a Native American LeftInTX Aug 2018 #59

My husband is Mexican American and we had some neat surprises LeftInTX Aug 2018 #61