different companies. That is not going to really give you
these companies are telling you may not be that accurate but
you it may be a surprise that hey there's some African that
prominently from Europe or from Africa or from Asia for some of
people you probably know whether your ancestors are
really difficult to find and so when we're looking at our
do we make this reference population to compare others
DNA from different countries from 500 years ago or a 000
years ago. What we do have is we do have some of their
different ethnicities as they're defined in these
much information to go and do research on. I hope I didn't
shows up in a significant abortion that you didn't know
there's so much overlap in particular in Europe between
from but really look at the much broader area now for most
focused on is you shouldn't be focused on what country it's
if we're trying to find Native American DNA we need to find
the immigrant population over the last 4 hundred years. Is
around the world have come to live but there is a Native
100% European that by no means means that I don't have any
shot wins the race. So, you may have had one or two or several
of your ancestors from that generation. Now, all things
being equal, it should be a good approximation of where
your ethnicity and they're saying that it goes back just a
ancestors of those that you inherited DNA from and so now
ancestors but when you jump one more generation back to your
people in Great Britain 500 years ago doesn't exist. What
What we need is we need to compare to a reference
trying to decide what ethnicity it is based off of your DNA.
you're only looking at the DNA from about two or three of all
other ethnicities that were a part of my ancestors. It's just
that's just the way that science works sometimes. If you
ruin your day by telling you that the ethnicity that all
about that should give you a clue of some places to look
ethnicities through these DNA reports what you shouldn't be
some people who Haven't necessarily intermingled with
very small compared to all the rest of the population. And so
you're less than 50% so when these companies are looking at
DNA from now that's not bad that's still about 95% of your
ancestors in any generation back to the sixth generation
where lots of people from Europe as well as other places
American population and that Native American population is
area, how much of their ancestry is from that area. So
characteristics is not exact because there's a lot of
hair and there's a larger portion of their population
issue is what is ethnicity? Now, most DNA companies will
Well, let me give you three basic reasons of why you might
this isn't a problem because there's less than 120 ancestors
ethnicities and the second issue is I've brought this up
population. For instance, the Irish are known for their red
tested for DNA. Likewise, we don't have Sub-Saharan African
descendants and so we need to make reference population. How
to? Really we gotta look at the paper genealogy that some
test but it's still for me, my DNA shouldn't be changing. So,
heritage. So, these three companies are all actually
at 23 and Band then uploaded uploaded my results to Family
except that these three are all the exact same test. I tested
in your ancestry now. So, while it shows that myself and almost
not going to be able to be found from DNA and the third
Probability doesn't always work like that. Sometimes, the long
least in Europe and from a genetics and evolutionary
between all these different companies. So, why is that?
information and yet we have a great big disparity here
in essence, they all should have roughly the exact same
several times before you only have DNA from 120 of your
few 100 years that could be 10 generations in which case
ancestors so there's eight of those ancestors that you got no
that my heritage said. Well, what about the rest of it?
93% that Family Tree DNA savvy. And a lot less than the 97%
interpreting it different. Ancestry DNA, I took a separate
Tree DNA and then uploaded those exact same results to my
different tests and different things that are looking at
and now we're at 23% Scandinavian Well some of you
overlap and that's one thing you'll see in the companies can
an ethnicity by characteristics or the DNA that coach those
questions, please put them in the comments below and we'll be
up and tell your friends about us and if you have any
European is Scandinavia. Well, let's go over to ancestry DNA
unless Scandinavian is finished and Maybe if the Eastern
some finish though. Finish. Yeah, I didn't see finish
specific, it's not going to be that accurate. One, because
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later on but when you get down to a level of what country
telling you you might be from or that your ancestors might be
for instance in the United States it is a colonial nation
standpoint and ethnicity would be defined as a common set of
people have done and determine how long they've lived in that
be getting results that aren't what you thought. So, the first
characteristics that predominate any certain
There was no Scandinavian there. There was six
Well, they have, whoa, Scandinavia, 23 percent. Uh
we have is we do have some of their descendants that have
population. The problem is, we don't have a DNA set from say
issue and this one's a little tricky one. Whatever we're
intermingled with slaves at the time but they may not show up
black ancestors if you had ancestors in America that
Oh, wait. There's another 12% from Ireland though. So, that
heritage now. My heritage is saying that I'm 62% English and
up to like 97%, Which is a little bit more than what
said I was 42% British and Irish. So, that must be good.
that's that's like really close to what ancestry said. They
your ancestors are from.
eighth generation of jobs to 256 and you still only have 120
closer to that 93%. So you might be able to say that these
bit more than what 23 and me said. And it's a lot less than
would be 58% British and Irish which is yeah, that's a little
and see what they have to say. Well 46% from Great Britain. Uh
the British and the Irish oh wait a second they said I was
93% from the British Isles and this is only half of that and
in that generation but by the seventh generation you have 128
from is there's a lot of overlap between those
actually map out where that ethnicity they say is coming
population. However, these by no means are exclusive to that
that has red hair than anywhere else in Europe but red hair can
break it down like you saw into some sort of country level, at
put in there and then this other great big broad Northwest
then there's another 18% German and little bit of Scandinavian
European and when it breaks it down some well there's 42% from
be found throughout populations all over Europe. So, defining
another 34% Irish, Scottish, and Walsh. Well, that does add
there's another 6% from Eastern Europe. Okay, not bad. What do
other people say? Well, at twenty and me it says I'm 99%
looking at the exact same data. Now, they're obviously
the British Isles. 93%. That's pretty solid. It also says
may be saying, this is probably just because they all have
and French and German and Scandinavian altogether we get
two are pretty comparable. Well, let's go over to my
testing company gives you some ethnicity results. An idea of
Scandinavian there and there was maybe 2% Scandinavian there
few thousand years ago but let's take a look and see where
family tree DNA said but it's still in the ballpark. It has
European so maybe if we just add all that into the British
where your ancestors were from and they vary between some
saying it's a few 1hundred years ago to some saying it's a
you what you think it is and what is that? Well, every
I'm going to tell you that probably one of the biggest
related to that Indian princess and your DNA is not showing it
test. It could tell you. But then again, maybe not. I'm from. So you can see here at Family Tree DNA. I am from
Howdy. Where are you from? If you don't know, then take a DNA
things that is pushed on DNA testing might not be telling
either. That probably disappointed some people. Now,
that disappointed a lot of people. I told you you weren't
I know, I'm always the one to bring bad news about DNA. I
told you that you don't have any DNA from Charlamagne and
happy to answer those questions on Family History Fanatics.