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The Cicada wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:14 pm
Malcolm wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:33 pm I am related to all Native American men on both continents.
My late paternal grandmother, like many Anglo-Americans, claimed to be part Native American. Cherokee, IIRC. Claims of Native American ancestry are fairly common in the States by people of whatever stock. ...When it comes to bragging about it, however, this takes the proverbial cake.

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Well, it is mostly surprising because there are no Indians in the woodpile in our family story.

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The frequency of the lineage in Europe is highest in Scandinavian countries. It is 4 to 5 percent of male lineages in Iceland and Norway. It is about 6 percent of the male population in Sweden. The frequency across most of the rest of Europe is low and seldom reaches above 1 percent.

In the Americas, where it was a founding lineage, most pre-Columbian males are from this line. In Mexico, it is 82 to 91 percent of male lineages. It is 83 to 98 percent of the male population of Panama. In Greenland, it is over 80 percent of male lineages.
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Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:30 pm
Malcolm wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:55 pm
MiphamFan wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:44 pm How much Neanderthal DNA do you all have?
1.3 percent. People call me "blond," but I am really a redhead.
Which test shows that Neanderthal element up?
Actually, it is higher, 1.5. I guess the max is 5%.
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Malcolm wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:37 pm
Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:30 pm
Malcolm wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:55 pm

1.3 percent. People call me "blond," but I am really a redhead.
Which test shows that Neanderthal element up?
Actually, it is higher, 1.5. I guess the max is 5%.
Was it a separate test, or in there with the data on geographical origins? Some companies seem to go into far more detail than others.
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Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 pm
Malcolm wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:37 pm
Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:30 pm

Which test shows that Neanderthal element up?
Actually, it is higher, 1.5. I guess the max is 5%.
Was it a separate test, or in there with the data on geographical origins? Some companies seem to go into far more detail than others.

I did the Geno thing like Cone.
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Malcolm wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:53 pm
Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 pm
Malcolm wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:37 pm

Actually, it is higher, 1.5. I guess the max is 5%.
Was it a separate test, or in there with the data on geographical origins? Some companies seem to go into far more detail than others.

I did the Geno thing like Cone.
Interesting, thanks. I wonder how many forms of DNA testing there are.
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Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:09 am So, I had my DNA ancestry test done as a birthday present recently.

Armed with the results and my family tree I can now confirm that I am mostly Irish (from around Tipperary, rural poor) almost a third Austrian (Vienna, bastard royalty), about a fifth English (Yorkshire), and the rest mostly Scandinavian/NW Russia (no clue why, except the Vikings maybe).


But how do they figure this percentage ancestry?
When I did my DNA test (through National Genographics, about 10 years ago), they only provided your Y-dna and mt-dna haplogroups which you could subsequently match against various ethnic groups for frequency. So, best case scenario, you could only conclude you are half this and half that.
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Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:02 pm
conebeckham wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:11 pm I'm awaiting results from LivingDNA.com, myself. Given my last name, and fairly extensive research on my mother's side (maiden name Lewin), it's a sure bet most of me is British/English. Definitely some German in there, whether Angle, Saxon or whatnot. LivingDNA breaks down the British Isles into more regions than any other test, which is why I chose them. My family lore has it that "Lewin" may be originally Welsh, Llewellyn, or something....but it could also be Leofwine, Anglo Saxon.

I anticipate some Native American, as well, given the family lore....Wampanoag, and possibly Cherokee, not that the test will tell me any of that.

Several of my Tibetan friends have had theirs done, and of course Mongolian figures in their DNA...but interestingly there's Native American markers in a few....also Korean and Japanese!
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Ashkenazi Jew, German, Dutch, Russian, Arab, North African (in that order).
Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:09 am I just wondered if others have had the test done and what it means to them.
I like the tests. It shows how we're all inter-connected genetically and that there is no pure race.
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cyril wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:57 pm But how do they figure this percentage ancestry?
When I did my DNA test (through National Genographics, about 10 years ago), they only provided your Y-dna and mt-dna haplogroups which you could subsequently match against various ethnic groups for frequency. So, best case scenario, you could only conclude you are half this and half that.
You can probably log back into NG and get updated info. I believe that's part of their deal, that they'll continually update.
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DNS wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:10 pm It shows how we're all inter-connected genetically and that there is no pure race.
Recently read an article describing the hand wringing among alt right boobs who discover heritage they've avowed to hate. You can imagine, it really hurts when they find out they're Jewish or black. Idiots.
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Queequeg wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:15 pm
DNS wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:10 pm It shows how we're all inter-connected genetically and that there is no pure race.
Recently read an article describing the hand wringing among alt right boobs who discover heritage they've avowed to hate. You can imagine, it really hurts when they find out they're Jewish or black. Idiots.
Yes, I've forgotten which UK white racist group's leader took a DNA test and discovered a significant black ancestry.
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Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:19 pm Yes, I've forgotten which UK white racist group's leader took a DNA test and discovered a significant black ancestry.
NSFW:
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Queequeg wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:29 pm
Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:19 pm Yes, I've forgotten which UK white racist group's leader took a DNA test and discovered a significant black ancestry.
NSFW:
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lol :)
Yes, it was a bit like that. One of them was Garry Bushell who found he was 8% african in a documentary named after its intention to debunk that anyone was '100% English'.
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I took the Ancestry.com one, it doesn't seem as in depth as these other tests. The only surprise I got was that I'm only about 15% Iberian, since my family on my dad's side are 100% from Cuba. My father always said we were Spanish, Basque and French?! But my test showed about as much Mediterranean (Greek/Italian) as Spanish DNA. So, hi cousin Greg. :)

I'm mostly Irish, British and Scandinavian on my mom's side.

Oh, and I have a dash of African (North Africa, 2%) which I am claiming, gladly.
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Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:19 pm
Queequeg wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:15 pm
DNS wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:10 pm It shows how we're all inter-connected genetically and that there is no pure race.
Recently read an article describing the hand wringing among alt right boobs who discover heritage they've avowed to hate. You can imagine, it really hurts when they find out they're Jewish or black. Idiots.
Yes, I've forgotten which UK white racist group's leader took a DNA test and discovered a significant black ancestry.
In reality of course, all of our distant ancestors were black.
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Malcolm wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:16 am
Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:19 pm
Queequeg wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:15 pm

Recently read an article describing the hand wringing among alt right boobs who discover heritage they've avowed to hate. You can imagine, it really hurts when they find out they're Jewish or black. Idiots.
Yes, I've forgotten which UK white racist group's leader took a DNA test and discovered a significant black ancestry.
In reality of course, all of our distant ancestors were black.
Are you saying Adam and Eve were black? :tongue:
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Malcolm wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:16 am
Mantrik wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:19 pm
Queequeg wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:15 pm

Recently read an article describing the hand wringing among alt right boobs who discover heritage they've avowed to hate. You can imagine, it really hurts when they find out they're Jewish or black. Idiots.
Yes, I've forgotten which UK white racist group's leader took a DNA test and discovered a significant black ancestry.
In reality of course, all of our distant ancestors were black.
Isn't there some doubt now about the 'all migrated from Africa' theory?

Next you'll be telling me Jesus, the Pharaohs, Shakyamuni and Mohammad weren't white either...but I won't believe you because on the films they are all white except Mohammed when he's a baddie.

Don't you just love it when Christians ask you why you are following a foreign religion? lol :)
Heppened to me a few days ago with a Catholic from Slovakia. The irony was lost on them.
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TharpaChodron wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:13 am I took the Ancestry.com one, it doesn't seem as in depth as these other tests. The only surprise I got was that I'm only about 15% Iberian, since my family on my dad's side are 100% from Cuba. My father always said we were Spanish, Basque and French?! But my test showed about as much Mediterranean (Greek/Italian) as Spanish DNA. So, hi cousin Greg. :)

I'm mostly Irish, British and Scandinavian on my mom's side.

Oh, and I have a dash of African (North Africa, 2%) which I am claiming, gladly.
That's the one I took - well, ancestry.co.uk, which I assume is the same company and labs.
My results were clairifed a lot by the family tree I had built up on their website, which made all the difference. Surnames also helped, and those on their database with very close DNA matches also have shared surnames in their past.

My wife's family literally moved a couple of streets over the last few hundred years, but of course immigration and invasion of the UK makes 'place of origin' less reliable. My side of the family travelled all over the world so once the database becomes global I expect to find a few more distant cousins.
I have 3% Iberian and 2% Italy/Greece so very few links with warmer climes - none so far on the family tree.
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gedmatch.com

GED MATCH accepts uploaded data files from several DNA companies and gives you a breakdown including things like Neanderthal .

It is free and only needs an email address and zipped or text file etc.
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I haven't done a DNA test yet but I'd be interested to do one in the future.

I already know that on my mother's side of the family, my great grandmother traced the family tree, and traced back the Beattie family is Scottish and English (linked by different reiver families) and can be traced further back to the Vikings.
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