OMG, am I white! Got my DNA results from Ancestry and I'm 73%

[sinkingfeeling]

English, 17% Irish/Scotish, 4% French, 3% Norwegian, 2% German, and 1% Finnish. No surprises, no Native Americans, and no Africans. I'm so disappointed.

[MFM008]

1. not even 1% African?

All stemming from the same ancestors?
did you use 23 and me or Ancestor.com.
Im going to do mine...

[sinkingfeeling]

3. I used Ancestry.com. I thought, via family history, we had more German. I started

looking at the family tree and we had a presence in Maryland back in 1760s. Then they headed west to Ohio and a few to Missouri. My mom's family changed spelling of last name after Civil War because some were CSA and others stayed loyal to the North.

[dewsgirl]

9. This same thing happened with my family, with the spelling

of our last name

[hlthe2b]

2. I was a bit disappointed too. I"d have been pleased to see something unexpected...

[Itchinjim]

4. 100% Irish and Scottish.

I was hoping for a little bit of Jewish.

[PJMcK]

5. Thankfully, you're 100% Democrat!

ETA: 8,000th post.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. My test showed I'm 15% Martian, 8% Venusian, and 28% unformed solar system slime.

So basically, I'm Scottish.

[Corvo Bianco]

7. Call me old but you kids relinquishing your DNA sequence

To a booming unregulated for-profit company is nearly as crazy as having a Facebook account.

[CatMor]

8. I agree with you. It is crazy.

[redstatebluegirl]

11. Yep it is crazy.

Wait until the insurance companies start using it to deny coverage.

[hlthe2b]

13. Ancestry.com pledged in writing to me that they will NOT engage in health related research/services

I'd NEVER use 23 and me or the other ones that are trying to screen for genetic mutations linked (but poorly validated) to adverse disease states. Those are the ones that should give one pause vis-a-vis insurance companies.

When I agreed to ancestry.com, it was crucial to me that they agree ONLY to use collected dna for ancestry services. As for them using it in the newly field of forensic ancestry tracing for unsolved crimes, I have kept my family tree and results private. However, even if my findings were somehow used to find a distant relative linked to a serious violent crime, I'd be no help since I know no one beyond first cousins and don't intend to seek them out.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. I'm 70 and Ancestry written statement says it's only for tracing genealogy.

[WhiteTara]

10. those numbers don't add up to a whole person!

Where's the rest of you?

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Afraid they do. 73+17+4+3+2+1100.

[WhiteTara]

17. Oh, I didn't add the number in the header line

that makes more sense. thanks

[mitch96]

12. Met a lady the other day that's afraid to take the DNA test

She believes she is 100% "XYZ" and is afraid the results would be different... Ignorance is bliss I guess
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[Grasswire2]

16. well there might be some Viking way way back in that. nt

[backtoblue]

18. My sister did one

We're mostly Irish and English, but there was 1% Papuan.