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I just used this promethease yesterday, jesus it's complicated, so much information, a lot of it not really pertinent though.
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Anyone get theirs done? it's quite interesting.. i haven't done mine yet however my dad and a bunch of his friends have done it and one of them actually found a cousin they had no idea they had living in Richmond tracing those routes all through europe etc.
My grandparents on my fathers side both came to Canada from Finland in the 50's and as far as they knew the family tree basically stayed within Finland/Scandinavia for as long as they knew.. and it worked out to be true as my dad was actually 99.3% Finnish Ancestry lol.. fairly amazing considering the groups of ancestry they track within that area..
Before you do it you should find out which groups are actually noted in the descriptions because smaller regions are grouped into 'larger' geographical areas in some cases. With 23andme their research base has the most cases from Europe and Asia, so if you fall into one of those categories your results are likely a little more accurate than other areas.
For anyone that does 23andme or ancestry there is also a site, https://promethease.com/ which you can release your results to and they will spit back a massive packages of pages regarding your health and geneology for only $15 or somthing extra. It's a little harder to read than the 23andme health report but worth it for the extra $15
Got my results back from Ancestry: 48% Irish/Scottish, 43% England/Wales/NorthWestern Europe(France/Germany/Belgium/Switzerland, etc.), 6% Swedish, and 3% Germany
I was suprised by the Swedish element existing at all and that the German element was so low. Considering my last name is Swiss/German, I thought it would be higher, but that could also be in the 43%. That side of my family did leave for Ireland (part of England's efforts to bring in Protestant people to counter the Irish Catholics) before coming to North America and some remained in Ireland.
My family has done well to keep track of it's lineage, even keeping a "family bible" - a bible with all sorts of recorts and family info included, from the 1600s. So this test really just confirms all the work done.
I decided I should take the test in place of my son, so we might have an idea of which elements are mine and which are his moms once he takes it, since her family has such little history kept and she thinks her father (deadbeat dad with no contact) is native and thinks her mom is of Icelantic ancestry.
Really cool stuff. My pseudo aunt (close family friend) was adopted and never knew her real parents so she took the test. She found her birth mother and family on Ancestry. She went to meet them and they were so happy to be reuinted 60+ years later.
Got my results back from Ancestry: 48% Irish/Scottish, 43% England/Wales/NorthWestern Europe(France/Germany/Belgium/Switzerland, etc.), 6% Swedish, and 3% Germany
I was suprised by the Swedish element existing at all and that the German element was so low. Considering my last name is Swiss/German, I thought it would be higher, but that could also be in the 43%. That side of my family did leave for Ireland (part of England's efforts to bring in Protestant people to counter the Irish Catholics) before coming to North America and some remained in Ireland.
My family has done well to keep track of it's lineage, even keeping a "family bible" - a bible with all sorts of recorts and family info included, from the 1600s. So this test really just confirms all the work done.
I decided I should take the test in place of my son, so we might have an idea of which elements are mine and which are his moms once he takes it, since her family has such little history kept and she thinks her father (deadbeat dad with no contact) is native and thinks her mom is of Icelantic ancestry.
Really cool stuff. My pseudo aunt (close family friend) was adopted and never knew her real parents so she took the test. She found her birth mother and family on Ancestry. She went to meet them and they were so happy to be reuinted 60+ years later.
Pump that house of pain.
My buddy who is adopted took the test. About a month later he got a call from someone wondering how they where related. Found out that was his aunt. She got him in touch with his birth mother. Found out he had a sister and they have all meet a few times.
__________________ Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
All these adoption stories are interesting... Being adopted, I never really considered meeting my birth family members (despite coming from a very broken home). Just never saw the point, but now I am curious especially now that my adoptive parents are gone
Is there a specific site these people used as Canadians?
All these adoption stories are interesting... Being adopted, I never really considered meeting my birth family members (despite coming from a very broken home). Just never saw the point, but now I am curious especially now that my adoptive parents are gone
Is there a specific site these people used as Canadians?
I think my buddy used ancestry.ca . The funny thing is he didn't even buy the test. His buddy bought it for his wife but she didn't want to use it so he got it.
__________________ Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
100% made in china here. I don't see the point of digging any further. If I find out I'm partially mon-grow-re-an I'd be pissed !!! The fuck am I gonna do ? Invade my self and knock down my shitty wall !?!
I hate those commercials where oh, I thought my heritage was X but it's really Y, so I ditched all the stereotypical X stuff I used to do and now do all the stereotypical Y stuff.
I don't really care if I have unknown family or what my background is. Doesn't change who I am as a person nor would I be interested in meeting someone just because they were a long-lost relative.
TIFU by buying everyone an AncestryDNA kit and ruining Christmas
Earlier this year, AncestryDNA had a sale on their kit. I thought it would be a great gift idea so I bought 6 of them for Christmas presents. Today my family got together to exchange presents for our Christmas Eve tradition, and I gave my mom, dad, brother, and 2 sisters each a kit.
As soon as everyone opened their gift at the same time, my mom started freaking out. She told us how she didn’t want us taking them because they had unsafe chemicals. We explained to her how there were actually no chemicals, but we could tell she was still flustered. Later she started trying to convince us that only one of us kids need to take it since we will all have the same results and to resell extra kits to save money.
Fast forward: Our parents have been fighting upstairs for the past hour, and we are downstairs trying to figure out who has a different dad.
TL;DR I bought everyone in my family AncestryDNA kit for Christmas. My mom started freaking. Now our parents are fighting and my dad might not be my dad.
Update: Thank you so much for all the love and support. My sisters, brother and I have not yet decided yet if we are going to take the test. No matter what the results are, we will still love each other, and our parents no matter what.
Update 2: CHRISTMAS ISN’T RUINED! My FU actually turned into a Christmas miracle. Turns out my sisters father passed away shortly after she was born. A good friend of my moms was able to help her through the darkest time in her life, and they went on to fall in love and create the rest of our family. They never told us because of how hard it was for my mom. Last night she was strong enough to share stories and photos with us for the first time, and it truly brought us even closer together as a family. This is a Christmas we will never forget. And yes, we are all excited to get our test results. Merry Christmas everyone!
P.S. Sorry my mom isn’t a whore. No you’re not my daddy.
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