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CountAllVotes

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Sun Sep 9, 2018, 12:42 PM Sep 2018

ancestry.com DNA results [View all]

Well gee.

My grandmother's family has always prided themselves on their very GERMAN blood.

Well, got the results of the DNA test and gee, seems my grandma was not as GERMAN as I'd been led to believe. Personally, I am surprised!

There are some members of this family on ancestry.com. A few have done the DNA test thing. I bet they are shocked I tell you, shocked!

Seems grandma was of Scandinavian and Finnish descent with just a whisper of that fine GERMAN (and Polish!) blood mixed together.

My results were recently updated. That is when this "change" took place. More samples, more information.

The bigger the sample size, the higher the rate of accuracy!


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ancestry.com DNA results [View all] CountAllVotes Sep 2018 OP
Same thing happened to us - we had been told half Danish and half British FreeState Sep 2018 #1
Hope you realize they're selling your DNA info.... donkeypoofed Sep 2018 #2
I don't care CountAllVotes Sep 2018 #3
I'm an adoptee and found both sides of my original family... WePurrsevere Sep 2018 #6
No Mother died in 2002 CountAllVotes Sep 2018 #7
Ahh.. Ok... You're welcome. nt WePurrsevere Sep 2018 #9
yeah living people CountAllVotes Sep 2018 #10
You may find out more as time goes by csziggy Sep 2018 #11
oh I have a tree CountAllVotes Sep 2018 #12
Is your DNA linked to that active tree? csziggy Sep 2018 #13
Yes it is CountAllVotes Sep 2018 #14
That is wonderful csziggy Sep 2018 #15
He is a very kind man CountAllVotes Sep 2018 #16
Do you have a tree? What does it show? Ethnicity from DNA.... WePurrsevere Sep 2018 #4
My tree? CountAllVotes Sep 2018 #5
I agree The Genealogist Sep 2018 #8
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