Ancestry/Genealogy

appalachiablue

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14. When several Irish friends heard this 'news' they said I was

Tue Mar 15, 2022, 12:38 AM

Mar 2022

a Celt and are psyched! Now I have to research those customs a bit and also a kilt. Lol!

One sibling, an Alpha is glad, and as mentioned always claimed we were Scot, but I said nah- no Campbells, Wallaces, MacGregors in the group. I thought she was too much into the 'romantic, heroic Scots image' - Mary Queen of Scots, etc.

According to Ancestry she was partially right, 25% anyway. Nordic culture she admires as well from having travelled there and the strength, warrior thing- me not so much. We're quite different in taste and personality. I have more of an affinity with England, the Brits and lived there. I'm also a bit of a gypsy soul, possibly from some Latin influences, or so I like to think. Ha!!

Anyhoo, I'll learn more with research and taking the 23Me test.

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Recently I saw Ancestry notes lifespans of people w certain surnames. [View all] appalachiablue Mar 2022 OP

Gerharts could be Czech/Bohemia. DURHAM D Mar 2022 #1

No, but I'll note that. They m. into Yost which is appalachiablue Mar 2022 #4

Trust ur family lore, census records, ship manifests, Bibles, letters, marriage, death certificates bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #2

I hear you, thanks. appalachiablue Mar 2022 #5

You can try 23me. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #3

Thanks, 23 and Me is the one I want to try. And appalachiablue Mar 2022 #6

The ancestry match list can give information. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #7

You really have a lot of knowledge and I'll keep the appalachiablue Mar 2022 #10

Yes I will be glad to help. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #11

When several Irish friends heard this 'news' they said I was appalachiablue Mar 2022 #14

You'll be turning in your lederhosen for a kilt! Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #16

Different ethnic percentages in siblings, wow. I've never appalachiablue Mar 2022 #18

Usually small variations, but certainly not identical across the board. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #20

Live here in Munich Old Crank Aug 2022 #22

The other part is that the OP may just not have inherited the German DNA csziggy Apr 2022 #21

Gerhart is definitely a Germanic name in origin. wnylib Mar 2022 #8

Very interesting, I know about the Gerhart spear & brave. Will appalachiablue Mar 2022 #9

Yes that could have been the case. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #17

The ethnicity estimates are not necessarily accurate Spider Jerusalem Mar 2022 #12

I'd already considered the 100s of years that passed appalachiablue Mar 2022 #13

Ethnicity results can also vary somewhat between even close relatives... Spider Jerusalem Mar 2022 #15

That is interesting, I wonder how many people are aware of it. Tx. appalachiablue Mar 2022 #19