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Ancestry/Genealogy

Irish_Dem

(60,851 posts)

16. You'll be turning in your lederhosen for a kilt!

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #14)

Tue Mar 15, 2022, 03:12 AM

Mar 2022

BTW if you and your sibs get different ethnic percentages from Ancestry and 23me, it is not necessarily due to the test.

DNA is passed down in random assortment, so sibs may show different ethnic percentages.

Yes it will be interesting to see what 23me shows.

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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