Tests to find your genetic makeup/heritage. Are the sellers/testers genuine, or will they just tell you anything to get money off you?

[Tenkaykev]

@classic33 - I was in that churchyard in Killaloe last summer.

I've a great-grandmother from Co. Clare. My aunt has details of exactly where from.

Rading your post has given me an " earworm " for today.
🎶 It's a long long way from Clare to here... 🎶

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I said upthread that there is something unusual about me (who knew? 😆) and we have a largely unknown part of the family on my Mum's side in Leicestershire.
I have only ever seen a reference to some of them living in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), so... Who knows? 🤷

 

[Rooster1]

I replied to the other thread and I don't like repeating myself.

 

[Fnaar]

All they really measure is how much dna you share with people in other parts of the world who have also taken a test. So, some general pointers are there, but it's not an accurate guide to where your ancestors came from. 👍

 

[classic33]

Rading your post has given me an " earworm " for today.
🎶 It's a long long way from Clare to here... 🎶

And he only crossed the bridge at Killaloe, 550 foot long.

 

[Chris S]

I got quite excited when the line I was following was already filed in by someone else, as happens on such sites, so I followed it back and got excited when it got to near 1066.

All Europeans alive today are directly descended from Charlemagne.
https://www.theguardian.com/science...-genetic-ancestry-charlemagne-adam-rutherford

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Since we share 98.8% of our genes with chimpanzees the genetic differences between human individuals are irrelevant except in those cases where they confer a disability.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Blimey. Accy could be my Dad!

Perish the though!!!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

It's basically bullshit for the gullible.

See eg https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...estry-does-dna-testing-really-understand-race

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Since we share 98.8% of our genes with chimpanzees the genetic differences between human individuals are irrelevant except in those cases where they confer a disability.

We share 50% of our DNA with an orange.

These percentages are utterly meaningless.

 

[classic33]

It's basically bullshit for the gullible.

See eg https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...estry-does-dna-testing-really-understand-race

Maybe.

But if you get matches, and their records match, in parts yours. Then what?
Those records will normally be written records, church/government/forces, but all official. Are the written records "basically bullshit for the gullible"?

 

[robrinay]

I'm 6'3", blond (or was until I went grey) and from Yorkshire, so I'm going to save my money and say I'm a hairy big viking

As most of England above the Humber was Danelaw ie Viking you’ll almost certainly be part Viking.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

As most of England above the Humber was Danelaw ie Viking you’ll almost certainly be part Viking.

Although the harrying of the north may have reduced those numbers somewhat.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Are the written records "basically bullshit for the gullible"?

No.

 

[robrinay]

Once you’ve had it tested on say Ancestry.co.uk you can upload the file to any or all of the various sites. The results I got back from two sites were broadly similar but one of the two (My heritage) brought up finer detail and more areas of the World. Findmypast put me down as 100% Great Britain and Ireland but of course the Irish and British are a mix of Celts Angles Saxons Romans Scandinavian etc. so I wasn’t impressed with the lack of fine tuning shown in the other two - Ancestry and MyHeritage.