kirsten elise
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Hello!
My known ancestry is from the Netherlands through my father and Denmark through my mother. I know my family tree quite well - depending on the line 6-10 generations back. There is no recent known Great Britain ancestry. I match to distant cousins I would expect on each of my lines, so there is definitely not a grandparent or great-grandparent from Great Britain. My result from ancestry.com was 20% Great Britain. Is this most likely to reflect:
a) deep ancestry in Great Britain, which is adjacent to both my known ancestry regions and so would likely share ancestry in the past 1000 years and beyond;
b) an interesting (and mistaken) result based on the combination of western European and Scandinavian ancestry from each of my parents;
c) an element held in the Danish ancestry as a result of Viking voyages/slave taking/returning home from the GB region.
Any thoughts would be welcome!
Thanks Eupedia,
K
My known ancestry is from the Netherlands through my father and Denmark through my mother. I know my family tree quite well - depending on the line 6-10 generations back. There is no recent known Great Britain ancestry. I match to distant cousins I would expect on each of my lines, so there is definitely not a grandparent or great-grandparent from Great Britain. My result from ancestry.com was 20% Great Britain. Is this most likely to reflect:
a) deep ancestry in Great Britain, which is adjacent to both my known ancestry regions and so would likely share ancestry in the past 1000 years and beyond;
b) an interesting (and mistaken) result based on the combination of western European and Scandinavian ancestry from each of my parents;
c) an element held in the Danish ancestry as a result of Viking voyages/slave taking/returning home from the GB region.
Any thoughts would be welcome!
Thanks Eupedia,
K