Ben
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Of my 8 great grandparents, 3 were British Isles, 2 were Scandinavian, 1 Italian and 1 German, and 1 English/German mix. This is all for certain.
My Origins breakdown on FTDNA is:
British Isles 64%
Scandinavia 11%
Western/Central Europe 9%
Eastern Europe 6%
Eastern Middle East 5%
Asia minor 5%
This breakdown just doesn't seem to match what I know about my family's immediate origins. With two great grandparents actually from Scandinavian countries, how do I only end up with 11%? What happened to my Italian ancestry? Why is my German ancestry also getting overlooked?
My grandmother (who's the daughter of the Italian great-grandparent and one of the Scandinavians) did the FTDNA test and she came up 40% Southern European, 40% Scandinavian, 4% Eastern European, 16% Asia Minor.
It seems odd she'd have 40/40 Southern European and Scandinavian and yet I don't show up as any Southern European and very little Scandinavian (especially since there's another Scandinavian great-grandparent on my paternal line).
Why would these ancestries be underrepresented?
Also - if my grandmother is 16% Asia Minor and I'm coming up as 5%, is it safe to say there's a recent, middle eastern genetic input on her side? Or is this just the Italian ancestry?
THANKS!
My Origins breakdown on FTDNA is:
British Isles 64%
Scandinavia 11%
Western/Central Europe 9%
Eastern Europe 6%
Eastern Middle East 5%
Asia minor 5%
This breakdown just doesn't seem to match what I know about my family's immediate origins. With two great grandparents actually from Scandinavian countries, how do I only end up with 11%? What happened to my Italian ancestry? Why is my German ancestry also getting overlooked?
My grandmother (who's the daughter of the Italian great-grandparent and one of the Scandinavians) did the FTDNA test and she came up 40% Southern European, 40% Scandinavian, 4% Eastern European, 16% Asia Minor.
It seems odd she'd have 40/40 Southern European and Scandinavian and yet I don't show up as any Southern European and very little Scandinavian (especially since there's another Scandinavian great-grandparent on my paternal line).
Why would these ancestries be underrepresented?
Also - if my grandmother is 16% Asia Minor and I'm coming up as 5%, is it safe to say there's a recent, middle eastern genetic input on her side? Or is this just the Italian ancestry?
THANKS!