Ethnicity Testing- Is it really worth it?

"Awaiting Moderation" is the keyword with General Genealogical Queries postings which often take a while. A bit like Private Tree messaging (sorry as I know you are a fan), one has to wait for someone to be at home.

 

If you message someone with a public tree to query an error or for further info you still have to wait for a reply (Tee-Hee)! Give me a heads up when the thread is active

 

No, and I have said as much with a comment about you and I agreeing to disagree. But as you will see if you go back a page, at least two other members think it time to air it again, and I am sure others will be of the same opinion as it is a subject that interests many and has advocates on both sides of the argument. I have therefore (as mentioned to FamilyHistoryGal) opened the debate under the heading: "Ancestry Public Trees versus Private - a new Debate" in favour of Public Trees , which at the moment is hidden as it awaits Moderation, as you will know.

Once released I am sure it will (again) make for good debate with support for both sides of the argument as all good debates do.

 

Yes now up and running FHG as Ancestry Public Trees versus Private - a new debate. Look forward to reading your response, and I expect Jorghes also. Can't wait.

 

Thanks Bob. Sorry this might appear a little late but Spring has arrived here in NZ and everything is growing so lots to do to keep on top. Now the forecast is for a wintery blast up from the South over next couple of days so double workload. Thankfully not like Michael currently approaching Florida.

I have looked at records for Lionel and family but as with rest of that surname I find too many individuals to definitely isolate any that are relevant. I will get back to you privately if there is anything else to say/discuss rather than take up further space off-topic, unless I get a reply from another member to make a discussion split worthwhile. Thanks for tip-off.

 

Just picked up on this post from last year which seems to answer a question I posed on another forum about whether it's worth getting my sons to test. I assumed they would just get a combination of my matches and my husband's, with no extra ones appearing, but your experience jorghes suggests otherwise. Can someone with more knowledge of the DNA matching system than me tell me why this should be so? If children get ALL their DNA from their parents (as I believe is the case), any extra matches would seem illogical, unless the extra matches are spurious?

 

Thanks for this. I read the blog, and as I've uploaded raw DNA results to GEDmatch I completed their survey.

 

I completed the survey as well. It seems that my "no-call" numbers were quite low.

 

Mine was 0.116% for Ancestry. I just uploaded to FTDNA today. Can I upload to 23 and me as well? I looked at the site but did not see where it could be done.

 

Mine was 0.06% and my husband's 0.11% (both Ancestry kits) which I though was quite impressive. The no. of matches also seemed large (16,490 >= 7 cM for me and 13,774 >= 7cM for him, though still not as many as with Ancestry)

 

I agree, especially as the matches that I've found in common in both Ancestry and GEDmatch always have a higher cM count in GEDmatch - presumably because of Ancestry's algorithm filtering out some false positives. I presume if I upload to MyHeritage I'll get different results again?

 

I found an Argentinian cousin on MyHeritage, which I was hoping for when uploaded my DNA results.

 

MyHeritage results are back. I seem to have developed a Scandinavian past, making up 27% of my ancestry. Not a smidgeon of Vikinghood on Ancestry, LivingDNA nor FTDMA. Perhaps it's why my new grand-daughter is a blue-eyed blond in a family of dark-haired, dark-eyed relatives. Or perhaps it is unwise to give much credence to ethnic tests. On the other hand, they are all consistent about my Ashkenazi roots.

 

Snap.

I also have suddenly gained a Scandinavian Ancestry of 39.5%, topping my English (26.3%) and Irish, Scottish and Welsh (23.8%); they did get my Ashkenazi Jewish branch (9.6%)... but I am also (apparently) 0.8% South American Amazonian... I am unsure where the Scandinavian dominance has come from and while I do have cousins who did live in South America, none of them would have contributed to my DNA.

The most interesting result since LivingDNA attempted to use a dodgy sample and told me I was from Africa. (LivingDNA doesn't pick up my Jewish branch, but then I didn't test with them to find out more about the Jewish side.)