Ancestry Composition tells you what percent of your DNA comes from each of 31 populations worldwide. The analysis includes DNA you received from all of your ancestors, on both sides of your family.
The results reflect where your ancestors lived only 500 YEARS AGO,
before ocean-crossing ships and airplanes came on the scene.
Overall 99.8% European
Northern European:
26.5% British & Irish (Maternal – I’m pretty sure this is my mother’s father who was from Ireland so she was half Irish/British and I would be a quarter)
7.0% Scandinavian (Maternal)
2.8% French & German
Connected to the British Isles, Scandinavia, southern Europe and eastern Europe, France and Germany have seen myriad peoples come and go over the last ten thousand years. Genetically and geographically the French and Germans are at the heart of Europe.
1.1% Finnish (could be either)
Finland has been occupied continuously since the end of the last ice age. Despite their proximity to Scandinavia, many Finns speak a language more closely related to Hungarian than to most Scandinavian languages, which have similarities to English and German.
19.7% Nonspecific Northern European
17.3% Eastern European (Paternal)
Eastern Europe, represented by people of Ukraine, Russia, Poland and Hungary, is bordered on the east by the Ural Mountains. Although there are no such geographic borders to the west, eastern Europe has been distinct from European countries to the west in terms of cultural and linguistic affiliations.
12.7% Ashkenazi (Patenal – my father’s mother was at least 50% Jewish)
DNA shows clearly the connections among those who consider themselves to be Ashkenazi Jewish: two Ashkenazi Jewish people are very likely to be “genetic cousins”, sharing long stretches of identical DNA. This sharing reflects the close knit nature of this population.
Southern European
Southern Europe, including the Iberian, Italian, and Balkan peninsulas as well as the island of Sardinia, is a region defined in great part by the Mediterranean Sea. This could be a Sephardic connection. Sephardic ancestors lived in Spain or Portugal, where they lived for as much as two millennia before being expelled in 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs
0.2% Nonspecific Southern European
12.6% Nonspecific European
0.2% South Asian (?)
south Asia is represented here by populations of India and Pakistan. Scientists believe that when modern humans first left Africa they traveled along the coast of southern Asia, reaching South Asia very early. During the last few thousand years South Asia has been influenced by both Europe and eastern Asia.
Population Source Sample Size
India 23andMe 536
Pakistan 23andMe 36
Sri Lanka 23andMe 21
Bangladesh 23andMe 15
Nepal 23andMe 4
Afghanistan 23andMe 3
Population Source Sample Size Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP)
Balochi HGDP 25
Brahui HGDP 25
Burusho HGDP 25
Kalash HGDP 25
Makrani HGDP 25
Sindhi HGDP 25
Hazara HGDP 24
Pathan HGDP 23
Uygur HGDP 10
Both my parents are deceased. If they had taken this DNA test, I could have known for sure which of them belonged to each group.
I was told my mother was Swedish and Irish.
I was told that my father was Polish and German (his mother’s Jewish ancestry was a well kept secret. Many Jewish people converted to Catholicism and families in Europe to this day will not admit to any Jewish heritage, they are still taught to protect themselves and their children by denying any association. They freak out and deny these DNA tests).