r/AncestryDNA

Having the hardest time trying to unpack the 1500's in Lancashire. Ive got four different generations where all the men where, John, Richard, Ellis or Henry and all the women were Isabelle, Anne, or Elizabeth all living with in 10 clicks of each other. Ive got so much bad data of other people tree's to skim through and spotty data at best that cant be place on the right person with the samed named father or mother. I have some key individuals to work with so that helps with some solid points in the grid, but the rest is impossible. Any help would be apprecaited.

Hello everyone ! These are my results as someone born in the United States to a mother from Nayarit, México and a father from Lima, Perú.

Even as someone living in a state with such a high concentration of Latinos, I’ve never actually met another person with my parentage. Either way, my ancestry has always been a source of pride for me since I was a child, especially regarding the richness of each country’s histories (emphasis on everything pre-Columbian!!!!), the music, and, of course, the food. :)))

Nothing about my overall results is too unsurprising, especially regarding the bits from Spain, Sephardic Jews, and West, Central, and Northern Africa !! The ‘journey’ for my maternal side tracks with the emphases on Nayarit, Jalisco, and Zacatecas (where her parents are from)… Same with my dad as my paternal grandparents are from the northern departments of Áncash and Cajamarca :)

I suppose I am just a bit intrigued by my Celtic and Gaelic results? I had my dad take his own test, and this region did not appear in his results (nor France, the Levant, Africa’s regions, etc.), so maybe I can convince my mother to try it out…

There are sooo many knowledgeable people in this subreddit, and I would greatly appreciate any historical insights into any aspect of my results! Totally willing to answer any questions . Thank you sooo much :))

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This video details/documents a gathering of families and relatives that are all DNA matched to one another. This was not a reunion to celebrate one family, but to encompass and celebrate all families that have a DNA match to one couple who were transported from Nigeria to the U.S via the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Everyone shown in this video can trace their Ancestry to Reuben and Eliza Cox Curry of the Cox Plantation in Liberty/Amite County MS. This was historic, moving and enlightening!

We even placed an historical marker at the cemetery to acknowledge where our Ancestors are buried. We all returned and paid homage to the family that gave us life.

Reuben and Eliza endured and died so that we all could be free. They overcame slavery, gave birth to children who overcame slavery, then eventually reconstruction, then Jim Crow, and led to others that endured the Civil Rights movement of the 60s. From there, the families continued to grow, so this past July 4th weekend; we all gathered to celebrate their birthing us and to commemorate how their lives gave rise to our lives. There were more than 120 people in attendance, representing different immediate families, but ultimately descending from two people. To God Be The Glory. 1 Blood, 1 Family.

Dying to know more about the second name listed in these photos - I read it as Donal or Danal Tengstrom, but neither of those names have gotten me anywhere. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance!

Pretty much exactly what I had expected.

My 2x-great grandmother from my italian side apparently came from an "arabian" country, which explains the egyptian and levant. No idea where cyprus came from haha

Fun fact; I have fair skin, blue eyes, and red hair.

Hello,

I’m a Mexican-American man who recently took an ancestry DNA test and needs some insights from others who may have encountered a similar situation.

My family is mostly Mexican and lives culturally as chicanos. I’m about 4th generation American (depending on the side of my family I look at) as my great great grandparents immigrated from mexico.

Up until my late 20s I wasn’t too concerned about what culture I identified with or what I considered myself. But as I’ve gotten older I see that it’s important to be connected to something and I have a lot of love for my Mexican roots.

My question is: Those who have Indigenous American DNA, how do you identify? What percentage of DNA is needed to consider yourself of Indigenous heritage?

Thanks for the help!

Three of my grandparents immigrated from Italy and one grandparent immigrated from England (all came to Canada in the 1960s).

I'm not able to test my paternal grandfather, but after doing my family tree, I found out he and my paternal grandmother are about 5th cousins (✿◡‿◡). I also did the family tree of my maternal grandfather... his village was very tiny and his ancestry is riddled with incest! At one point the closest it got was first cousins.

I do not turn a blind eye to the actions of my ancestors but this whole journey has led me to realize we're ALL COUSINS BABEY!

Canadian, with ancestral ties to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade...

My grandfather on my dad’s side and my dad’s half sister share what looks to me, like a very similar amount of dna with me. In my head I should share a significant amount more with my grandfather. But is that wrong? Is this totally normal?

My grandma and grandpa had my dad, my grandma went on to have my aunt with her second husband. Does this just mean I share on the lower end of normal with my grandfather and on the higher end of normal with my half aunt?

Not very surprising though I wonder where the danish part came from
People used to tell me I look Russian and I disagree

I'm from south Louisiana so it's all pretty much as I expected, but it also closely aligned with generational family lore and stories, which I didn't actually expect to be the case.

Half of family is from Almeria, other half from Castilla La Mancha

I did expect some French and drops of indigenous American based on things my family would say growing up