AncestryDNA results have arrived
So after about 4 to 5 weeks the AncestryDNA results are in. They are kind of surprising as I was expecting a generic British kind of result but seems that I am not exactly a typical Briton.
For a start my Europe West Ethnicity is almost double the average and there is a similar story on my Scandinavian Ethnicity whereas my Great Britain Ethnicity is less than half the UK average.
Not that that will have any real bearing on the Smiths in Lincolnshire but is kind of interesting. Maybe all the best Smiths ie Blacksmiths, Goldsmiths etc originated from West Europe and the Viking regions and those genes have made there way through to the modern day Smiths. Who knows?
My Ethnicity Breakdown vs UK Population
Ancestry also compares my DNA against its Database for other people who have been tested to try and find those with matching DNA.
In this respect it has matched up 23 possible DNA matches with a 2nd and 3rd cousin being people who do have common ancestor with myself and the 21 4th Cousins of which 2 have a high chance of being related and the remainder having what is considered to be a good chance.
There must also be literally be about 450 other distant cousins of which a few have a good chance and the rest moderate.
Many of these have public trees so working from the most likely first there is a chance that reviewing other public trees will help to fill in a number of gaps in my own tree. Now that will be a fun journey.
And here it is just a couple of days later. Inside we get the tube for the saliva and a blue chemical mixture to mix with the saliva. A bag to put the tube in and then a box to post the item back to Ancestry.
So the kit has now been completed and posted back to Ancestry and I will hear from them in 6 to 8 weeks for the results.