DNA TEST RESULTS
After dabbling in research of the family history on the maternal side of my family tree, in 2017 – as a 70th birthday treat to myself – I decided to go the whole hog and submit for DNA testing. If I were ever to find out about my overall ancestry, it was now or never.
The received results were surprising in their detail*:
58%
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe
32%
Ireland & Scotland
10%
Germanic Europe
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These are the proportions of my latest update in 2020. As the technology of DNA analysis evolves, so the percentages are adjusted accordingly. Nevertheless, my initial confirmed proportions were generally in line with the above.
The supplied results were further broken down into areas indicated as the DNA source:
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe
– Devon & Cornwall, predominately Devon.
Ireland & Scotland
– Connacht, Ireland, predominately North Connacht & Roscommon.
Even taking degrees of uncertainty into consideration, there was no doubt that at least half of my DNA – that is, as inherited from my biological father – originated in Devon. The Irish connection can be explained by the already established ancestry. Interestingly, it appears that my Yorkshire heritage – courtesy of my grandmother Laura Lambert – is not of significant influence to merit mention in the area breakdown of the DNA results.
I now knew that, in all probability, my biological father was a Devonian.
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