Surprised by AncestryDNA results (German, native, find, typical)

[AFP]

Originally Posted by brownbagg

Iberian is france

Iberian refers to the Iberian peninsula Portugal, Spain and the principality of Andorra.

[censusdata]

If you royal ancestry you'd have a lot of mixing. A royal English line of mine has Spanish and Portuguese dynastic branches.

[ACWhite]

Originally Posted by AFP

Iberian refers to the Iberian peninsula Portugal, Spain and the principality of Andorra.

But Ancestry draws this region a bit more broadly to include parts of France and Italy as well.

[ACWhite]

Originally Posted by censusdata

If you royal ancestry you'd have a lot of mixing. A royal English line of mine has Spanish and Portuguese dynastic branches.

Cool. I don't think we qualify--ancestors for which we know occupations were mostly farmers.

[ACWhite]

Originally Posted by Bernie20

You have quite a varied ancestry but that is expected from an American. The Iberian and Italy/Greece is quite high for someone of your ancestry.

I've done Ancestry as well and here are my results to compare. I'm only of Irish ancestry though but it gives an idea. Not surprisingly Ireland is the major part of my results. The most interesting thing is the Europe East and European Jewish but I've tested at 23andMe and FTDNA and Ancestry is the only place this shows up.

Ancestry

Ireland 91%
Trace Regions 9%
Europe East 3%
Europe West 2%
Great Britain 2%
European Jewish 1%
Scandinavian 1%

Interesting. Do you now live in Ireland?

[AFP]

Originally Posted by ACWhite

But Ancestry draws this region a bit more broadly to include parts of France and Italy as well.

I see southern France, northern Italy and Spain Portugal are similar genetically.

[Bernie20]

Originally Posted by ACWhite

Interesting. Do you now live in Ireland?

I was born in Ireland but live in Australia.

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by ACWhite

Cool. I don't think we qualify--ancestors for which we know occupations were mostly farmers.

Don't assume you don't have royal ancestry because your immediate family is low / middle class. It could be way back. Almost half of people of Western European descent is a child of Charlemagne, probably several times over.

[ACWhite]

Originally Posted by Bernie20

I was born in Ireland but live in Australia.

Thanks; that makes sense.

My guess would be that most Aussies, like North Americans, would also have more of a mix.

[Bernie20]

Originally Posted by ACWhite

Thanks; that makes sense.

My guess would be that most Aussies, like North Americans, would also have more of a mix.

Most likely. Although it is surprising that a lot of Australians just have ancestry from Britain and Ireland but this is changing rapidly. Older Australians are a lot less mixed.