My Ancestry DNA results came in last night. I am much more satisfied with the genetic ethnicity aspect of those results than I am with Population Finder. Having 2 Scandinavian great-grandmothers (Norwegian and Swedish) and 1 French-Canadian great-grandmother (a person with largely northern French ancestry) I was happy to finally see "Scandinavian." To also see "Finnish/Volga-Ural" as a percentage was also very encouraging. (There is no way that ancestry.com could have figured out my Finnish ancestry just by looking at my online family tree).
The basic results I received last night better reflect: (1) what I have been told over the years by older relatives; (2) what family members suspected -- especially the Finnish results -- and (3) what I have been seeing using the various calculators on GEDmatch.
I still love the communication with my Family Finder cousins, however, and the FTDNA forums.
The lab started to process my kit on November 27, so it did not take staff too long to get the job done.
The basic results I received last night better reflect: (1) what I have been told over the years by older relatives; (2) what family members suspected -- especially the Finnish results -- and (3) what I have been seeing using the various calculators on GEDmatch.
I still love the communication with my Family Finder cousins, however, and the FTDNA forums.
The lab started to process my kit on November 27, so it did not take staff too long to get the job done.
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