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New Ancestry ethnicity results

I for one am really pleased with the new results. Previous version had me at 86% N. European and 14% Finn/Volga.
I knew there had to be something not quite right as not only my paper trail shows at least 50% Swedish and Norwegian; 50% of my matches...

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Thanks !...

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Sorry if this has been discussed before - what is a FGS match at 0 steps mean ?

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Yes, I tried using her name and date of birth and came up empty handed. LOTS of Ellen Kellys in Ireland ! If I could just narrow it down to a couple of general areas it would be easier. Not even sure she was ever in Ireland. She claimed she was born in New York City to parents from Ireland Free State....

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Irish DNA



Mike, thats precisely why I tested with FTDNA and Ancestry. My maternal Irish grandmothers life before 1920 is a complete brick wall.No parents names, brothers or sisters or where they were from in Ireland. I have tried every resource available and yet she is...

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Bold - yes





But that is called marketing. One ALWAYS has to take these types of claims with the proverbial " grain of salt"; I do however remember reading about a study by Brian Sykes about Irish clans DNA. (Y DNA I suppose)...

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For those with Irish ancestry -Just wanted to share an interesting Irish
genealogy site I recently found. Irelandxo.com is a free site for those like myself who are searching for info on their Irish roots. Once you register, you can then post a query on their message boards. They have a group...

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Thanks I'll try it

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Just going through my new and old FF matches and it's soo weird - when i clik on anyones ( and everyones) gedcom, it's MINE. Anyone else notice anything like this happening??

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Thanks, thats what I thought...

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X inheritance question



This is my problem : I am looking for relatives of my maternal gmother. I have taken Mtdna, FF+ FGS. I have no older relatives to test . Someone suggested
I have my brother take the x chromosome test at 23 & me, but how would that help?...

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Thanks, Oh well i, struck out again....

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Just want to see if my logic is correct. If I have a match on FF who has taken HVR1 or HVR2 and matches me on one of those MtDna tests, does that mean that that person is with out a doubt a relative from my mother's maternal side? Likewise, if I match someone on HVR1 and/or HVR2, but not on FF, then...

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Good luck!...

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Well, That gives me hope. Congratulations! By the way, what is your reason for testing ? What is your goal? For me it is one brick wall......