Genology & ancestry

[WILF 49,725]

1 minute ago, Seagull said:

Well that's the case, they are very handy for finding a lost relative, but as for ancient ancestry, they are merely stating the obvious.

 

The mapping I got was way more focused than that mate, it actually went to a specific area. 

[mushroom 14,052]

Just now, WILF said:

The mapping I got was way more focused than that mate, it actually went to a specific area. 

Mine too.

 

[mushroom 14,052]

Anyway, let's keep this a good thread and any advice or experiences anybody adds, thank you

 

[Seagull 387]

7 minutes ago, WILF said:

The mapping I got was way more focused than that mate, it actually went to a specific area. 

Mine does when I zoom in, my matches are mainly from the Yorkshire region, which again makes sense.

[Seagull 387]

1 minute ago, Seagull said:

Mine does when I zoom in, my matches are mainly from the Yorkshire region, which again makes sense.

 

[mushroom 14,052]

Going through his papers etc I've found my granddad's enlistment papers he signed. He wasn't called up, he signed up. I've even got the certificate papers that say he was "sten gun trained". 

Like I said, this is a bit of a question/history thread for all of us to add to. 

[mushroom 14,052]

1 minute ago, Seagull said:

 

So guessing from my research, you'll have (east Scottish, Anglo Saxon and Nordic) in your DNA when you zoom into it?

[WILF 49,725]

5 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Anyway, let's keep this a good thread and any advice or experiences anybody adds, thank you

 

Weirdly enough, I have a pretty rare Surname and there are few with it in the Nottingham area but it showed no markers in that area at all…..so we must have just moved around a bit, which makes sense. 

[WILF 49,725]

2 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Going through his papers etc I've found my granddad's enlistment papers he signed. He wasn't called up, he signed up. I've even got the certificate papers that say he was "sten gun trained". 

Like I said, this is a bit of a question/history thread for all of us to add to. 

My brother has my dads missing in action letter that was sent to my Nan….its pretty sobering to read:

Something like:

”Your son is listed as missing in action….”

Cant fathom opening that letter and reading it as a mum can you….

[mushroom 14,052]

Just now, WILF said:

Weirdly enough, I have a pretty rare Surname and there are few with it in the Nottingham area but it showed no markers in that area at all…..so we must have just moved around a bit, which makes sense. 

OMFG do you have webbed feet?

You ain't just an immigrant, You're a bloody cnut from Norfolk. 

Broke my heart you did!

[chartpolski 27,543]

Co-incidentally, Nana Akua is on GBNews right now talking about her heritage, she is, as Boisy would say , as black as Newgates knocker and her family is from Ghana, but she was born in Newcastle and insists she is a Geordie and English. 
She said she has no cultural attachment to Ghana and no “Ghanaian feelings”. 
So , is she a Geordie, is she English ? 
Cheers.

[mushroom 14,052]

1 minute ago, chartpolski said:

Co-incidentally, Nana Akua is on GBNews right now talking about her heritage, she is, as Boisy would say , as black as Newgates knocker and her family is from Ghana, but she was born in Newcastle and insists she is a Geordie and English. 
She said she has no cultural attachment to Ghana and no “Ghanaian feelings”. 
So , is she a Geordie, is she English ? 
Cheers.

Genetically no, if she's saying this, then in my eyes she's a British citizen

But actions speak to the latter not words.

Edited 19 hours ago by mushroom

[Seagull 387]

4 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Co-incidentally, Nana Akua is on GBNews right now talking about her heritage, she is, as Boisy would say , as black as Newgates knocker and her family is from Ghana, but she was born in Newcastle and insists she is a Geordie and English. 
She said she has no cultural attachment to Ghana and no “Ghanaian feelings”. 
So , is she a Geordie, is she English ? 
Cheers.

Genetically of course not but she is British, if it was down to mere genetics then you, me and many others can't possibly be English because we have some Celtic DNA.

[mushroom 14,052]

See the subject of this thread.

Please let's keep it to that.

 

[chartpolski 27,543]

1 minute ago, mushroom said:

See the subject of this thread.

Please let's keep it to that.

 

The only ancestry check I’ve done is on my surname. Not very scientific but it traces back through Ireland to Normandy and the Conquest and then to Scandinavia.

Cheets.