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Ancestry/Genealogy

Spider Jerusalem

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1. I'd be sort of surprised if a DNA test could pinpoint "Scottish" with that degree of precision

Reply to flyingfysh (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 08:11 PM

Dec 2013

"British Isles", possibly; the "3% North African" could possibly come from very far back--I recall seeing something about a group of men in the North of England who were found to have a Y-DNA haplotype that's very rare outside Africa, for instance; the speculation as to the origins of that had to do with Roman soldiers from Africa who were stationed in York or on the Scottish marches along Hadrian's Wall.

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sometimes family stories of Indian ancestry are totally wrong [View all] flyingfysh Nov 2013 OP

I'd be sort of surprised if a DNA test could pinpoint "Scottish" with that degree of precision Spider Jerusalem Dec 2013 #1

What it actually reported was "Orcadian" flyingfysh Dec 2013 #3

"Orcadian" seems to be confusing and probably not really accurate Spider Jerusalem Dec 2013 #5

My ancestors who ruled the Orkney Islands were Scandinavians. grasswire Oct 2014 #10

The DNA test pipi_k Dec 2013 #2

the DNA test was cheap flyingfysh Dec 2013 #4

Thanks pipi_k Jan 2014 #7

Arkansas, the Cherokee and African Americans CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #6

I'm the same boat as you shirellg Jan 2014 #8

Yep, as I found out recently pipi_k Sep 2014 #9