Ancestry/Genealogy

My father always said we had some NA ancestry by way of the Penobscots.

A cousin gave me a bunch of photos and information which pointed more in the direction of Micmac.

I did an Ancestry.com DNA test recently.


0% Native American.


What did show up, however, in addition to mostly western European (England, France) ancestry, was some Iberian Peninsula ancestry that extended down into North Africa (Morocco and Algeria) which was, hundreds of years ago, Moorish.

So, it appears that all the darker members of my family (which included my father) must be carrying around Moorish DNA, while on my mom's side I'm guessing comes more from England and a teensy little piece of Ireland. Maybe even the trace of Slavic DNA that also appears.

But...no Native American.

which puts to rest that mystery.