It&#39;s Seems My Ethnicity Has Changed

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

And we are delighted you do!! It’s a good color on you

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

2 Oct 20

@BelleStarr

Thanks! I do love green!

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

1 Oct 20

I have never been very interested in knowing about mine. I know I am part Irish and that is all.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

1 Oct 20

I am disappointed that my Irish is so mixed, I am Irish on both sides that it can't be pinpointed to any particular part of Ireland. I know some people aren't interested and that is fine but I am interested.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

1 Oct 20

@BelleStarr Sorry about that for you.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

@CarolDM Well I do know some are from Kerry and others from Leix but I have two more lines that I don't know.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (160642)

• United States

2 Oct 20

I think it would be interesting to do.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

It is fun especially since it lets us know some things that our family tree doesn't tell us.

rsa101

@rsa101 (38164)

• Philippines

2 Oct 20

Wow l want to know mine too. How did you do it? Did you submit anything?

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rsa101

@rsa101 (38164)

• Philippines

3 Oct 20

@BelleStarr Oh and then you submit some sample with them? That’s nice that they could trace all of it.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

You buy a kit from Ancestry.com

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Amber

@AmbiePam (92518)

• United States

2 Oct 20

I have an Ancestry.com kit, but haven't done it yet. My sister did, and so did my brother-in-law. My BIL is the whitest lineage I have ever seen. There is nothing that stands out in his DNA.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

Well mine says I am 100% European but the reality is I am not.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (92518)

• United States

2 Oct 20

@BelleStarr We are supposed to be 1/8 Native American, but it doesn't show up in my sister's DNA. That made me wonder.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

@AmbiePam mine is in the mid 1700s so not unexpected that it didn’t show but it does show in my brother so it might show in you

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41394)

• United States

2 Oct 20

That's so cool! Our kids did their DNA test, but for some reason their small amount of American Indian didn't show up.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

It doesn't always, DNA is a crapshoot, my brother Alain and I don't show it but Fran does. I know we have t because of my mitochondrial DNA is C1 which is Native American. That is the straight female line. Our native ancestor was in Mid 1700s

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41394)

• United States

2 Oct 20

@BelleStarr That's so interesting.

rebelann1949

@rebelann (112786)

• El Paso, Texas

2 Oct 20

Makes ya wonder if the dna tests are accurate

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112786)

• El Paso, Texas

3 Oct 20

He was probably the easy one @BelleStarr Those of us from the mainstream American citizen are probably fairly well mixed up. I know I am.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

They are accurate to a point, I think as time goes on they will get more accurate. They have my husband at 100% Portuguese which indeed he is.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

4 Oct 20

@rebelann Indeed that is true.

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ultraman cosmos

@id_peace (14005)

• Singapore

3 Oct 20

Thank is very interesting. I also had a change of ethnic as well after I connect with my clan and I learned that we are not pure chinese.

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ultraman cosmos

@id_peace (14005)

• Singapore

4 Oct 20

Oh yes, I was told that there are no pure ethnic these days

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

4 Oct 20

Yes it seems we are usually more mixed than we ever suspected.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471356)

• Switzerland

2 Oct 20

I am 100% Italian from ancient Celt origins.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

My husband is 100% Portuguese.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471356)

• Switzerland

3 Oct 20

@BelleStarr

My father and my mother came from two different Italian regions, but they were both 100% of Italian origins. My husband no, from his father family they have Jewish blood.

crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

1 Oct 20

seems they'd be 'pdatin' those a bit more oft now, i reckon coz 'f more participation?? one's gotta recall where countries 'ctually were 't diff'rent times to figure out some'f the puzzle. i didn't wish to know, but'd submitted my spit fer crohn's research. jest's suspected, i'm a mutt :) 2.5% native american, 22% french, etc. quite certain that'll continue to be 'pdated coz when i 1st did such, they said no trace 'f native american (seems such goes back to the 1500's - how'n the heck do they figure such??) 'n now 2.5%?? the same with the french'n others. i'm glad ya 'njoy learnin' all this'n passin' such knowledge 'long to the rest 'f the family. yepperz, get out'cher green, gal! thus far i've 1459 dna relatives...

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

4 Oct 20

@crazyhorseladycx I got my brother Fran to do the Y and this way we can identify which sept of the Donahues we belong to, It is the Donahues of the Glen. The good news is on my first trip to Ireland I went to the ruined castle at Glen Flesk of the Donahues of the Glen. My people lol

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

I have many thousands but it's French Canadian 1/4 from my mother and that is the side I am least interested in lol The more participants they get from a given area the more they can include in their updates. Did you do Ancestry or 23 and Me? My native American shows in my mitochondrial DNA. Back farther than great grandparents, it is pretty much a crapshoot which DNA you get. lol

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

3 Oct 20

@BelleStarr 'twas a crohn's study with 23&me - they needed 10,000 folks fer the research. quite eye openin', all'f the results. 'xplained lots to many'f my odd hiccups. genetically 't seems i'm quite susceptible to 'em. 'gifts' from mom 'n dad. they keep tellin' me i need to get my dad 'r a brother to contribute to get more 'nfo. uhm, they're passed so that aint gonna happen. which's a tad odd coz most who've done the testin' 't the same place're from my dad's side... a definite crap shoot 'n the more 'tis learnt 'bout genetics, i'm quite certain the muddier such'll 'come, lol. they do say i'm related to marie antoinette...like i'd care 'bout that tasty tidbit?

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rakski

@rakski (122448)

• Philippines

1 Oct 20

Interesting. I didn't know today ancestry can change through the years?!!

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

There way of determining ethnicity changes, it gets more accurate.

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Mary Guice

@Elizaby (6902)

• Pensacola, Florida

4 Oct 20

I haven't had DNA Checked but know I have Scotish in me as we were told growing up that we were descendants of Mary Queen of Scots, along with French royalty. Also there is native American (Creek I am told)

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

4 Oct 20

That sounds like many stories I have heard but since Mary Queen of Scot's only son become James I of Great Britain, that would mean you were descended from all the English kings which is possible since many people are but I wonder why they would pick out Mary to remember in your family stories? Families are funny that way. My father told me The Dnahues owned the Lakes of Killarney and that is true and The Donahue Society told me my brother's Y DNA proves we are from the Kingly Donahues so like many others I am a descendent of Irish KIngs. lol I guess I need to get a tiara. lol

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Mary Guice

@Elizaby (6902)

• Pensacola, Florida

4 Oct 20

@BelleStarr Wonder how many others descended from royalty

Courtney

@Courtlynn (67085)

• United States

4 Oct 20

I still don't believe those tests but glad you're enjoying them

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

5 Oct 20

I have had t done at three different places and they are all very similar. And they match my genealogy so I think they do what they promise. I also show related to all the right people

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Courtney

@Courtlynn (67085)

• United States

5 Oct 20

@BelleStarr interesting.. hope it is accurate then, for you.

Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

2 Oct 20

@BelleStarr To show your Irish roots sounds like a good idea to wear green on St. Patrick's name.

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Oct 20

I am proud to be Irish but honestly, I identify more as English and French Canadian.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

4 Oct 20

@BelleStarr ok nice to have many identities.

Shasta

@cupkitties (7421)

• United States

2 Oct 20

My Irish fell to 32 %. No Native DNA but I met a cousin on my moms side who says we're Lumbees. Lumbee is a state but not federally recognized tribe. I think any Native American they did have is too washed out but they've been trying to get federally recognized for years.

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