Ancestry/Genealogy
In reply to the discussion: holy cow. i sent a message to my nearest dna match. she is adopted. [View all]ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)this site says 100% irish, but 23 said i have a bit of scandanavian, some neanderthal and a bit of sub-saharan african. much as i like the 100%, i know the 23 is correct. i knew about the neanderthals, cuz i am a ginger. the viking is cool, tho.
suspect ggrand was irish extraction before someone moved to the other isle. but it is sorta cracking me up that i cant find her anywhere. her family must have snuck back in, and stayed underground. maybe i should start searching for criminal records.
and she looks black. dark curly hair, dark skin. true black irish i guess. 5 of us 7 have black hair. my dad used to tease the sister that had the brown eyes, calling her angelina bartaluci. the others had the galway blue eyes.
it is fun. and a lesson in how stubborn the irish are that both sides had relatives i never knew about. one of my aunts did a pretty good job of researching those that came here and their descendants. but she missed the 10 siblings of my grandma. even she didnt know, and she was born and raised in the same town that half of them died in.
so no ethnicity surprises, but....