how do i know what i truly am

[unmoggable]

every test gives me a different result, i am having an identity crisis, am i celtic? germanic? danish? irish? what is this shit!!!!

[Mortimer]

Its hard to discern whether you are celtic or german danish or irish because genetically there is similarity and overlap. But for example you know immediately if you are african SSA or european like that for example. Now you can be narrower too, but you need to play a bit around with your results. If you are suppossed to be irish or suspect you are irish, i would ask Grace O Malley and share your gedmatch and G25 with her, she is fully irish and knows alot about irish genetics.

[JerryS.]

every test gives me a different result, i am having an identity crisis, am i celtic? germanic? danish? irish? what is this shit!!!!

I have Irish and Northern German ancestry in my background and depending upon the populations used it can show as Scottish and Danish lol.

[Kostek]

Genealogy is the answer.

[Jingle Bell]

Genealogy is the answer.

This.
Ancestry DNA tests should only be used as a "guide", they are not 100% accurate, the best and the only confirmed way is genealogy with documents that prove a link to your ancestors.
Use FamilySearch or MyHeritage, if u are average Colonial American u prob related to many persons with big trees.

[Vessna]

every test gives me a different result, i am having an identity crisis, am i celtic? germanic? danish? irish? what is this shit!!!!

What’s your ancestry? Are you a mixed European?

[gixajo]

Typical recurring problems of gringos.:picard1:

[Scandal]

every test gives me a different result, i am having an identity crisis, am i celtic? germanic? danish? irish? what is this shit!!!!
Do gedmatch.

[Flashball]

Genealogy

[ScandinavianCelt]

every test gives me a different result, i am having an identity crisis, am i celtic? germanic? danish? irish? what is this shit!!!!

Did you get your IllustrativeDNA coordinates and results? Also, the dataset you upload to them makes a difference in the results, as they will have different markers, necessitating you create an average of the results or/and coordinates to best fit you. Some say only a full genome is going to be completely accurate, but the problem there is the calculator limitations then.

[ScandinavianCelt]

Genealogy

True, but you can share 30% of your DNA with one 5th great grandparent, so obviously knowing all 128 of your 5th great grandparent's ethnicities is only one part of the puzzle. If 10 were Irish and you end up 50% Irish then obviously most of the others are irrelevant. And, genealogy tends to have a lot of gaps for most of us.

[VC]

every test gives me a different result, i am having an identity crisis, am i celtic? germanic? danish? irish? what is this shit!!!!

Ethnic belonging is a nuanced subject. It has to do with your genetics/heritage, upbringing via language and cultural customs, etc. Celto-Germanic is not like, horribly atypical or weird to be, especially in the US. It's pretty much the most common ethnicity in the Southern US lol. Relax.

American mystery meat is valid.

[Upsilander]

You are a Celto-Germanic mongrel**. Welcome aboard.



* Read the manual carefully.
** No psychological support will be provided with this product.

[Flashball]

True, but you can share 30% of your DNA with one 5th great grandparent, so obviously knowing all 128 of your 5th great grandparent's ethnicities is only one part of the puzzle. If 10 were Irish and you end up 50% Irish then obviously most of the others are irrelevant. And, genealogy tends to have a lot of gaps for most of us.

How could you share 30% of your DNA with a great-great-great-great-great grandparent?

[ScandinavianCelt]

How could you share 30% of your DNA with a great-great-great-great-great grandparent?

Well because science says it's totally random and you could inherit that much it's possible just like it's possible to inherit all your DNA on one side of your family from one parent's parent and none from the other.

[JerryS.]

every test gives me a different result, i am having an identity crisis, am i celtic? germanic? danish? irish? what is this shit!!!!

Get your G25 numbers and use the modern individuals (not sims and not averages) model to see how you model with 4 populations as in what your 4 grandparents would have been.

[unmoggable]

thanks brothelmeng!

Target: unmoggable
Distance: 0.0034% / 0.00003428 | R4P
73.4 Dutch
16.6 Welsh
5.8 Chechen
4.2 English_Cornwall

Distance to: unmoggable
0.01405457 Danish:GSM1985821
0.01663530 French_Brittany:Rennes_B_23
0.01709472 English_Cornwall:HG00255
0.01724476 English_Cornwall:HG00259
0.01759458 BelgianA:5434289041_R05C01
0.01776519 Dutch:GSM1634004
0.01780835 BelgianA:5434289001_R05C02
0.01789076 Welsh:WalesL44
0.01803149 English:HG01791
0.01816597 Dutch:GSM566788
0.01831301 BelgianA:5434289003_R02C01
0.01840812 Welsh:WalesL40
0.01911147 English_Cornwall:HG00243
0.01915436 English:HG01790
0.01918839 Afrikaner:AFR018
0.01920644 Welsh:WalesL86
0.01931794 Dutch:GSM567043
0.01978093 Dutch:GSM1634041
0.02020299 Danish:GSM1985702
0.02026004 Afrikaner:AFR053
0.02036586 Dutch:GSM1633946
0.02055598 Scottish:Scottish5
0.02066805 Orcadian:HGDP00803
0.02067712 Dutch:GSM1633993
0.02070606 Irish:Irish55

[Upsilander]

thanks brothelmeng!

Target: unmoggable
Distance: 0.0034% / 0.00003428 | R4P
73.4 Dutch
16.6 Welsh
5.8 Chechen
4.2 English_Cornwall



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