I have been thinking and Livingdna is underrated and sometimes maligned on genetic forums.
However, trust in PCmag :
4 out of 5 stars
THE BOTTOM LINE
Living DNA is an informative and affordable testing kit for tracing your ancestry back thousands of years. Unfortunately, it takes a long time to deliver genetic results.
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DNA tests are skewed towards U.S. users because, as a nation of immigrants, there's a need to discover or confirm our origins. This need isn't as present in Europe, where many families can trace their roots back hundreds of years. Living DNA still encourages Europeans to take the tests, even if they know their origins. That way, they can connect with distant relatives on other continents. DNA tests compare your genetics with populations in different countries, so the more in-country data available, the more accurate your results.
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/living-dna
Now I'll analyze my results :
Hmmm, that looks like pretty Scottish result if they did single population approximation.
So, I look to yourdnaportal advanced ancestry analysis to help shed light on the above results :
Fourth Test Run
This mathematical setting divides your genome into 2 parts, with each fragment representing half of your genome. This setting is very useful for both highly mixed and more homogenous ethnicities. This approach gives a very reliable, albeit generalised, interpretation of one's ethnicity.
Connacht : 50%
Connacht is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Lúighne, Uí Maine, and Iar Connacht). Up to the early historic era, Connacht then included County Clare, and was known as Cóiced Ol nEchmacht. Later myths state the Fir Bolg ruled all Ireland before the Tuatha Dé Danann arrived. When the Fir Bolg were defeated, the Tuatha Dé Danann drove them to Connacht. Sites such as the Céide Fields, Knocknarea, Listoghil, Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery and Rathcroghan, all demonstrate intensive occupation of Connacht far back into prehistory.
Kent : 50%
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the French department of Pas-de-Calais across the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone. It is the fifth most populous county in England, the most populous non-Metropolitan county and the most populous of the home counties. The area has been occupied since the Palaeolithic era, as attested by finds from the quarries at Swanscombe. The Medway megaliths were built during the Neolithic era. There is a rich sequence of Bronze Age, celtic Iron Age, and Britto-Roman era occupation, as indicated by finds and features such as the Ringlemere gold cup and the Roman villas of the Darent valley. Julius Caesar described the area as Cantium, or the home of the Cantiaci, in 51 BC. Following the withdrawal of the Romans, large numbers of Germanic speakers from the continent settled in Kent, bringing their language, which came to be Old English. While they expelled the native Romano-British population, some likely remained in the area, eventually assimilating with the newcomers. Following the withdrawal of the Romans, large numbers of Germanic speakers from the continent settled in Kent, bringing their language, which came to be Old English. While they expelled the native Romano-British population, some likely remained in the area, eventually assimilating with the newcomers. Of the invading tribes, the Jutes were the most prominent, and the area became a Jutish kingdom. The early medieval inhabitants of the county were referred to as the Cantwara, or Kentish people. The city of Canterbury was the largest in Kent. Kent was traditionally partitioned into East and West Kent, and into lathes and hundreds. The divide has been explained by some as originating in the Anglo-Saxon migrations, with Jutes mainly settling east of the Medway and Saxons settling west of it
^ inline with my LivingDNA results but much more generalized but still looking pretty damn Scottish :
A portion of My K36 report from LMgenetics :
Gaussian method.
Noise dispersion set to 0,130062
Using 1 population approximation:
1 UK_Scotland_Upland
2 UK_Scotland_Lowlands
3 UK_England_South-West
4 UK_Yorkshire&Humber
5 UK_England_South-East
6 UK_East-Anglia
7 UK_Scotland_Highland
8 UK_Orkneys
9 NL_Groningen
10 NL_Noord_Brabant
297 iterations.
Using 2 populations approximation:
1 UK_Scotland_Upland+UK_Scotland_Upland
2 UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Upland
3 UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Lowlands
4 UK_Scotland_Highland+UK_Scotland_Upland
5 NL_Groningen+UK_Scotland_Lowlands
6 UK_England_South-West+UK_Scotland_Upland
7 UK_Scotland_Highland+UK_Scotland_Lowlands
8 UK_England_South-West+UK_Scotland_Lowlands
9 NL_Groningen+UK_England_South-West
10 NL_Groningen+UK_Shetlands
44253 iterations.
Using 3 populations approximation:
1 50% UK_Scotland_Upland +25% UK_Shetlands +25% UK_Scotland_Upland
2 50% UK_Scotland_Upland +25% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% UK_Scotland_Upland
3 50% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% UK_Scotland_Upland +25% UK_Scotland_Upland
4 50% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% Norway_Hedmark
5 50% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% NL_Noord_Brabant +25% UK_Scotland_Lowlands
6 50% UK_Scotland_Upland +25% UK_Scotland_Highland +25% UK_Scotland_Upland
7 50% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% NL_Groningen +25% UK_Scotland_Lowlands
8 50% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% UK_Scotland_Upland
9 50% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% NL_Noord_Brabant +25% UK_Scotland_Highland
10 50% UK_Scotland_Lowlands +25% NL_Noord_Brabant +25% Denmark
11614376 iterations.
Using 4 populations approximation:
1 UK_Shetlands+UK_Scotland_Upland+UK_Scotland_Upland +UK_Scotland_Upland
2 UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Upland+UK_Scotlan d_Upland+UK_Scotland_Upland
3 UK_Scotland_Upland+UK_Scotland_Upland+UK_Scotland_ Upland+UK_Scotland_Upland
4 UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotl and_Upland+UK_Scotland_Upland
5 UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotl and_Lowlands+Norway_Hedmark
6 NL_Noord_Brabant+UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_ Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Lowlands
7 UK_Scotland_Highland+UK_Scotland_Upland+UK_Scotlan d_Upland+UK_Scotland_Upland
8 NL_Groningen+UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Lowl ands+UK_Scotland_Lowlands
9 UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotl and_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Upland
10 NL_Noord_Brabant+UK_Scotland_Highland+UK_Scotland_ Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Lowlands
11 NL_Noord_Brabant+UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_ Lowlands+Denmark
12 UK_Scotland_Highland+UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotl and_Upland+UK_Scotland_Upland
13 UK_England_South-West+UK_Scotland_Lowlands+UK_Scotland_Lowlands+Nor way_Hedmark
Now the grand finale the mentally retarded analysis of my DNA from Davidski of Eurogenes G25 :
"Well, you're definitely not just Irish, Scottish or even English. Or even a mixture of Irish, Scottish and English.
The original raw data file from AncestryDNA that you sent me shows that you're most certainly a mixture of British/Irish and continental Western European, just like your self-reported ancestry suggests.
Currently, the best Iron Age/Medieval mixture model for you is this one...
Target: KevinG_scaled
Distance: 1.9624% / 0.01962356
42.8 England_IA
32.0 ISL_Viking_Age_Pre_Christian
25.2 SVK_Poprad_MA
I say currently, because Iron Age/Medieval samples are still limited, so this model shouldn't be taken too literally, but it does reflect your self-reported ancestry too. That is, it suggests that you're a mixture of Celtic and Germanic, including continental Germanic (Poprad).
You have to be patient. There are thousands of Iron Age and Medieval samples from Europe about to be published. Once they're available, it'll be easy to characterize our ancestry in the context of Iron Age and Medieval diversity with the Global25."
