My true ancestry.com

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Originally Posted by Daco Celtic

MyTrueAncestry seems better at marketing than they are at telling a person their ancient ancestry. People see the image of a Roman or a Celt next to their results and get all excited. Great gimmick, I wish I had thought of the idea. Still fun to look at, I must admit.

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That is why I did not pay for the service and only used the free version but it says I am a mixture of Anglo-Saxon , Celtic and Frankish and I have Irish, English and Germanic French ancestry from Alsace-Lorraine so it does not seem to be really badly off for me in that specific part of the service.

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Originally Posted by JamesBond007

That is why I did not pay for the service and only used the free version but it says I am a mixture of Anglo-Saxon , Celtic and Frankish and I have Irish, English and Germanic French ancestry from Alsace-Lorraine so it does not seem to be really badly off for me in that specific part of the service.

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Yeah, it works best for people of a single ethnicity or very similar ethnicities. It doesn't work as well for me because I get Frank, a mid point for me, when I really am more of a Celtic - Illyrians or Thraicaian mix IMO.

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Originally Posted by Daco Celtic

Yeah, it works best for people of a single ethnicity or very similar ethnicities. It doesn't work as well for me because I get Frank, a mid point for me, when I really am more of a Celtic - Illyrians or Thraicaian mix IMO.

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Precisely.

I'm thinking it would be more accurate to split you 50/50 in a two-way oracle, then find the ancient population's for each of those halves. Not saying that this method would be ideal either, I'm just illustrating the plight of the mixed ;)

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Originally Posted by Mr.G

Precisely.

the plight of the mixed ;)

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I shall overcome. It won't be easy though.

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Originally Posted by Daco Celtic

Yeah, it works best for people of a single ethnicity or very similar ethnicities. It doesn't work as well for me because I get Frank, a mid point for me, when I really am more of a Celtic - Illyrians or Thraicaian mix IMO.

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Yeah, I''m not really mixed even though I have 25% of my ancestry from Alsace-Lorraine but AncestryDNA 90% British isles that is probably because the English are 21% Irish/Celtic and the Germanics from Alsace-Lorraine in ancient times would be Danube Swabians related to the Swaefas tribe that invaded England in Swaffham. I am an endangered species I'm on the last remaining WASP Americans.

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Originally Posted by Daco Celtic

I shall overcome. It won't be easy though.

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Well, not be an asshole but this is a European forum so it is not a problem for Europeans but a problem for Americans. :P

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Originally Posted by Daco Celtic

I shall overcome. It won't be easy though.

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*edited out* double post mistake.

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Originally Posted by JamesBond007

Well, not be an asshole but this is a European forum so it is not a problem for Europeans but a problem for Americans. :P

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It's not a real problem, I identify as an American. I am just interested in ancient ancestors. Does your WASPy family go far back in the Northeast?

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Originally Posted by Daco Celtic

It's not a real problem, I identify as an American. I am just interested in ancient ancestors. Does your WASPy family go far back in the Northeast?

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All my ancestors are from New York which is technically not New England. New Yorkers are elitists and hate people not from New York which is ironic given how many foreigners live in New York city.

Actually, the Americans Francis Parkman and Roosevelt subscribed to the idea that the Irish could be mixed with the Germans and then remixed into the English population to create a new kind of Anglo-Saxon and viola ! I usually get English or Dutch as my top populations and sometimes oddly Norwegian or Irish/Scottish. So anyway, I had one Southern Irish ancestor who looked Welsh and bred into a kraut woman LOL.

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Originally Posted by JamesBond007

All my ancestors are from New York which is technically not New England. New Yorkers are elitists and hate people not from New York which is ironic given how many foreigners live in New York city.

Actually, the Americans Francis Parkman and Roosevelt subscribed to the idea that the Irish could be mixed with the Germans and then remixed into the English population to create a new kind of Anglo-Saxon and viola ! I usually get English or Dutch as my top populations and sometimes oddly Norwegian or Irish/Scottish. So anyway, I had one Southern Irish ancestor who looked Welsh and bred into a kraut woman LOL.

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Look out for those Kraut women, I married one.