FTDNA - MyOrigins update

[HellLander87]

[EdAlencar]

You really have dutch ancestry? how do you know? northeast Brazil or Olambra? I've always heard tales of having Dutch ancestry too, but my "Brit isles", former central-west euro, is probably my azorean side, flemish, as I have seen in my family tree that I have Van der Haegen (da Silveira) among other surnames..
I wonder if that could be a combo of Flemish and very little Dutch, because 21%, or 23 as it was is very a very big chunk..

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_der_Haegen

The only reason why I did a DNA test was to find out whether the Dutch ancestry would be confirmed, but I knew it would hardly show up, as 10 generations have passed since the Dutch invaded my area (Pernambuco). A lot of people today in my region still have that non-Portuguese appearance, many of them indeeed have some Dutch blood, but due to the circumstances, their roots had to be forgotten as they were persecuted. According to studies, Dutch people could have contributed to at least 1 million people's DNA in the northeast. I have Wilker in my family tree (same as Jose Wilker, who is also from my city), but the known Dutch heritage came from my fathers side (as far as I know). They just knew they descended from Dutch, my great great grandfather had no surname, later on they addopted "Cazuza" (menino danado) as their surname, but this surname was not passed down to us.

After getting my results I found out I had 7% Scandinavian, of course this number is inflated, but when I checked my distant cousins, many of them were non Portuguese... some were Dutch, some were Norwegian (5th cousin), some Finnish... the only thing we know well is my Portuguese mothers side, as the Alencar family has been involved in some wars with other families and some movements like the Pernambucan Revolution and Equador Confederation, they also have a small museum, which kept our history alive, other than that is just common knowledge. My parents did not finish high school, my grandparents didn't go to school, yet we knew we had some Dutch and we know there were some Jewish... it was not until I had history class and understood how our region was colonized that I understood that this "tale" could reflect reality. And the same goes to the African and Native American heritage... we know we have it, but don't know when, who, how, where. I have no recent European contribution to my DNA. All my family came to "Brazil" before the 1700s. All my family comes from small villages from the Northeast (Pernambuco, Paraíba, Alagoas, Ceará), small villages whose habitants are predominantly white and light features (eyes/hair) are very common.

[Sikeliot]

Italian:

75% European
71% Southeast Europe
2% East Europe
2% Finnish

20% Asia Minor

5% Ashkenazi

Asia Minor is high. Where is this person from specifically?

[Jana]

[Pahli]

How are you and Stears btw?

[Kriptc06]

The only reason why I did a DNA test was to find out whether the Dutch ancestry would be confirmed, but I knew it would hardly show up, as 10 generations have passed since the Dutch invaded my area (Pernambuco). A lot of people today in my region still have that non-Portuguese appearance, many of them indeeed have some Dutch blood, but due to the circumstances, their roots had to be forgotten as they were persecuted. According to studies, Dutch people could have contributed to at least 1 million people's DNA in the northeast. I have Wilker in my family tree (same as Jose Wilker, who is also from my city), but the known Dutch heritage came from my fathers side (as far as I know). They just knew they descended from Dutch, my great great grandfather had no surname, later on they addopted "Cazuza" (menino danado) as their surname, but this surname was not passed down to us.

After getting my results I found out I had 7% Scandinavian, of course this number is inflated, but when I checked my distant cousins, many of them were non Portuguese... some were Dutch, some were Norwegian (5th cousin), some Finnish... the only thing we know well is my Portuguese mothers side, as the Alencar family has been involved in some wars with other families and some movements like the Pernambucan Revolution and Equador Confederation, they also have a small museum, which kept our history alive, other than that is just common knowledge. My parents did not finish high school, my grandparents didn't go to school, yet we knew we had some Dutch and we know there were some Jewish... it was not until I had history class and understood how our region was colonized that I understood that this "tale" could reflect reality. And the same goes to the African and Native American heritage... we know we have it, but don't know when, who, how, where. I have no recent European contribution to my DNA. All my family came to "Brazil" before the 1700s. All my family comes from small villages from the Northeast (Pernambuco, Paraíba, Alagoas, Ceará), small villages whose habitants are predominantly white and light features (eyes/hair) are very common.

I have ancestry from the interior of PE, my granny is light haired and eyed, blueish/gray, I strongly suspect she has Dutch, along with the family tales ofc. I'll PM u so we can talk about it better. That's why I suspect that I have a little Dutch + my confirmed Flemish, but I'd have never guess it would be over 20%

[Voskos]

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was expecting to see some cuman traces regions

[Vascontelo]

[Ylla]

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How much Iberian?

[Vascontelo]

How much Iberian?

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