Genealogy =/= DNA

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Dec 29, 2018
2:43:04pm

supertux All-American

Genealogy =/= DNA

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supertux

Previous username: Hot Extrusion
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So I got a DNA test...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 1:21pm

looks like they might have immigrated from denmark, but they weren't danish.

BlueFrog

12/29/18 1:23pm

Not likely....

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:02pm

and you are NOT the father?!? I'm hilarious, now gonna read post

hyperbully

12/29/18 1:24pm

that does seem odd ... couple possible thoughts

hyperbully

12/29/18 1:26pm

Do another one (23andme). They aren't 100% accurate, but BlueFrog could also be

BertoChavez

12/29/18 1:26pm

It sounds like you want it to reflect your genealogy.

mobomanjoe

12/29/18 1:31pm

Yes. Also know I’m about 25% Dane but it shows as Norwegian. Not super precise.

dtownCoug

12/29/18 1:26pm

Norwegian and Danes are both of Viking blood.

Blue Ghost

12/29/18 1:28pm

"viking blood" isn't a super precise description

hyperbully

12/29/18 1:30pm

Yes but the settlers of Denmark are form the same population that

Blue Ghost

12/29/18 1:39pm

which of my assumptions is off? I'm fairly well versed in this part of history

hyperbully

12/29/18 1:41pm

Are you saying that they aren’t genetically similar

Blue Ghost

12/29/18 1:43pm

NO! I didn't say anything even remotely like that!! Odd

hyperbully

12/29/18 1:46pm

I thought we were talking about DNA. Shared DNA from a population comes through

Blue Ghost

12/29/18 1:55pm

your original post about "viking blood" seemed to suggest that

hyperbully

12/29/18 2:02pm

And my results would back you up...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:09pm

Everything is weighted to the test results they have.

Blue Ghost

12/29/18 2:30pm

Makes sense...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:45pm

When you say you know the history, it seems you're not always actually serious

Goliath

12/29/18 1:44pm

linking to a post that somebody ELSE made a claim about me? Hahaha

hyperbully

12/29/18 1:47pm

btw, re: some other post you made somewhere, it's quite clear that you most

hyperbully

12/29/18 1:49pm

Good night, and good luck!

Goliath

12/29/18 1:52pm

It really isn’t that accurate. It shows general regions but mixes up

Blue Ghost

12/29/18 1:27pm

I was a majority British even though 2 great grandfathers & 1 Great

tjngirlz

12/29/18 1:27pm

Ancestry’s Germanic Europe includes Denmark

thejimmer

12/29/18 1:29pm

That’s what I was wondering...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:13pm

Political borders are arbitrary

spinner

12/29/18 2:21pm

And I get that ...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 3:13pm

So it sounds like they weren't wrong, they just don't expressly designate Danish ancestry

spinner

12/29/18 3:31pm

Maybe someone in the past was not really the father

Thrill

12/29/18 1:29pm

I suppose that is possible...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:18pm

I recently found and got into contact with my MIL's Brother & Sister

tjngirlz

12/29/18 3:29pm

More likely the DNA test is accurate and there is something wrong in the family

chilango

12/29/18 1:29pm

I understand those things....

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:23pm

Well, combine that with the first point I made, about 10% of the dads not really

chilango

12/29/18 2:37pm

Those things are all possible...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:52pm

Yeah, but what percentage of Native American are you? You could teach at Harvard

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

12/29/18 1:30pm

If I have any it didn’t show up in my test...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:24pm

In addition to what others have said, you don't necessarily get 25% of your DNA

supertux

12/29/18 1:31pm

Guaranteed 50% from parents but it isn’t an even split for grandparents.

Blue Ghost

12/29/18 1:41pm

I am definitely NOT an expert in DNA, not even close, but

hyperbully

12/29/18 1:55pm

Unless you count mitochondrial DNA, or account for

Blue Ghost

12/29/18 2:37pm

My guess is you're not quite understanding either what I"m saying or

hyperbully

12/29/18 2:40pm

The differences arise because each sibling gets a different 50% from each parent

chilango

12/29/18 2:46pm

Well my dad would be 50% Danish...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:28pm

It's not that neat & predictable.

bluebooks

12/29/18 2:35pm

First, they are far from an exact science. A few other things...

Zach Morris

12/29/18 1:32pm

Ancestry doesn't show Danish as a grouping.

Carnac

12/29/18 1:39pm

Mine was similar.

El Careeb

12/29/18 1:40pm

I think you misunderstand DNA.

bluebooks

12/29/18 1:40pm

This is an excellent scientific explanation to match with my geopolitical one.

Homercles

12/29/18 1:44pm

I don’t misunderstand it...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:41pm

Genealogy =/= DNA

supertux

12/29/18 2:43pm

maybe you should be directing this comment at Ancestry.com then

hyperbully

12/29/18 2:44pm

RE: maybe you should be directing this comment at Ancestry.com then

supertux

12/29/18 2:54pm

well, they're definitely attempting to extrapolate genealogy from DNA

hyperbully

12/29/18 2:59pm

They are doing 2 different things with these DNA tests. Part of what they are

supertux

12/29/18 3:15pm

"has nothing to do with" is WAAYYY overstated, where you came from

hyperbully

12/29/18 3:21pm

This comment needs to be more widely understood.

TheBlueCougar

12/29/18 3:48pm

You may just not have inherited many DNA chunks from your Danish grandma.

bluebooks

12/29/18 2:43pm

I suppose but there is too much of a resemblance bewtween me...

CoachSpeak

12/29/18 2:47pm

RE: I suppose but there is too much of a resemblance bewtween me...

supertux

12/29/18 2:51pm

Her physical genes may just be more dominant.

bluebooks

12/29/18 2:51pm

Scandinavia is a wildly intermingled place.

Homercles

12/29/18 1:43pm

Danish and Norwegian are apparently pretty similar, especially vocabulary

hyperbully

12/29/18 3:00pm

Yup. All the Scandinavian languages (besides the 3 discussed here, also...

Homercles

12/29/18 3:15pm

oops, I think I misread or misunderstood, thought you said or meant "un-intel...

hyperbully

12/29/18 3:21pm

Ah yes. I've done that before. No worries.

Homercles

12/29/18 3:43pm

Maybe you were adopted.

Zaphod

12/29/18 1:47pm

My understanding is that the DNA tests show how your genes express.

Bovine University

12/29/18 2:03pm

What you are seeing is the process of genetic recombination which is the reason

vaquero

12/29/18 3:34pm

no, that doesn't explain what he's describing, it's bad data seems like

hyperbully

12/29/18 3:40pm

So when you get your results on the website...

CoachSpeak

12/30/18 12:49am

After the 96m hacked dna results, wouldn’t touch it. Ins co’s Would love summa

MatthiasG

12/29/18 4:18pm

Your mom has some splainin to do

WDaddy

12/29/18 5:28pm

Congratulations, you have now been logged in the Federal Governments database

Romex

12/29/18 6:09pm

who knew you could track people by their DNA? Where am I now?

hyperbully

12/29/18 6:18pm

I’d be surprised if I wasn’t already...

CoachSpeak

12/30/18 12:37am

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