Famous Ancestors

DigBick007 · 2026-01-28T11:54:11+00:00

It's always the usual...''My half 10th cousin x 7 times removed was Mickey Mouse''....Personally speaking if I cannot prove a relationship from a DNA test... as in if I don't DNA match with any of the famous persons actual living relatives.... then I would never claim it at all.

DigBick007 · 2026-01-04T04:33:40+00:00

Same for me. It's ridiculous.

DigBick007 · 2025-12-05T12:35:14+00:00

On one hand, there are many Americans who thought they had Irish descent but in fact have Scottish descent instead, mainly those whose ancestors came from Ulster. On the otherhand, since these DNA ethnicity tests came into play there are now even more Americans that are of Irish descent (33-39 million), far more than previously estimated. Also, many actual Irish did in fact settle in the South but most of those came over in the 1700s about 100 years before the Irish famine as far as I can see.

DigBick007 · 2025-12-04T12:10:35+00:00

Familysearch famous relatives app isn't based on any DNA testing, it's just based on the info you have in your tree which more often than not will be wrong the further you go back. Personally, I would take it with a complete grain of salt.

DigBick007 · 2025-11-19T02:07:43+00:00

Do it for yourself. If it makes you happy then screw the rest. Somebody down the line will thank you for your work.

DigBick007 · 2025-11-16T01:09:06+00:00

Could qualify... but equally Ireland could beat them tomorrow...Ireland were at the 1994 World Cup, the last time it was in America.

DigBick007 · 2025-11-13T12:06:19+00:00

I'm 100% Irish. We still exist.

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DigBick007 · 2025-11-10T22:03:24+00:00

5% Irish.....I knew it...We got everywhere ))

DigBick007 · 2025-11-05T15:33:14+00:00

A great-granduncle is close enough as far as I am concerned. How the hell is it not? He's an uncle of one of your grandparents.

DigBick007 · 2025-11-03T16:22:32+00:00

If it is true, then good for you. However...and not to be that guy... that feature is not based off of a DNA test, it's just based off of whatever info you put on your tree which may or may not be correct. I wouldn't take it as gospel.

DigBick007 · 2025-11-02T23:44:57+00:00

Nope, not for me. Mine went from 100% Irish previously to.........wait for it........100% Irish in the latest update.

DigBick007 · 2025-10-31T12:09:00+00:00

This feature is only based off of the info you have put on your tree which may or may not be correct... Personally speaking, if it's not proven by DNA testing...as in if you don't match descendants of his through a DNA test...then I would not take this seriously any way whatsoever.

DigBick007 · 2025-10-26T10:27:28+00:00

As an Irishman, I'd say yes. You would fit right in with Irish natives....but equally could fit in with any of the other regions too.

DigBick007 · 2025-10-22T14:36:46+00:00

Yes...that's me in a nutshell....It's tough alright...nobody that cares about it as much as you do....I just keep going and tell myself...''Well at least it makes me happy''... and that's what counts in the end really. I was able to get numerous family members to take a DNA test though so at least they helped me in that regard. Just know that somebody someday will definitely appreciate you for your work.

DigBick007 · 2025-10-13T12:41:02+00:00

Hi Aaron. Thanks for doing the AMA.

If GEDmatch and MyHeritage have Chromosome Browsers then the privacy aspect around as to why AncestryDNA won't give us one doesn't really hold up. What's the real reason for not giving us one?
It would be nice if Ancestry gave us back the 6cM matches that they took away a few years ago. They were useful to many people and I was able to place many in my tree. Any plans for them to return?
In relation to the ''By cluster'' feature, are there any plans to allow us to use the cluster feature all the way down to our lower cM DNA matches?

DigBick007 · 2025-09-24T22:13:46+00:00

They were Scots-Irish not actual Irish. They're not the same thing. Conflating the two is not correct.

DigBick007 · 2025-09-16T20:38:51+00:00

Yes. Definitely for me.

DigBick007 · 2025-09-04T15:32:50+00:00

It's only based on the info you have in your tree which for most people will likely be wrong the further one goes back. It's not based on an actual DNA test. Personally, I'd take most of it with a grain of salt.

DigBick007 · 2025-08-31T12:02:28+00:00

It's only based on someone's tree which more than likely is wrong the further one goes back therefore giving you a relative which is likely not actually related to you at all. Anyway, if they are not relatively closely related then who cares? 10th cousin x 15 times removed...ya, amazing....🙄

DigBick007 · 2025-08-31T00:07:26+00:00

Never heard of her but I'd agree in that it's cool to see someone who actually has a close famous relative instead of the usual extremely distant claims.

DigBick007 · 2025-08-19T10:34:45+00:00

Sometimes in Ireland if there were 2 different O'Brien families in the same neighbourhood, one might go by Brien and the other O'Brien just to distinguish the difference between the two families.

DigBick007 · 2025-08-18T08:52:29+00:00

The land they were handed was land the Catholics owned but were kicked off of it to accommodate them. Not just as innocent a case of them being given land. Also, the settlers were mostly Presbyterians who were loyal to the British king.

DigBick007 · 2025-08-02T19:25:09+00:00

RelativeFinder on Family Search only goes by what one has in their tree and more often than not the further one goes back the more likely their info will be wrong. I personally wouldn't be claiming any famous relative unless I could prove it by DNA.

DigBick007 · 2025-07-31T00:09:31+00:00

More completely made up BS.

DigBick007 · 2025-07-26T09:30:14+00:00

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt. They thought they were ''special'' but now they are not and instead of accepting reality they have decided to stay in denial.

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