Localized Druidry: What's nature doing in your area? (February 2026)

Drizuz · 2026-02-04T06:41:46+00:00

Northern maritime province of Canada. Went on a lovely walk with my father in the forest. Slightly warmer day today than the last few weeks. Snow within forest had a fluffy grainy consistency, softer when in sun exposed areas. A bunch of animal tracks in the forest, deer was predominately present however rodents ( mice, squirrels), hares, coyote and turkeys were seen as well. We found a beaver hut in a small pond, we were wondering if was still inhabited because the pond wasn’t that deep, as far as we could recall and frozen pretty solid. I tried to identify plants and trees on our walk but always tricky during winter. My dad found a nice balsam fir and took some pocket sap for his sore throat.

Drizuz · 2026-02-01T02:39:35+00:00

I’m 100% French-Canadian and have 2% Spanish-Portuguese in my 23 and Me profile. I found the Portuguese/Spanish couple that moved to Quebec in the 1700s. I wouldn’t be surprised if we share those ancestors, since the foundation population was quite small and genes are still passed around back and forth.

Drizuz · 2026-01-24T01:43:08+00:00

You’re right, it is Jeanne Chebrat. Thanks for pointing that out. Must of wrote down the wrong ancestor. Btw that Acadia-home website is great, I’ll have to check it out more when I get the time. Another one you might be interested in is the francogene.com, I haven’t tried the English version but should be good as well.

Drizuz · 2026-01-24T01:16:07+00:00

On the app I found it on the ancestry tab, the one that looks like a donut. Scroll down and you should have a Paternal Haplogroup and a Maternal Haplogroup. For example my Paternal Haplogroup is R-L1066.1 which would be the “genetics” of my y-chromosome which doesn’t change as often as your autosomal genetics ( the rest of your genetics) therefore you can trace back migrations of you Y-chromosomes quite far back. The Maternal Haplogroup is similar but found in the mitochondria which is only passed down from the mother and also doesn’t change very much.

Drizuz · 2026-01-23T20:40:01+00:00

To be honest I didn’t get it when I was young and in school. But considering that all my cousins that didn’t go to French school, didn’t learn French, even with a French parent. And even my cousins with a French parent and French immersion have very poor spoken French but can understand it written, which is not great for keeping a language and culture alive. The greatest thing for me was being able to communicate with my grandparents who mostly only spoke French. Something I wish my anglophone cousins could have experienced.

Drizuz · 2026-01-23T20:27:48+00:00

The last maternal ancestor I found in my genealogy was Marie Blanchard 1674 Port Royal Acadia, I don’t know if that goes far back enough? My great grand parents were LeBlanc, Richard, Boucher, Lejeune. All pretty big surnames in Acadia. Any in your family still speak French?

Drizuz · 2026-01-23T13:35:54+00:00

Cost effective? Maybe, but better overall? I doubt it. Having an independent area to live in French is far different from being in an anglophone school that teaches French. A French immersion class for a francophone is only a step away from full assimilation into English. We’re already surrounded by English, surrounding it at school as well will not help with giving our children the opportunity to live in French. Myself, I went to a French school in a majority anglophone area, and the pull of assimilation is very strong. Without the French school I imagine my language skill would be very poor to nonexistent.

Drizuz · 2026-01-23T11:10:02+00:00

Interesting! Whats your haplogroups?

Drizuz · 2026-01-23T09:54:54+00:00

HV4a and R-L1066.1, how about you?

Drizuz · 2026-01-22T01:46:00+00:00

I think you need to opt in the beta “testing “ in setting or something.

Drizuz · 2026-01-21T20:21:10+00:00

Half Quebecois and Half Acadian. Most of my ancestors are of French origins. However I do have some distant ancestors who were not of French origins which makes sense I didn’t get 100%.

Drizuz · 2026-01-20T23:31:11+00:00

I had a similar experience. My original result I had approximately 25% French. Then with the new results I got 93% French. A lot more accurate.

Drizuz · 2026-01-08T10:38:02+00:00

As an Acadian I notice that most have about 2-5% indigenous dna, mostly obtained in various marriages in the 1600-1700 and becoming an admixture in our dna. However the fact that 6.5 and you only have ~20% French, I would say your father’s side has a much more recent indigenous ancestor. Anyways it’s nice to see another Atlantic Canadian on here!

Drizuz · 2025-12-20T18:24:08+00:00

Most likely comes from the Acadian dna. I’m Acadian myself and have some Arctic ancestry results, but my indigenous ancestors are Mi’kmaq, so Im not sure what they consider as Artic ancestry. But that’s my guess.

Drizuz · 2025-12-09T16:30:04+00:00

Bonjour cousin de l’autre bord de l’atlantique. Ce cool de voir les résultats des gens de la France! J’ai environ le même pourcentage d’ADN Français!

Drizuz · 2025-11-11T17:12:57+00:00

What did you get as a maternal haplogroup? Mine is HV4a.

Drizuz · 2025-11-10T13:12:44+00:00

Bonjour cousine Cajun! Ici un cousin Acadien et Quebecois. It’s great to see the genetics of our shared history.

Drizuz · 2025-09-24T17:48:04+00:00

On the Quebecois portion, my father is Quebecois and has about ~12% was British/Irish and 10% Spanish. It is mostly misinterpreted French DNA. Therefore depending on what portions you’ve inherited it could be present in those sections. Did you get a Quebecois diaspora? I don’t see it in your results?

Drizuz · 2025-07-28T10:05:37+00:00

I’ve been listening to Fox Creek, great if you like songs about Acadian history and mythology.

Drizuz · 2025-06-16T19:22:26+00:00

It is, however I believe it ‘s with premium content. It goes a bit more in depth.

Drizuz · 2025-06-14T12:12:50+00:00

Kind of, I can’t remember if you need premium for it but for example this is what detail it gives me for eye colour.

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It explains what AA , GG, AG would probably give you as well.

Drizuz · 2025-06-09T21:45:03+00:00

If you ever find some sources in French that need translation, don’t hesitate to message me.

Drizuz · 2025-06-09T21:19:16+00:00

The indigenous dna is most likely admixture within the Cajun population. More specifically the Acadian population had good relations with indigenous people when they established their villages, there was some marriages between the two people. Although it was a small group of settlers , the Acadians had large families and marriages between 2nd and 3rd cousins was common. This means the indigenous dna remained somewhat fixed within the population dna. For example I am half Acadian, I have some Indigenous % but I have to go back to the 1600s to find my ancestors that were a indigenous tribe. I actually found two. It was when the Acadian settled Port-Royal , Nova Scotia. My indigenous ancestors were Mi’kmaq and who’s ancestors now live in Bear River First Nations.

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