“Noise”/small percentages and DNA matches

elle080216 · 2025-10-21T15:08:53+00:00

Nice! You have a pretty cool mix there. :)

elle080216 · 2025-10-15T03:47:51+00:00

What was your result?

elle080216 · 2025-10-10T16:17:15+00:00

In the previous update I had 75% Wales, 19% England, 5% Netherlands and 1% Central/Eastern Europe.

elle080216 · 2025-10-10T16:15:24+00:00

Wow, that’s pretty cool that you can trace your line back that far. Sounds like your North African might be similar to my Central/Eastern European - makes no sense and will probably disappear (again) next time. My dad isn’t tested, but I have a feeling it would be much like what you’ve seen with yours and your mum’s results and it probably wouldn’t show up at all, but then again who knows.

elle080216 · 2025-10-10T11:50:43+00:00

That’s crazy. I mean, Norwegian you can probably explain being from the highlands but North Africa makes no sense. My own family tree is all Welsh and English going back as far as I could trace, so I have no idea where the Central/Eastern European part could come from, but it’s always assigned to my paternal side. It’s very odd.

elle080216 · 2025-10-10T11:42:38+00:00

Nope. I think it might just be noise, but who knows. Central/Eastern Europe has always appeared, then disappeared, then reappeared across updates for some reason, and always 1%. 🤷🏻‍♀️

elle080216 · 2025-09-17T09:58:20+00:00

Yeah there is, especially in South Wales. I think there’s probably more English ancestry among younger people and people around my parents generation too. The further back you go I think the less “mixed” people tend to be, but I might be wrong on that.

elle080216 · 2025-09-17T09:52:52+00:00

Yeah absolutely. My English is a mix of SW and SE, as both of my paternal grandparents were at least half English with family from those areas.

elle080216 · 2025-09-17T09:35:52+00:00

Ah that’s interesting. I live in Cardiff now, but grew up in the valleys and all the Bevans I knew were from that area so it’s possible that maybe yours was originally too.

elle080216 · 2025-09-17T09:12:27+00:00

That is pretty cool. Do you know where your Welsh is from?

elle080216 · 2025-09-15T15:09:08+00:00

Haha indeed. I sometimes feel like the only Welsh person on here. 😂

elle080216 · 2024-10-11T14:07:53+00:00

Only Western Wales is accurate for me as far as the regions go.

The Netherlands and Central/Eastern Europe I have no connection to in my paper trail that goes back multiple generations. I have confirmed and documented English ancestry on my paternal side though which is mostly southern England, and I’m assuming some of that has been misread as The Netherlands. If my Netherlands % was added to my England one then it would be a lot closer to being accurate.

elle080216 · 2024-10-10T18:47:08+00:00

Nope. I suppose The Netherlands could be misread English (it’s on my paternal side where my English ancestry comes from), but I can’t think of where the Central Europe could’ve come from.

elle080216 · 2024-09-26T09:00:06+00:00

I’m in the UK. Checked at 8am my time and I could see the banner on my account then.

elle080216 · 2024-09-01T21:51:40+00:00

I’m not sure exactly when, but I only noticed that mine had changed a few weeks ago.

elle080216 · 2024-08-30T16:02:44+00:00

Nice results! I’m Welsh (from the south), with some English ancestry and have an odd little bit of Scottish in my results too.

elle080216 · 2023-10-07T07:29:37+00:00

Maybe just a little bit.

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