Anyone ever done a DNA test from Ancestry or the like? (n/t) on 15:18 - Jun 13 by WeWereZombies | I got myself one as a Christmas present a couple of years ago. We already had a quite extensive family tree and the results did not seem too far out of line with it. The biggest disappointment was that I only had 2% Scots/Welsh/Irish DNA - but at least there was a line for it...until a revision turned up unannounced eighteen months later which knocked out the Gaelic altogether (as well as the Iberian peninsula, other Southern European, German, and Russo-Finnish elements). The East of England, East Midlands bit was fairly untouched but the Viking bit was replaced by a 7% Swedish line. So I reckon AncestryDNA are a few decades off being able to do a proper job but will be able to give you a hand waving broad brush sort of bit of paper for your £70... |
Fear not. I can guarantee that you do have viking blood, you are also a direct descendant of both Charlemagne and William The Conqueror. Next time save your money and buy any of Dr Adam Rutherford's books instead. |  |