Currently, there are four different DNA and genealogy tree based sites I'm using for research and they vary widely. The DNA results themselves from Ancestry and 23 and Me are themselves fact based numbers and don't vary between companies, but the resulting "estimates" from the companies themselves certainly do. This is due to the software used to determine and estimate the results and how they place in the various genome locations. Ancestry and 23 and Me were reasonably close in these two.
This was Ancestry's result...
96%
58%
16%
13%
Low Confidence Region
3%
Then, the results from 23 and Me...
Northwestern European81.2%
British & Irish24.9%
French & German17.5%
Scandinavian3.2%
Broadly Northwestern European35.7%
Southern European13.6%
Italian5.7%
Broadly Southern European7.9%
Eastern European1.1%
Broadly European3.2%
These two companies sent me the results through their own labs and remain separate entities in the genealogy world. The other companies who offer these run similar statistics and software so I'm not inclined to spend the $$ on them for results. One can, however, upload the raw DNA data to other free sites and receive an estimate. I have done this with another, that being My Heritage. And their resukts didn't come close...
Europe
95.0%
Asia
1.9%
Africa
1.7%
Middle East
1.4%
Seumas Dòmhnal Ross
100.0%
What is most surprising about the My Heritage results are the very low English and 0% of Irish, Scottish and Welsh, which are not reflected in actual family history. Granted, these are estimates but the Scandinavian numbers are a bit of a shock as I only have a few from Denmark and none other than that. Most of the family from the British Isles have been from Scotland, Ireland and Wales as well as England itself. Add the surprising estimates of the Middle East and Africa...one wonders what the algorithms used were.
Since my last update on this blog back in May, there have been many new additions to the tree, with the Ross tree up to 2272 individuals. For sure, there might be some duplicates in there and I'm cleaning up anything possible. Add that there are a LOT of siblings of ancestors not added as yet and the possibilities are staggering. The stories of my ancestors are starting to add up to a rich lineage that is going to be the focus of a new blog I'll be starting. This will be dealing only with genealogy, my family and the lineage therein. Not sure when I will get this going but it is in the works.
Till I get that started, I shall add a random story/fact sheet here on this blog and hope that it is enjoyed by all!
Lady Mary Catherine Campbell of Argyle Woods
Great grandmother x eight
Birth:
Jun. 2, 1690
City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Death:
Dec. 18, 1742
Albemarle County
Virginia, USA
Daughter of Sir James Campbell 5th Baronet. of Auchinbreck and Lady Susan Campbell,
she was christened at Cannongate, Edinburgh
Her title before marrying a commoner, and coming to the USA was Lady, but as soon as she stepped on USA soil, she lost her title.
married Michael Marion Woods (about) 1704,
children from this union:
Magdelena 1705-1796
m#1 Capt John McDowell
m#2 Benjamin F Borden
Heiress of the Borden Estate
"the wealthiest woman on the frontier"
m#3 John Bowyer
Archibald 1706-1768
m/Isabella Goss
Michael Jr 1708-1777
Capt French & Indian War
m/Anne Lambert
Hannah 1710-
m/William Wallace
lived on Piedmont Plantation
Greenwood neighborhood
still owned by family today
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