Forensic Genealogy

[Gary Barnett]

Gary
I ain't a hominid..I'm straight !!!

I never doubted it for a second.

[Scott Nelson]

We need Peter Birchwood's input here. He's one of the greatest forensic genealogists ever.

[Sam Flynn]

Everyone is from everywhere.

Indeed, Robert. It's a round world, after all

[Gary Barnett]

I've got a Tudor Cuz - he's called Bo Vine.

[Howard Brown]

I got 'em, San Luis Obispo.

I'll give them to Nina to check out.

[Markus Aurelius Franzoi]

Hi Howard,

It seems Ancestry has changed how it determines DNA ethnicity. My results are now completely different. A lot of users aren't happy.

After Ancestry rolled out a new update to its ethnicity estimate system last week, users noticed dramatic changes in their ethnic profiles — some of which is inaccurate, customers say.

https://www.freep.com/story/life/2018/09/18/ancestry-dna-update-ethnicity/1343953002/

Now I have to turn in my Armani for a French Beret.

[Markus Aurelius Franzoi]

Without further ado:

Italian/Greek 57%
Western Europe 24%
Iberian Peninsula 8%
Irish 6%
Eastern Europe 3%
Scandinavian 2%

Updated/Enhanced Results

France 41%
Italy 37%
(Northern Italy)
Greece & the Balkans 6%
England Wales & Northwestern Europe 6%
Germanic Europe 3%
Sardinia 2%
Sweden 2%
Ireland & Scotland 2%
Turkey & the Caucasus 1%

[Howard Brown]

Back in April 2017 :

East Europe 37 % (
Great Britain 32 %
Scandinavia 15%
West Europe 8%
Iberian Peninsula 1%
Italy/Greece 3%
West Asia India, Pakistan) 3%
Asia Nepal) 1%

December 2020 :

Eastern Europe 42 %
Scotland 23%
England & NW Europe 22%
Baltic 6%
Balkan 5%
Germanic 2%
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100 %

[Howard Brown]

Forgot to mention Nina's DNA percentages...


97 percent Portuguese from Sao Miguel Island in The Azores
2 percent Spanish
1 percent Sephardic Jewish
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100 percent

[Gary Barnett]

Back in April 2017 :

East Europe 37 % (
Great Britain 32 %
Scandinavia 15%
West Europe 8%
Iberian Peninsula 1%
Italy/Greece 3%
West Asia India, Pakistan) 3%
Asia Nepal) 1%

December 2020 :

Eastern Europe 42 %
Scotland 23%
England & NW Europe 22%
Baltic 6%
Balkan 5%
Germanic 2%
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100 %

You lost your 1% yeti potential. How abominable!

I sent my sample off a few weeks ago, but apparently it hasn’t arrived yet.

[Howard Brown]

Gary:

Hope you didn't send a stool sample in again...they won't accept 'em.


I noticed that my Czechoslovakianpolackian percentage went up and the Sherpa pool musta have been drained. It is abomnibale.

[Markus Aurelius Franzoi]

My own French and German pools drained, with two thirds of the French pool and all of my Balkan going to "Northern Italy". So my Italian went from 57 to 37 to 68 with the Southern Italian making it 70 percent. These results, at least with the major percentages, make more sense to me.

• 68% Northern Italy
• 15% France
• 7% England & Northwestern Europe
• 3% Scotland
• 3% Germanic Europe
• 2% Southern Italy
• 2% Wales

[Gary Barnett]

My first go:

Ireland (West Cork): 39%
England/NW Europe: 34%
Scotland: 22%
Wales: 5%

The Irish % makes sense from the research I’ve done - specifically in respect of West Cork.

The Scottish contribution was a bit of a surprise. I came across a hint in that direction some time ago which I dismissed because it seemed to be contradicted by another record that made more sense.

[Markus Aurelius Franzoi]

I've got a Tudor Cuz - he's called Bo Vine.

Did you find any cousins with "Tudor" in their pedigree? Jennifer has 11. I have none. So not everyone is related IMO.

[Gary Barnett]

Afraid not, SF.

Bo Vine ‘chewed the cud’ apparently, he wasn’t my Tudor Cuz after all.