My family oral genealogy history squashed by DNA results

[KennethSime]

I haven't had my DNA done yet, but my mother had her's done recently. It mostly matched up to Family folklore, with a touch more English and Scandinavian, and less German than I would have expected. The real surprise though was nearly 2% DNA from a coastal region in South Asia. Best guess is that 6 or so generations ago, somewhere between 1750-1800 we had someone from Balochistan join the family - a happy, if curious surprise.

We are lucky enough to have some genealogical records from that time, but none yet that identify the source of the South Asian DNA.

On the subject of the kilt, I do tell people that my family's Scottish, if they ask, but usually tell folks that I wear the kilt because it's comfortable, or because I like to enjoy life. :-)

[GrymJack]

It became very popular in the sixties to discover you had some American Indian ancestry. Most of those claims were pretty specious and the claimant was often pursuing an agenda. That said, the many Indian groups did have a habit of kidnapping and enslaving folks, often women and children, regardless of race. These captives were often assimulated into the tribes by marriage or adoption as full fledged members. So it entirely possible that an individual of European or African DNA could be considered a fully acceppted member of an Indian family, tribe. There is also the forcing of the Civilized tribes in Oklahoma into accepting into the tribe all slaves they held. If this is a subject you are interested in pursuing I reccomend the 'Historical Sketch of the Cherokee' written by James Mooney of the Native American Library.

Jack

[KMCMICHAEL]

The YDNA research will soon tell us everything.
My father, rather dark skin claimed Indian ancestry. None showed up on DNA. I found one that was born in 1676.
DNA indicates mine weren’t from the highlands but Dumfries. Appearing in Virginia around 1650. Likely sold by Cromwell to a plantation. It did point me in a direction and unearthed some Revolutionary military records from South Carolina.

[Ninehostages]

My YDNA put me into a "High Kings of Ireland" cohort. You do know that the Roman "Scoti" referred to the inhabitants of Ireland, not of Caledonia?
Truth is that the Irish and Scottish are pretty much the same people (waaay too much Viking in both! ... but not in I.)