"Full Blooded"

[kiltedcontractor]

My dna came back. I have 7% english/Scottish. It's not much. Im thankful its there. So much for full blooded over here.

[Cavalry Scout]

This is something I've been giving thought to recently. My DNA testing showed that I'm 69% English/Scottish/Welsh with a bit more from eastern Ireland. The rest is a scattering from northwestern Europe, 5% Scandinavian, etc. Having done some genealogical research (quite a bit actually), I've discovered many interesting facts about who my ancestors were and where we came from.

My wife — her grandfather was a Tyrie who emigrated to America as a stonemason — and I have discussed this topic at length. My ancestors in Scotland were also MacIntyres, although the records I've located list the spelling of my family members as 'MacIntire,' but that was in the early 1800s.

I am still pondering what this all means to me. My family is embedded in the history of the US. But there is no denying where we came from, and that is squarely from what today is the UK. I've always known that we were from there, I just didn't realize how deeply our roots were also embedded, nor just how much of my family's history is the story of Great Britain.

This is a brilliant topic and I am looking forward to hearing what others think about this.

Cheers, Mark

[Wareyin]

This is something I've been giving thought to recently. My DNA testing showed that I'm 69% English/Scottish/Welsh with a bit more from eastern Ireland. The rest is a scattering from northwestern Europe, 5% Scandinavian, etc. Having done some genealogical research (quite a bit actually), I've discovered many interesting facts about who my ancestors were and where we came from.

My wife — her grandfather was a Tyrie who emigrated to America as a stonemason — and I have discussed this topic at length. My ancestors in Scotland were also MacIntyres, although the records I've located list the spelling of my family members as 'MacIntire,' but that was in the early 1800s.

I am still pondering what this all means to me. My family is embedded in the history of the US. But there is no denying where we came from, and that is squarely from what today is the UK. I've always known that we were from there, I just didn't realize how deeply our roots were also embedded, nor just how much of my family's history is the story of Great Britain.

This is a brilliant topic and I am looking forward to hearing what others think about this.

Cheers, Mark

I've been considering getting a DNA test, but I'm not sure how accurate they are. Would you mind elaborating which one you chose, and how accurate it was based on your genealogical research?

[Cavalry Scout]

I've been considering getting a DNA test, but I'm not sure how accurate they are. Would you mind elaborating which one you chose, and how accurate it was based on your genealogical research?

My research has tracked right in line with the DNA test. My sister is also getting one to help us get more precise results. The four direct lines (through my grandparents) all arise in Great Britain. We can follow the main names of our family through quite a few generations.

Cheers, Mark

[jthk]

Comrades,

A very rapid Google search yielded: http://isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_DNA_...mparison_chart.

Best,
Jonathan

[OC Richard]

In a discussion of Native Americans today I came across the term “full blooded.” It made we wonder, is anyone today “full blooded” anything?

It's probably a term referring to the known family lineage rather than to DNA.

Each tribe has it's own cutoff of how much Native blood is required to be a member. I remember reading an article about a guy who looked very Native, grew up on the reservation, got teased while in the Army (they called him "Chief") yet when his tribe decided to tighten up the percentage required for membership, he suddenly found himself an outsider, in the eyes of his own people.

One of my sisters married a "full-blooded" (in the eyes of the tribe) Navajo, their daughter is regarded as half Navajo by the tribe, though I'd wager her DNA is quite complex.

Here's a list of the "blood quantum" requirements of several tribes:

http://www.nativevillage.org/Message...0Americans.htm

My niece has no worries; her kids are members, I suppose, due to the Navajo requiring only 1/4 blood.