St. Patrick's Day

[Belsnickel]

(03-17-2016, 10:24 PM)GMDino Wrote: I did the Ancestry.com one.  Basically because they had a $20.00 off sale right before Christmas and I already had all my genealogy work on the site.

My mother is 100% Italian. In the sense that her grandparents on one side and her great-grandparents on the other came over on the boat and everyone married into full blooded families.

She refuses to understand that even people who STILL live in Italy may not be 100% Italian due to the thousands of years of invaders and trade.

See, that's the thing, I know that in recorded history I can track back to Germany and Switzerland. But, I know my last name is Macedonian in origin (a certain biblical town to whom Paul wrote a letter). So it would be interesting to see how it would turn out.

[GMDino]

(03-17-2016, 10:33 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Just as I suspected.  Dino is 0% American.

Nope...not one bit.

However I was born here...which is more than Cruz can say.  

[Belsnickel]

(03-17-2016, 10:30 PM)michaelsean Wrote: It's been a really long time but I never liked either at all.  I did like my bourbon though.

Rye, Bourbon, Irish, Scotch, Canadian. That is my whiskey preference order.

[*michaelsean*]

(03-17-2016, 10:53 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Rye, Bourbon, Irish, Scotch, Canadian. That is my whiskey preference order.

Never did try rye.  Is it similar to bourbon?

[Belsnickel]

(03-17-2016, 10:55 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Never did try rye.  Is it similar to bourbon?

It's lighter, a bit spicier. Bourbon has a sweeter, fuller flavor.

[*bfine32*]

We have a family reunion every year, has been going on for about 80 years (Sunday before Labor Day). We have a genealogist that works for us (same one for 40+ years) and each year she comes and shares "new" things she has found and shares some of the older.

I recommend folks look into it. Not expensive at all (currently $2,000ish/year). Last year she said she found a Scandinavian influence that surprised her, so she wanted a DNA test from an adult male. As a Military man mine is on file, but she said that was the wrong test. My uncle has his taken per her request. Curious to see what she finds this year.

She absolutely hates the online services.

[Bengalzona]

(03-17-2016, 08:59 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I've been considering that, which one did you use?

23andMe

Paternal Haplogroup I1 - @28,000 years old line - Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Maternal Haplogroup U5b1d - @40,000 - Basques, Saami


My wife, who is from Romania, learned that her DNA had very strong Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish lines. Apparently her  great-grandparents on both sides were Jewish, but the grandparents converted to Christianity during World War 2.

[Bengalzona]

(03-17-2016, 10:53 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Rye, Bourbon, Irish, Scotch, Canadian. That is my whiskey preference order.

Scotch is often made with rye.

[Belsnickel]

(03-17-2016, 11:35 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Scotch is often made with rye.

Yeah, but it's often a blend of grain and malt, which cuts things a bit. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Scotch because when it comes to liquor I am an all around whiskey man. It just depends on my mood as to what I prefer, and more often than not I prefer a rye over all else. All of my favorite Scotches, though, have been single malt. It's like if I want a whiskey, I want the type that defines the family it belongs in.

[GMDino]

(03-17-2016, 11:23 PM)bfine32 Wrote: We have a family reunion every year, has been going on for about 80 years (Sunday before Labor Day). We have a genealogist that works for us (same one for 40+ years) and each year she comes and shares "new" things she has found and shares some of the older.

I recommend folks look into it. Not expensive at all (currently $2,000ish/year). Last year she said she found a Scandinavian influence that surprised her, so she wanted a DNA test from an adult male. As a Military man mine is on file, but she said that was the wrong test. My uncle has his taken per her request. Curious to see what she finds this year.

She absolutely hates the online services.

My mother's father's side is traced back to the town in Italy that they came from.  Everything else has been found by me because no one really cares other than to say they are "100% Italian".  And they have a reunion every year also, same day as a matter of fact!  I never went to one until I was in my 30's due to a family feud that started long before my mother was even born!

My dad's side is mostly mutt.  His great grandparents came from Germany.  He said when he joined the Air Force they did a family search on him for that reason and he did have relatives in East Germany (this was 1963) but not close enough to stop him from being deployed to West Germany for most of his time.

After I took the DNA test I started reading about all the other ways to have it done and may have another one this year.  The Ancestry one was a matter of convenience to tie in with the work I had done there.

[Bengalzona]

[BmorePat87]

My sister did the ancestry one. Not sure how accurate it is, but basically she found out that we are roughly 48% British Isles, 32% Western Europe (Germanic areas), and only 4% Italian. My last name is Italian and my great grandfather was 100% (both parents came off the boat from Naples). Assuming he was truly 100%, I would be at least 12.5%. Well, it you include all of the Mediterranean (Greece, Italy, North Africa, Middle East, Iberian Peninsula, I am about 11% so I guess that makes sense.

[Belsnickel]

(03-18-2016, 11:10 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: My sister did the ancestry one. Not sure how accurate it is, but basically she found out that we are roughly 48% British Isles, 32% Western Europe (Germanic areas), and only 4% Italian. My last name is Italian and my great grandfather was 100% (both parents came off the boat from Naples). Assuming he was truly 100%, I would be at least 12.5%. Well, it you include all of the Mediterranean (Greece, Italy, North Africa, Middle East, Iberian Peninsula, I am about 11% so I guess that makes sense.

A lot of people forget the Germanic influence on Italy, though. Hell, in northern Italy German is still the prevalent language in some areas.

[fredtoast]

I hate to break the news to you guys, but we are all 100% African.

[Belsnickel]

(03-18-2016, 11:36 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I hate to break the news to you guys, but we are all 100% African.

Not true. I guarantee I have some neanderthal genetics in me.

[Bengalzona]

(03-18-2016, 11:48 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Not true. I guarantee I have some neanderthal genetics in me.

Apparently, I have 311 Neanderthal traces in my genes.

Somehow, that doesn't comfort me.

[GMDino]

(03-18-2016, 11:48 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Not true. I guarantee I have some neanderthal genetics in me.

Oh god...me too.

[BmorePat87]

(03-18-2016, 11:48 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Not true. I guarantee I have some neanderthal genetics in me.

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/dna-study-points-prehistoric-hanky-panky-between-various-pre-humans-n541011 

Quote:all non-African populations derive around 2 percent of their ancestry from Neanderthals, whereas substantial levels of Denisovan ancestry (around 2-4 percent) are only found in Oceanic populations

Quote:DNA suggests they may have given humans at least some immune system advantages, as well as red hair and a tendency to allergies.


Whatever DNA survived probably offers an advantage, or else it would have been weeded out by natural selection, the researchers say.

Big stretches of modern human DNA from people around the world are clear of any Denisovan or Neanderthal sequences, the researchers said. These are regions associated with language, as well as the tendency to autism.

[Belsnickel]

(03-18-2016, 02:05 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/dna-study-points-prehistoric-hanky-panky-between-various-pre-humans-n541011 

Exactly.

[Bengalzona]