Anyone do the DNA ancestry thing?

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(03-12-2018, 08:04 PM)michaelsean Wrote: That’s like north of the Vikings isn’t it?  They made a decent bow (Sami)if memory serves me and historical fiction hasn’t lied to me.

I’m supposed to be about 1/4 Irish and 3/4 German with maybe some French. My maternal grandfathers people come from that little area that’s been tossed back and forth between Germany and France about 100 times. Can’t remember the name.

(03-12-2018, 08:08 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Oh and speaking of Finland, a friend of mine’s 14 year old daughter is in Finland right now. She said it’s fine but her hosts don’t speak English very well. He told her to use Siri to help translate, and she said she doesn’t need a translator, they need to learn English.

Yes, indeed! The Sami people. I guess they are my homies.

Maybe your folks were from Alsace-Lorraine. France and Germany fought over that a lot. My French ancestor was a Huguenot who moved to Scotland. Who knows, maybe he ran into my MacKenzie ancestors while he was there. Speaking of Scots, did you ever see the "Scottish Scene" from Mad Men?

Laughing at your dottir's (see what I did there!) response! "What the heck! No English!! This is Europe after all!"

English is pretty common through most of Europe now. I'd wager about 70% of the people I met in Europe speak a decent amount of English.