And Ancestry Again

I just got the latest DNA update from Ancestry:

Celtic and Gaelic

Ulster 24%
Donegal – 14%
Scottish Lowlands and Central Belt – 6%
Connacht, Ireland – 3%
Isle of Man – 2%
Leinster, Ireland 2%

England

Southeastern England – 15%
East Midlands and Yorkshire – 10 %
West Midlands – 8%
Devon and Somerset – 8%
Northern England – 2 %

Western Europe

Belgium – 4%

Italy

Southern Italy – 1

French Canada

Quebec – 1%

These were the results from 2025:

Celtic and Gaelic

Donegal – 29%
Central Scotland and Northern Ireland – 23%
Northern Wales and Northwest England – 3%
Munster, Ireland - 2%

England

Southeaster England and Northwestern Europe – 28%
West Midlands – 9%

Nordic

Iceland – 3 %

Western Europe.

The Netherlands – 3%s

As they refine at Ancestry based on more people taking part they create new regional breakdowns, so it's hard to compare results exactly. But the pattern that has existed for a while remains true - I'm more Irish/Scottish (i.e. Celtic/Gaelic) than anything else. This year, 51% combined. That comes from both sides of the family, but with a mother who was a Scottish immigrant it comes more from her.

Meanwhile, the second largest grouping is English. Thzt adds up to 43% this time, compared with 37% last year. But again, that change may be due to grouping. That part of me comes from my Dad, who traces his ancestry to an Englich Puritan immigrant, Elder John Strong, who came over about 1635.

I seem to have lost the Nordic and Iceland. I thought that ties to Vikings and Iceland was cool, so I'm disappointed. And there's a shift from The Netherlands to Belgium. Hmm, neighbors, so maybe shifting borders over the years?

But Italy? How did that sneak in? Maybe the Vikings visited there?

And Quebec? "Que diable?? I have no knowledge of anyone in my family even visited ther. Maybe from earlier results the one of the Norman ancestors settled there?

I wonder what the next results will show! 

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