Here's where it gets interesting, with the Scottish, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish ancestry...
It's well known that Ancestry over calculates Scottish ancestry. But I do know that most of my maternal side of the family are Scottish. Particularly from Caithness, Inverness, and Glasgow.
I have no Scandinavian ancestors in my family tree, but I have a total of 11% from Norway, Sweden and Denmark which always stays the same.
And from looking at thru-lines in ancestry this DNA comes from my Caithness ancestors, who lived in the top of Scotland, who were under Viking control for many centuries.
And the last thing to note is that in the previous update they lumped my Irish ancestry in with my Scottish ancestry, but it has been separated back again in this update.
This is good because I know I have Irish Ancestry, and have the family tree to prove it 🤣
Anyway, if anyone is wondering, the reason why I did the DNA test, is that I know nothing about my biological father (my mum doesn't talk about him). I knew he had Lebanese ancestry, but didn't know much more than that.
After many years I talked with hubby and decided to get the test done so I had some knowledge about that side of the family.
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