DNA Results are in...
At the RootsTech Conference in February, I purchased two DNA kits at a special exhibitor's price. Once we returned home, however, COVID took over and the unopened boxes remained on the bookshelf. Last month I decided to take the test. The package indicated a 6-8 week turn around. I was hoping to hear before Thanksgiving. Instead, they completed my analysis in under three weeks! (We are still waiting on my husband's sample). Initial observation: my ancestors were not adventurous explorers. Before coming to America, they congregated in Northwestern Europe ... the United Kingdom, to be exact. The DNA results revealed the following: 42% Scottish 39% English 13% Welsh 4% Swedish 2% Norwegian In other words, I am British. Once they arrived in America, my ancestors gravitated toward Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas -- where they lived for generations. In other words, I am Southern. As I've shared on this blog before , I've always wanted a rich ethnic heritage lik...