The results are interesting, confusing, and require a bit of interpretation. For example, I'm trying to figure out why I have a stronger DNA match to the West European regions than the typical native. Nonetheless, this is right up my (dork) alley.
There's nothing earth-shattering in the results but I was expecting to see a stronger match with the central and east european regions. In addition to the analysis I get a bit of history lesson about how the population of these regions grew, migrated, and otherwise came to be. Here's the write-up about the population origins of western Europe during 1000 BC.
Germanic peoples moved out of southern Scandinavia, Denmark and adjacent lands between the Elbe and Oder after 1000 BC. The first wave moved westward and southward (pushing the resident Celts west to the Rhine by about 200 BC) and moving into southern Germany up to the Roman province of Gaul by 100 BC, where they were stopped by Gaius Marius and Julius Caesar.
What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul or Celtica. Roman writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls, the Aquitani, and the Belgae. The Gauls, the largest and best attested group, were a Celtic people speaking what is known as the Gaulish language.
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I'm surprised Ireland wasn't represented greater. That would explain the hair. I've always wondered if we have some Irish in us.
Go figure!? ...at least I have a definitive answer on St. Patrick's Day.
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