I have my family tree on Ancestry.com, and a few years ago I did their DNA test which has been very interesting to investigate and discover relatives I didn't know I had. A few years ago, back in 2014, I did the National Geographic DNA test which told me that I was mostly European, but also that I was 2% DNA match to Native Americans. When I did the ancestry test it showed me as 97% Irish, and 3% Welsh. Not a big surprise, so far I have not found Welsh cousins - but given the proximity of Wales to Ireland I guess some DNA crossed the Irish Sea many years ago.
In the past few days, Ancestry.com has sent me "updates" to my results which tell me that I am now just 94% Irish, but that I am also 1% Icelandic, and 5% English. I'm sure today's DNA research is much better than back in 2014, but I think I would think I would prefer to be 2% Native American than 5% English!
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