My ”Genetic Ethnicity Summary” shows that I am 49% British Iles, 34% Scandinavian, 6% Southern European and 11 % uncertain.

I have a tree of 700+ people. On my mother’s-mother’s side, I have researched most lines back to the 1200 – 1600’s, mostly from England. Most of her early ancestors immigrated to America in the 1600’s from England, with 1 line of French Hainaut’s (1692), one line of German Palatines (1710), one ancestral grandmother from Norway, another from Estonia and a few from Ireland. Her father’s side emigrated from Belfast (1844), so have I Irish/English roots there.

On my father’s side, both his mother and father were Germans. I have researched both his parents lines back to the 1550’s in Germany.

This is where my confusion comes in.

I can understand the 49% from the British Isles since they came from there on my mother’s side for up to 20 generations. However, the % of Birth shows 6% in Northern Ireland, but none in England. The other half of my ancestry is from Germany, but that doesn’t show up at all.

I can understand 34% Scandinavian, if one assumes the influence of Norsemen raiders upon the British Iles in the 700-800’s AD, and occupation by William the Conqueror in 1066. However, the German Anglo-Saxons raided and ruled England for 600 years, from the mid 400 to the mid 1000’s before William, so England should show a German influence also. The Norsemen also raided Northern Germany, so, if there is a Scandinavian influence in England, this should also show up in Germany. Half my ancestors came from Germany (10 Generations), which shows up as 30% of my Birth Locations, but I show no German influence on the map. Even more confusing, my Birth Locations doesn’t show any births in England, unless it is hidden in the “Other” 4%

I can understand 6% Southern European, ONLY if one can assume the Roman influence by their occupation of the Isles from 43-410 AD, since I have NO ancestors from Italy, Spain or Portugal. However, the Romans also raided Germany, both north and south, so I would think the “Southern European” should show up there.

I expected haplogroup numbers and migration pattern charts. The map gives a little peek at what would have been much more complete and informative with the Y/mtDNA tests. I got no more than what I already knew from history. It is my fault, I should have researched this a little deeper, but I expected much more from Ancestry.com. All the “matches” can be done with a computer using just the names and birth locations in trees. I’ll look into another company for Y/mtDNA tests and