Hi Sharon and All
Many years ago I did my DNA both for Y-Chromosome DNA (Father's line)
and also Mitochondrial DNA (Mother's Line). My Anglo-Saxon side (Father)
came back as Poland and my Greek side ancestry (Mother) came back as
Syria. As these tests were looking at the Fathers-Fathers-Father etc and
Mothers-Mothers-Mother etc it didn't prove all that much. It did prove
that my Dad was really my Dad, as he also did the test.
I did the new AncestryDNA autosomal test a few months ago and it gave me
some interesting results which confirmed that my Tasmanian Ancestry
included a small (2%) Australian Aboriginal DNA. This computes well with
my belief that I am 1/64 aboriginal. It also gave me a total of 84 4th
cousins or closer and 4,674 5th to 8th cousins. I also entered the raw
DNA data into My Heritage and further matches have been made.
At the moment I am just sitting back waiting for contacts as I do not
have the time to look into all these matches. Today the first one came
in via Ancestry.com from England. The lady is in the 5th to 8th cousin
range but as she has done extensive research she made a match through to
my great great grandmother. But the exciting part is that her tree now
takes me back to a 10x great grandmother and numerous other 8x and 9x
great grandparents. Back to the 1500's on a couple of lines. I was
thrilled. She provided extensive info that allowed me to go back further
on a previous brick wall! I have replied to her and am waiting her response.
Perhaps there are other exciting results to come?
I am also finding that I am matching with every person who has done the
test if their ancestry includes the Greek Island of Castellorizo. As the
island population was never over 8,000 (today it is 400) I automatically
make a match. I call it the one degree of separation!
Regards
Allan
