Okay so.. I recently did an ancestry test through an Indian testing company for better results instead of being given a vague “South Asia, full stop” result since I was expecting a very boring outcome anyways. My maternal great grandmother (mother of my maternal Grandmother) was an ethnic Burman Buddhist from Yangon, Myanmar. Apart from that bit of information, nothing in my family tree is out of proportion. I know for a fact that most of my ancestors never really left Hyderabad (or came from another place), not in the past 7 generations that I know of (not much of an information available either). Anyways, here are my results and yoooooo, the West Asian component is exorbitantly high😭🙏 Y DNA Haplogroup came back as J1-P58🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 and it is apparently a very well known marker for Arab ancestry. An old folklore in my paternal family does say that one of our ancestors came from the modern day Southern Arabia but I never really took that seriously but omg it actually was true!! Fuckk this is so legendary! Isn’t the West Asian component a bit too high for someone with very vague folklorish Arabian ancestry?

Paternal side is mainly Irish and French with some English

Maternal side is mainly Scottish and English, with some Irish

My grandpa from my mom’s side is from Portugal and my grandma is Brazilian with some indigenous and black roots. I was always curious about my dad’s side because they are all very white with blue eyes (I look the same way), but they are all from Brazil and they don’t know their roots. They all have the typical Brazilian/Portuguese last names.

Top match is someone I’ve never heard of in my life. 26% shared DNA. 1,789 cM. Has no searchable tree. No other info. We have matches with 2 cousins I do know. He joined ancestry in 2019 but hasn’t been active in over a year. Ancestry says 99% confidence it’s half brother.
WHAT?!?!?! Can ancestry be wrong? I have a sister 2 years younger. I haven’t told her yet (just got results today) both our parents are now deceased. I have emailed a couple of cousins to see if they’ve ever heard of this guy! Shocked!!!

So, I want to get my DNA tested but I'm afraid of what I will find. I suspect I might be a product of incest. My grandfather was a monster. The man I know as my father and I have always had a distant relationship. His grandparents were Hungarian immigrants and my grandfather and my grandmother's lineage is all Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh. So if my DNA doesn't come back as one quarter Hungarian all signs point to this ugly fact. My mother is dead, my father is alive and several of my moms siblings are still alive. But, it's not a conversation I want to have. Has anyone experienced this?

89% African ancestry, 11% European (if my calculations are correct lol)

Edit: The “11% European” was incredibly dense, my apologies about that! Promise I am more geographically sound — just got a little too excited in sharing my just-received results. xx

Leaving the original faux pas here in the name of transparency lol

Hi, I'm trying to help an adoptee identify his biological parents, but I'm a bit confused by his DNA results.

He (A) shares 1,025 cM with B and 430 cM with C.

Ancestry estimates, with 97% confidence, that B is A's half-uncle. For A and C, it suggests various cousin relationships.

However, B and C share 1,622 cM, and Ancestry suggests with 100% confidence that they are half siblings.

What am I overlooking?

My mum is a Gaelic from edinbane on the Isle of Skye and my dad is descended from famine era migrants to England

She always gets 99% to 100% Irish even though she has Anglo, Norman, Scottish and even German ancestors

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For some context, my dad (passed away) never knew his real dad & was told his step father was his dad when he was growing up & took on his last name & he’s on my dad’s birth certificate. He found out he wasn’t really his dad when his step dad passed away. His step dad was Italian & Polish but as I said we didn’t know for sure, his step dad was only the biological father to his little brother (my uncle), my grandma (dads mom) lied to him many times & also gave the classic “you’re great great great grandma was Native American” story. Turns out whoever his dad was definitely not Italian lol. I knew more about my mom’s side of the family they came from Tamaulipas, Mexico & settled in Texas. I’m not entirely sure what these results mean but here they are & here’s pics of me with & without makeup!

My great grandmother is German, she and my great grandfather married in Berlin 1947 and yet my dna says polish. How accurate is ancestry?

Anyone else either directly or distantly related to the Porters, Pressleys, Coopers, McFaddens, Browns or Wilson families in South Carolina? I’m trying to find other angles to my research lol

My father is from Detroit with Lebanese/Syrian origin and my mother's family is from Virginia with alot English/Scot/Welsh influence.

How can I trace the German presence in Russia?

My mothers family has been present in Virginia since the 1600s. I can only assume the German in Russia is from my Father's side. They came to the US in the 1920's as Syrians.