I traced my ancestry back to the 1500s, is it possible i am still a fraction of these ethnicities?
This may be a stupid question but I have records tracing back to the 1500s and the things I found were Italian, Irish, British (England and Scotland), French, Spanish, German, and I think Slav. I know it would be an extremely small amount, but would I still be each of these genetically? Also I found some ancestry from a place called Black Area, Europe, what is that?
“Black Area”? Not the Black Forest of Germany?
Anyhew, yes, you are a part of all your ancestry; that is what DNA is all about. Even if you have only one thin line from France, no doubt others between you and the 1500s ALSO had part French ancestry. It never really goes away.
See:
“Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes” by Steve Olson
“Genealogy 101″ by Barbara Renick and
“Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree” by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Ann Turner.
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