Are you who you think you are? DNA testing

[luxor]

... 4 More regions - these appear to be Scandinavia so that is a bit of a surprise.

Ireland has a lot of old Viking settlements... Wexford, Waterford, Carlingford... all 'fjords'... I'd guess a lot of Irish descendants will show Scandanavian.

[MaryA]

Ireland has a lot of old Viking settlements... Wexford,

Well that makes a lot of sense, Wexford being Great grandparents home.

But I have a mystery - I believe an English one - as there are two 3rd - 4th cousins, so related to my Great Grandparents (or possibly one generation previous) and the administrator of one of those results was quick to contact me and eager to know how we are related ........ Well either I have a major error in my research - which won't be the first time - or somebody's been a touch naughty!!! as there don't yet appear to be any points of contact with my ancestors.

[luxor]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o ... 80%931169)

Norman invasion as well...

[MaryA]

I think that might be a little before I can reasonably connect my ancestors Research for another day perhaps.

[Karen]

But I have a mystery - I believe an English one - as there are two 3rd - 4th cousins, so related to my Great Grandparents (or possibly one generation previous) and the administrator of one of those results was quick to contact me and eager to know how we are related ........ Well either I have a major error in my research - which won't be the first time - or somebody's been a touch naughty!!! as there don't yet appear to be any points of contact with my ancestors.

I've found the same thing: a 3rd-4th cousin who I can see no connection to at all. I've sent them a message but have had no response yet.

[MaryA]

I've found the same thing: a 3rd-4th cousin who I can see no connection to at all. I've sent them a message but have had no response yet.

At least I'm lucky enough to have contact with one of the "cousins" although he doesn't seem to see that I can't pin a match to the names, he's hoping I'm connected to a merchant seaman who went awol, but that is far too recent I think, he's clutching at straws.

[Hambleton96]

My results are in! Predictably, approximately 75% was British/Irish but the one that has intrigued me is the 9% Iberian Peninsula!

Me too! Hubby interprets Ancestry blurb as meaning Iberian could be Spanish or thereabouts persons imported by the Romans to Britain. Did you find anything yourself to shed light on your Iberian dna?