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  • Start date Jan 20, 2019
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Otis

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  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #36
richnrg said:
but it was Otis' DNA, not hers.
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It's not the Krypton Factor and doesn't need a deduction from Sherlock Holmes.

My missus did it first and then bought me a kit for Christmas. No idea why exactly, cos I have absolutely no interest in learning to play the drums.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #37
tommydazzle said:
Racist!
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Regionalist!
 

lifeskyblue

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #38
I’m 60% English and Welsh; 20%+ Irish and Scottish; with the rest made up of Scandinavia, Northern Europe and Iberian peninsular.
It’s interesting but I’m not sure how accurate. About 6mths ago they ‘updated’ the results (no new DNA from me) and reduced the Iberian connection by half, increased the English and Irish considerably and introduced a Germanic component.


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richnrg

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #39
lifeskyblue said:
I’m 60% English and Welsh; 20%+ Irish and Scottish; with the rest made up of Scandinavia, Northern Europe and Iberian peninsular.
It’s interesting but I’m not sure how accurate. About 6mths ago they ‘updated’ the results (no new DNA from me) and reduced the Iberian connection by half, increased the English and Irish considerably and introduced a Germanic component.


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perhaps you're mutating?
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #40
richnrg said:
perhaps you're mutating?
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Its Brexit innit.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #41
I’ve seen articles disputing how accurate these things are but always been tempted to buy one. Thanks to my milk skin I’m pretty sure it’s going to be an interesting 90%+ Irish
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #42
Sick Boy said:
I’ve seen articles disputing how accurate these things are but always been tempted to buy one. Thanks to my milk skin I’m pretty sure it’s going to be an interesting 90%+ Irish
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You could be like Chris birchall city legend
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #43
Nick said:
You could be like Chris birchall city legend
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My great grandmother was actually Indian...thanks to her parents being Catholic missionaries
 

pastythegreat

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #44
So, I've spoken to the fam. We've decided that we'll all chip in a tenna each and either my Dad or my Auntie will do the test. We've decided for one of them as their the least diluted blood relatives to my Grandad.
Wish us luck.

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Gazolba

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  • Jan 21, 2019
  • #45
Anyone who wants can send me £70 and I'll send them back an official looking document saying they are from wherever they want to be from.
If you want to be 50% Native American, no problem.
 
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olderskyblue

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  • Jan 22, 2019
  • #46
Had this done a year ago, and thought the results were rubbish. It said 3% from Ireland/Scotland/Wales, and as my father was Welsh, and all his ancestors as well, I thought 3% was definitely on the low side... It's now moved up to 38%... (they do updates occasionally). Better, but still not high enough.
 

Malaka

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  • Jan 22, 2019
  • #47
If I was a professional footballer, the following countries would be desperate to have me in their squad:
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Egypt
Greece
Cyprus
Some mix eh?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 22, 2019
  • #48
Malaka said:
If I was a professional footballer, the following countries would be desperate to have me in their squad:
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Egypt
Greece
Cyprus
Some mix eh?
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I doubt you are Cockney enough for Ireland!
 
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dutchman

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #49
olderskyblue said:
Had this done a year ago, and thought the results were rubbish. It said 3% from Ireland/Scotland/Wales, and as my father was Welsh, and all his ancestors as well
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How do you know?
 
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Otis

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #50
Probably traced his family tree previously.

That's what my family did.

Traced back to 1066 on one side and the 1600's on the other.

Guessing olderskyblue has done the same.

One side on my family is pretty much all Nottinghamshire and the other, the Cotswolds, Warwickshire and Wiltshire.
 
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richnrg

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #51
Otis said:
..Traced back to 1066 on one side and the 1600's on the other..
.
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surely that would involve a 500+ year old man fucking a younger woman to continue the lineage?
 

Otis

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #52
richnrg said:
surely that would involve a 500+ year old man fucking a younger woman to continue the lineage?
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I take it you've never seen Doctor Who then?
 

olderskyblue

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #53
Otis said:
Probably traced his family tree previously.
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I'm thinking he's questioning my parentage otis... :emoji_thinking:
 

Otis

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #54
olderskyblue said:
I'm thinking he's questioning my parentage otis... :emoji_thinking:
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Perhaps, but in saying that, upon viewing some of my ancestors, I did have to look at Bastardy Court references a couple of times.

Oops.

They also had massive families.

John had 11 children
Isaac had 9 children
Josiah had 13 children
Frederick had 7 children
Etc. etc.....

At a guess I would say 75% of you on here are related to me in one way or another.
 

Otis

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #55
 

dutchman

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #56
Otis said:
Probably traced his family tree previously.

That's what my family did.

Traced back to 1066 on one side and the 1600's on the other.

Guessing olderskyblue has done the same.

One side on my family is pretty much all Nottinghamshire and the other, the Cotswolds, Warwickshire and Wiltshire.
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Meaningless unless backed by medical evidence. Families routinely lie about who is related to who. The only thing a family tree tells you is who CLAIMS to be related to who.
 
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Otis

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #57
Hmmm.

I have all the baptisms registered at the churches and where people, were married and are buried.

Why so cynical?

Are you telling me all these relatives buried in the cemeteries aren't mine?
 

dutchman

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #58
Otis said:
Hmmm.

I have all the baptisms registered at the churches and where people, were married and are buried.

Why so cynical?

Are you telling me all these relatives buried in the cemeteries aren't mine?
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There's no way of knowing unless you dig them up and have them DNA tested.

There are lies, damned lies and the entries on birth certificates.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #59
You keep your cynical view and I will keep my realistic one, thanks.

 

hill83

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #60
Otis said:
You keep your cynical view and I will keep my realistic one, thanks.

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To be fair I'd be lying the other way if I found out I was related to Otis.

But yeah in my experience it's legitimate. I've been through some of it with my granddad and he knew people named and knew of people named as far back as the early 1800s. He's 89 himself.

But again, if I could time travel and knew that Otis would be my great great great great uncle I'd come back to life and change my surname on my death certificate.
 
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Otis

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #61
hill83 said:
To be fair I'd be lying the other way if I found out I was related to Otis.

But yeah in my experience it's legitimate. I've been through some of it with my granddad and he knew people named and knew of people named as far back as the early 1800s. He's 89 himself.
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My dad is 89.

In the 80's my uncle (now sadly passed away) painstakingly went through church records and travelled up and done the Midlands retracing our family history.

He went to great lengths, because not only did he trace names and dates of births, but dates of baptism, names of the churches, dates of marriages, where they were married and where they are buried.

Even got a load of vocations too, though seemingly nearly all mine were agricultural labourers, or farm hands, or farmers.
 

dutchman

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #62
Otis said:
In the 80's my uncle (now sadly passed away) painstakingly went through church records and travelled up and done the Midlands retracing our family history.

He went to great lengths, because not only did he trace names and dates of births, but dates of baptism, names of the churches, dates of marriages, where they were married and where they are buried.

Even got a load of vocations too, though seemingly nearly all mine were agricultural labourers, or farm hands, or farmers.
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All that proves is who you were related to "on paper", not biologically.
 

Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #63
Wouldn't bother paying to that Ancestry Site thing for a DNA test. Bloody rip-off! I've traced my family back on both sides (mam and dad), using a free service. It's well known that the Salvation Army will do a trace but for a fee. But did you know that the Mormons also have an ancestry site and don't charge? It's excellent! You just register your name (as with most things online). I've used it for about 5 or 6 years now. For those interested the webpage is: Free Family History and Genealogy Records — FamilySearch.org and for the Paddys out there, there's a good alternate site as well. Try this: https://www.irishancestors.ie/home-2/
You can spend ages once you get stuck into these things. Good luck to everyone!
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #64
Just going on from my last post, the Free Family History webpage covers the whole world, so it doesn't matter where you believe you originate from.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #65
Houchens Head said:
Wouldn't bother paying to that Ancestry Site thing for a DNA test. Bloody rip-off! I've traced my family back on both sides (mam and dad), using a free service. It's well known that the Salvation Army will do a trace but for a fee. But did you know that the Mormons also have an ancestry site and don't charge? It's excellent! You just register your name (as with most things online). I've used it for about 5 or 6 years now. For those interested the webpage is: Free Family History and Genealogy Records — FamilySearch.org and for the Paddys out there, there's a good alternate site as well. Try this: https://www.irishancestors.ie/home-2/
You can spend ages once you get stuck into these things. Good luck to everyone!
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Cheers, Houch.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #66
I thought that said Irish centre then, got excited
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #67
Otis said:
Cheers, Houch.
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Let us know how you get on Otis.
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #68
Houchens Head said:
Just going on from my last post, the Free Family History webpage covers the whole world, so it doesn't matter where you believe you originate from.
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Mars mate, I hail from the Red Planet, thats what I believe.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #69
Captain Dart said:
Mars mate, I hail from the Red Planet, thats what I believe.
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Oh, okay.

In that case, maybe posters will stop asking you 'just what planet are you on?'
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #70
On that theme...

Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family review – let's get regalled out of our brains!

Anyway, FamilySearch has its place. Ancestry and FindmyPast do have many different types of records however, so are of more use. You don't even have to pay necessarily, either... just head to your nearest archive / record office, and they invariably will have a subscription to ancestry that you can use, free of charge.

Plus extra records, if you're in the area.
 
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