re: White Americans think they are mostly German but they are mostly British

Just checked and mine updated too.
56% eng/nw europe
31% scotland
4% norway
3% indigenous mexico
2% indigenous yucatan
2% ireland
1% north africa
1% basque

Eng and ireland is up. Norway and mexico is down. Wales is gone. Yucatan is new. Maybe a few people in the yucatan got their dna done or something.

I’m 95% French and 5% Islanos. I like good food and fat women.

I’d like to think that last bold part you touched on really deals more with Sweden & Denmark showing up in the case of someone from Shetland.

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I like good food and fat women.

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All that is good in life, except booze. Although, they would likely prefer you refer to them as women you can GRAB. With the French in you, that may not be possible, with your delicate hands.

I have mostly 50% African, and used to be 48-49% British. The results were refreshed, and it pretty much came back as all the British genes were actually from Liverpool. I mentioned this to my uncle that just retired, and he said, yeah, you didn't know that almost all the white people in your family were from Ireland? (I'm above the age of 45.) I spent two trips to the ROI telling the Irish I was the only American that wasn't Irish, so no, I didn't know. My ability to drink and run my mouth should have been a clue, I know.

When it comes to Jewish heritage, it gets harder for Americans (or anyone that emigrated to another country during that period of time). There was a significant amount of name changing, denial of roots, etc. to try to fit in that occurred in the 1800s. 23 and Me and others have started to expose the amount of lying that has happened within families. Good or bad, I hope it teaches people just to tell the truth.

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About 20 years ago it seemed most people in south Mississippi claimed some relation to Brett Favre.

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i wouldn't want anyone to know.

Yeah and I thought my last name was Irish too like everyone else, and found it is French and from a hugeonaught that Anglo-sized it to fit in.

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It's funny because a lot of people in Louisiana who think they are Cajun are actually more German than French.

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My last name is French, I would bet that most people think it’s Cajun. In reality my people are from the Alsace–Lorraine region of France that has gone back and forth between French and German rule over the centuries. As control of the region changed my last name would change from the German word to the French word, and vice versa. When my ancestor came to Louisiana directly from France they went with the French word.

Now my mom’s maiden name is Cajun French, and is on the list of original Cajun names to come down to Louisiana from Acadia.

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White Americans think they are mostly German but they are mostly British

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Do you understand what you have done to the movie Animal House? Its the British now that bombed Pearl Harbor? Thats not even funny