I took a DNA test

I had almost forgotten about taking the DNA test - until the result trickled in one morning recently. I also hadn't planned on it taking up much room in a video - until I saw the results. So I wanted to share it with you and also to talk a little about the whole DNA thing, from the limited knowledge that I have of it at this stage. Should anyone know more about it, I'd love to hear from you. And let me just clarify: Our DNA says nothing about who we are or choose to be as human beings but only (or mainly) something about our biological make-up. Still, that can be interesting, too.
Thank you for watching.
(Just for the record: This video isn't sponsored by My Heritage. I just happened to use their kit)
Music by Epidemic Sound

[@nikkitutt5436]

I understand how you feel. I have always had an attachment towards Russia and things Russian, without understanding why. After taking a dna test i discovered i have no English ethnicity but am a quarter eastern european with cousins in Belerus. It sort of blew me away. You look very scandinavian and the early english were not so far removed from the Danes.I am proud of all my heritage it is who i am. Congratulations on yours.

[@johnstanley6405]

Hi: I had the same experience. I've always been interested in Denmark/Sweden. I didn't think I had any of this in my background but I have one mystery great grandparent and bingo - there I am 20% Denmark/Sweden. It was a wonderful surprise.

[@LizStewart1442]

I know this has been a while since you posted, but the answer is easy, at least to me. Having watched Germans for example who take DNA tests and post videos, they will have results showing a high DNA match in the United States' midwest, and then they make a comment they don't have any relatives they know of in the US, and are a bit shocked. There are of course a lot of possibilities, but the most plausible include the US midwest was mainly settled by Germans and Scandinavians. For you, the more obvious answer would be your distant ancestors and their cousins were a part of the influx of Anglo Saxons and also Danes to east England, etc. who remained there. Hope this helps. Most of us who have European ancestors are not native to the lands we think we are. Of course they could have migrated later as well. These lands, say for instance, England was an example of being populated by Angles, Saxons, Danes, Norwegians, etc. But the Angles, Saxons, Danes themselves were from peoples who migrated to Europe from other places and evolved. It can get really complex. If your father or perhaps a brother had a Y-DNA test, it may give more clues as to the distant past. The Beaker people replaced much of England's original population at one point. The Corded Ware people and Yamanaya peoples were active in much of populating Europe. I am not a genealogist but am interested in where we all came from. I have not taken a DNA test, but a male relative of my father's had his analyzed. While I don't know the exact details, my father's people migrated to US from Great Britain, there are Baltic origins pointing to previous Corded Ware migration possibly in Poland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, but then gets fuzzy as to where the Corded Ware people migrated from. Yeah, it becomes another whole rabbit hole: Most of us are the results of groups of people migrating from other areas of the world and either mingling with or repopulating a region of the world. Just from watching videos of those more knowledgeable, some Swedish folk migrated to the Baltic states. OK, this is enuf to give one a serious headache. Ha! My Mom... i know from her lineage that she some of her ancestry include historically documented musician ancestors who migrated to England to work for the crown as musicians. Known is some came from France and Venice, Italy courts, but there is much debate as to where they originally came from, even some suggestion as to the Middle East. We usually are not 100 percent of anything, and it does become mind-boggling. The Scandinavian peoples were not always blonde, blue eyed and because of genetics, can include many features such as brown eyes, dark hair. The studies following human migrations are in process. Your DNA test is showing where people with your genetic background (who have tested with that DNA company and are their database) currently live while it may include areas from the past.

[@karenwhite2601]

It is all fascinating (your results and so many of the commenters), it makes me want to do a test myself. I would have thought that I am 100% English/Welsh but would be quite happy to find out otherwise.

[@-andreiDNA]

Anglos originally came from Denmark. English DNA is very similar to Danish DNA. Myheritage just lacks a category for Denmark, so Danish people get a mixture of English and Scandinavian. Your result is still pretty exotic for a danish person though

[@jason-gf8dg]

No need for excuses she is English.

[@marianfairburn8613]

Hi. I understand how you feel. I am English British as were all my grandparents. A recent DNA test, however, says a very large percentage of my DNA is Norwegian with other Scandinavian countries in there. I am pale skinned with light hair and eyes but, nevertheless, absolutely amazed!!!

[@davidsmith9878]

I took a test for similar reasons, just simple curiosity. I wasn't looking for long lost relatives and I already had a pretty good idea about my ethnicity. However, on the day I received my results and they became visible to other myheritage users, I was immediately contacted by my 1st cousin twice removed. She lives in Canada and has old family photos in her possession of my great grandparents and other relatives. For that alone, it was worth doing

[@danishmusings]

That’s great, David; then it was certainly worth it. I actually have the names of many of my (distant) cousins but only on my mother’s (non-English) side, so the mystery remains 🙂

[@CountanceD]

I took a test recently and while I thought I was mostly Norwegian and German, found I was mostly Danish and Irish!

[@danishmusings]

😍😍😍

[@victorrock1997]

Thank you for uploading this video! The DNA test from MyHeritage is definitely worth doing, time-wise and money-wise. It's not that expensive and it's quite fun. The Danes are related to the English and vice-versa given the fact that after all, they are Germanic peoples. The Anglo-Saxons were also partly Danish in origin. Best regards from Romania! P.S.: I also have a bit of Finnish DNA and I found that tremendously fascinating!

[@jla110661]

My cousin on my mom's side took an ancestry test and through that a girl contacted him through Facebook who had been put up for adoption as a baby. She asked if any girls in his family had a baby in 1979. Specifically me. There were some public pictures of me on his page and she said I looked so much like her. Here told her he didn't think I'd had any other children but who knows right. So I get an email from her forwarded by him asking if by chance I could be her birth mother. I was strangely very sad that I couldn't give her the news she was hoping for. She did look a lot like me. It's also very crazy how many old unsolved crimes are being solved through these ancestry test databases.

[@danishmusings]

Oh my gosh, yes, how heartbreaking 💙

[@unclejake154]

You're ancestors may be from "Scandinavian York (referred to at the time as Jórvík) or Danish York" is a term used by historians for the south of Northumbria (modern-day Yorkshire) during the period of the late 9th century and first half of the 10th century, when it was dominated by Norse warrior-kings; in particular, it is used to refer to York. Although your DNA says "English", your Danish ancestors easily would have crossed the North Sea and integrate with Anglos and at some point crossed the North Sea back to Denmark. The link between northern Denmark and Yorkshire England is totally interesting. I know you love the little Danish villages. Have you ever wondered why there are thatched roofs on the cottages in the little Danish villages that are done exactly like the thatch roofs on the cottages in the little English villages? In fact they are the same, because the people who built them moved between England and Denmark. There is a great study about thatch roofs in England (the Danelaw area) and the types used in north and central Jutland. With respect to your comment about your "...grandfather changing your father's name to be different than his.". This is a totally interesting subject and although our (my) mind may momentarily think that there is something sinister, it is not the case. Your case is the same as mine and many, many Danes. Two of my great grandfathers changed the family names. My Morfar did not speak much about his father and my Mormor did not speak much about her father. When I heard that the family changed their names (I heard from a very old uncle), I thought "that sounds a bit sinister" because he didn't know why or the exact information about the original name. However, when I searched the parish records I found out that the Danish government tried many times over several hundred years to get people to move away from the "Patronymic" naming system and choose a "Surname". It took a long time for Danes to change. But in 1904 Danes started to choose a surname and in my case both my great grandfathers chose a Surname and started giving it to their children. For example, my great grandfathers name was Anders Christian Jokumsen and when my mormor was born in 1910 her name was Dagny Edith Jokumsen. But 1914 there was a note added in the column of the parish register and her name was changed to "Lyngø" as granted by the government. The same thing was going on with my morfars far. One of his names was Bolesen from his father Bole, but he changed the name to the very common Danish surname "Pedersen". I think the Patronymic naming system was so, so cool, and it is so great to look back 200 years (Danish records go back to the late 1600's but you have to read old Danish written in a German script) and see all the names of your ancestors changing for each generation. Thanks for the video. MVH J&J

[@danishmusings]

Wow, you’re a veritable fount of knowledge, John! I had to read your comment twice to really digest it all. It all makes a lot of sense, so you have my deepest thanks! (Will probably go back and read it a third time…)

[@RoyPounsford]

I;m originally from New Zealand and have based myself in England for the last forty years. My father is of British (mainly English) descent and my mother is Maori. I finally had my atDNA done and feed like really belonging to here in England. Start me on doing a family tree which one of aunties had started many years ago. I believe your family and environment have a great affect on your outcome to life. Thank you for a most down to earth video.

[@danishmusings]

Thank you for your interesting story about your background, Roy. I agree with you about the effects of our families and environment and certainly feel even more curious, after this test, to explore it further. Unfortunately, the English DNA may have come mainly from a grandfather whose identity I don’t know - and whose possible existence I didn’t know of until after this video - so the trail ends there for now. Thanks for stopping by!

[@trolareca]

I took a DNA test a couple of years ago. I thought I was like 90% Portuguese, it turned out I am a third Italian, a third Portuguese, French-German, Northern African and Finnish. I was so surprised… It explained my attraction to Italy and why I “fought” my parents to study Italian in university instead of Spanish, and why I went to Florence to study Italian when I was a young adult in university. No one in my family knows about any Italian ancestors but I am now convinced there was certainly someone. Maybe from the Roman Empire? So strange…

[@caronfenstermacher7763]

My maternal grandmother was abandoned by her father after his wife died in childbirth. While growing up i knew my father's heritage was 100% German and my mother said we were American. As a child i didnt question this information. Recently,I had a DNA test and surprisingly i am 38% German, 32% English, and 30% French.

[@kerrydavison2702]

My fraternal twin and I are both of Welsh origin and we also did this heritage test because there was a chance we were not full siblings. My parents had fertility treatment to conceive us and consented to the addition of donor cells to be used alongside my father's. The test confirmed I am 89% Welsh, whereas my sister is 73% English. The test also confirmed that we are full siblings. We were very surprised and thrilled. How could we be of such different make-up and still be fully siblings? It's amazing and super interesting 😊

[@danishmusings]

So interesting, thanks for sharing ❤️

[@philipdeacon5186]

Our family considered ourselves mainly English and Irish by descent , my sister did one of these tests and the result came back 63% Scandinavian . The rest was mainly British/ Irish . So we are similar to you in DNA I’ve just sent off for mine so it will be interesting to see how I compare with my sister .

[@kristinaginorio1344]

How fun. No wonder why you've had a pull to the UK. Have fun trying to figure it all out.

[@robinkearney4411]

I just found your channel recently, and have been more and more drawn to you and your content-and part of that has to do with you being Danish! My father’s side of our family comes from Denmark, and watching this episode about you finding out that you have a predominance of English heritage and have always been drawn to England though you didn’t know it really spoke to me. I’ve always been drawn to both Denmark and France, so maybe there is a French heritage as well that I don’t realize either. Anyway, you have very insightful and thought-provoking content, besides your talk of knitting which is how I found you. When I heard your voice for the first time it was like I was coming home . . . fascinating.

[@danishmusings]

Oh that’s so lovely, thank you 🥰

[@celticm6616]

Just taking a stab at it, England was once part of the Danish Empire till 1066 there is quite a bit of Scandinavian DNA here and there in England and Celtic.

[@A-C100]

Might be worth testing with Ancestry as a lot more English folks test with them. I believe the myheritage platform is very popular with Scandinavians.

[@danishmusings]

Ah, I didn’t know that, I thought Ancestry was mainly used in the States and Heritage in Europe. Thanks, Horaldo 🤙

[@kirrun]

@@danishmusings Im Estonian. I tested with Ancestry and with FamilyTreeDNA, uploaded to MyHeritage and got three different results. I may say that Ancestry is more for Americans, MyHeritage for Europeans. You may watch Family History Fanatics videos in YT, they are talking there about different companies and another interesting topics.

[@danishmusings]

@@kirrun Thanks very much, Elo. I’ll look into it 😊

[@Juraberg]

Cool and interesting video 😎. You could make another DNA test with another company as there are several on the market and then crosscheck.

[@cheryldowd6916]

I am totally on your page. I grew up with my father telling me I am all German. Ha! I am 54% UK. The next large amount is Eastern European, then the surprise is Scandinavian, then Irish, then a pinch of German and a drop of Portuguese. What?! I did the ancestry test. In doing some research the Vikings traveled the whole of Europe and settled all along. So I am a mutt. What do you know.

[@danishmusings]

Excellent - cheers from one mutt to another 😍

[@jenniferhardiman649]

As you mentioned, some of that English DNA probably comes from the Vikings when they settled in England! Or maybe there's another reason. I can understand why you were surprised! I am from New Zealand and I have 13% Swedish/Danish heritage and 4 % Norwegian but that is not surprising since my great grandfather was born in Oslo. As for the rest of me, I'm primarily Scottish and Irish with a smattering of Welsh and English. If you are curious, it might be a good idea to use another DNA company and compare the results. I love your videos and am an avid knitter also :)

[@michaelcandido2824]

your still pretty much scandi. Danes are pretty close some of the english population that interbred with the Danes (Dane Law) the Jutes and Angles from denmark. Most of England is celtic but some scandinavian components in there because of migration. As Far as Finn and baltic which are like brothers, probably resulted during the time when finland was under Swedish rule so perhaps your swedish ancestors dipped into the honey pot so to say, its actually very common to get a small baltic and finno ugragic component amongst the Scandinavians. Brown hair and dark eyes was common at one point in scandinavia that trait is not exclusive to southern europe, it can be found anywhere in europe.

[@geeb4994]

Hi, I am new to your channel and I stumbled across your excellent musings..and I loved it. I was interested to hear that you decided to take a DNA test. Your results were very interesting. I can only guess that somewhere within your family history, your ancestors may well have been ‘taken’ from some of the villages in either the North East of England or the Norfolk/Suffolk area, and resettled in Scandinavia, marrying into the Viking culture. My own heritage research was also surprising. I always assumed myself to be mainly Scottish…turned out I am 65% Dane/Norwegian in origin (always wondered why my dad was so very blonde, my sister also was white blonde and now both my grandsons are white blonde..but I was light brown haired with blue/green eyed…ah well!) Good luck if you decide to research further…it is surprising what turns up., Look forward to seeing more of your lovely content. Take care.

[@danishmusings]

Thank you so much for your message, Gee. That is interesting and sounds very plausible. Your DNA results, too, must have been pretty surprising. I haven’t yet gotten round to getting a second opinion, but my brother got his DNA analyzed and turned out to have a high percentage of Celtic DNA 🤷🏼‍♀️ So, hmm, still a bit of a mystery. Thanks for watching 😌❤️

[@cwilson991]

My mother, who is from England, was 2% Swedish. Her mother was olive-skinned with dark hair and brown eyes, and an Irish lady (County Cork). I thought we would find some Spanish genes, but no, not one.

[@noriskern7385]

Love your videos. Those tests don’t have any rigorously scientific grounds, they just use algoritms comparing for instance tests taken in England and yours. It’s possible that many english people have danish DNA due to the vikings periods, thus the ressemblance. They don’t have database from ancient DNA.

[@grahamhiggs4355]

Conversely , as an Englishman with no non-English individuals to my knowledge as far back as my DNA heritage family tree results showed , ie the mid 1600’s - I too was slightly surprised. The Danish theme appeared in my results 15% , with a few per cent Norway ,Sweden and Germany. The majority was English at 70% - the remainder presumably via various peoples entering England in the 7th and 8 th centuries , initially raiding and subsequently settling . Nothing as surprising as this ladies results , but highlighting the movement of people’s , particularly in North West Europe. Other acquaintances of mine have had similar numbers appear in their results , all from South East England - mine from the Reading area, coincidentally the site of early Danish landings via the River Thames

[@vadec5909]

I havent tried it, because I to have thought I know my background. But my husband tried it as he didnt know all his background snd there were some surprises. Your results make in interested in my background. Thankyou so much for sharing. Was this My Ancestry

[@danishmusings]

My Heritage 🥰

[@ramaanhabib5482]

Wow....interesting... Your presentation meets my curiosity..

[@danishmusings]

Thanks, Ramaan. Yes, I must admit it piqued my own curiosity as well - still does. Good luck if you decide to try it 😊

[@checle4499]

You mentioned in the beginning how different your maternal grandmother looked so that is a family line to start your search. Also, there was an unexplained name change - another clue? That much English DNA is coming from one, maybe two generations away, if it is in both of your parents line. You can upload your raw DNA file from Ancestry to My Heritage for free, also to FTDNA. There are many, many videos on KZbin that can help you with cousin matches and connecting family trees.

[@danishmusings]

Thank you for your feedback, Cheri! I don’t know if I can upload from My Heritage to Ancestry though? And yes, I have also thought the English DNA must come from both my parents somehow - but there is no mention of it, no names, as far back as I can go, so I feel a bit stranded. My paternal grandfather may not have been my real grandfather, I have since found out, but I seem to have no way of truly finding out since he accepted paternity in name…🤔

[@annewilson834]

I thought I was mostly English or Scottish and I found out I was 70% Norwegian. Maybe that's why I like knitting so much....

[@markuserikssen]

This was really interesting to watch! I'm curious: did you try any tests from other companies to see if they would have a similar result? Not that I don't trust My Heritage, but I wonder if there are big differences between these tests. I'd like to do one myself as well. Even though I was born in northern part of The Netherlands, I somehow feel like we might have some Scandinavian blood in us. But maybe I'm completely wrong, haha. 😅

[@danishmusings]

I haven’t tried other tests (yet), but I did convince my brother to get one from My Heritage, and he turned out to have more Scandinavian and less English DNA than me but then lots of Celtic 🤷🏼‍♀️ No idea how it all works, but do try it out if you’re curious. Maybe we’re distantly related 😅

[@markuserikssen]

@@danishmusings Oh that's interesting! For what I've heard, siblings usually don't have the exact same DNA, so maybe that explains it. But I don't know how it all works. Haha, yeah maybe we could be related! 😅

[@marceloadibgarzajorge948]

Pretty cool results! I’ve got a bit of British and Irish DNA (5.2%) but I’m sure because I also have Scandinavian in me (Norway) so I’m more confident about it. I think your Baltic heritage is due to the fact that English used to migrate to near areas such as the Baltic states.

[@danishmusings]

That’s interesting, Marcelo 🙂 I honestly don’t know what to make of my results still, may try another source to compare.

[@briangronan5100]

Hi Helle , i have been watching lots of Danish vloggers (or bloggers ,i'm not sure lol)they come through on my suggestion page, and i think the Danes and the English are very much the same type of people, so maybe in the past we hold a much more ancestral connection than we think. Please don't think i'm stalking you, i just find your vlogs {blogs} amazing ,and 'im looking forward to traveling throughout Norway and Scandinavia in the future.

[@danishmusings]

Hi Brian. Feel free to ‘stalk’ 😊 I put these videos out there after all and am only happy you will take the time to watch some of them. I agree that the Danes and the English share a common connection. I’m watching ‘Vikings’ in self-isolation here these days and the show, albeit not entirely accurate, underlines some our shared history. I wish you happy travels when you decide to visit our shores!

[@briangronan5100]

i shall watch, thanks@@danishmusings

[@willrichardson519]

@@danishmusings I think The Last Kingdom is an entertaining view if the Saxon/Danish era in what's now England.

[@marianneeckertjensen4723]

I am also Danish and had a few surprises. In earlier days it was not uncommon to have an adopted child who was never told about it. One of my friends realized that he is half jewish, and his mother newer told. She was a refugee after ww2. There are lots of possibilities.. 😊

[@danishmusings]

That’s so interesting, Marianne! I’m beginning to think my father had some secret that he never shared with my brother or myself, but I don’t know if I’ll ever find out. Thanks for your input 😊

[@marianneeckertjensen4723]

@@danishmusings It is an interesting topic. Here, in Denmark, out of blood samples it has been estimated that around 5 % of all people do not have the background they believe. 🤫

[@willrichardson519]

@@marianneeckertjensen4723 I think it's about 7% here, UK, and maybe why they banned dna tests in France! ;-)

[@marianneeckertjensen4723]

@@willrichardson519 True, it may be more. But in 'old days' there were several reasons why a child has other parents than th genetic ones. For instance, if a 16 year old girl got pregnant, the child was often placed in the family, maybe with an older sister. Children whose parents died of tuberculosis or the like might end up in another family. Raped was not mentioned either, in those days. Infidelity is common, but certainly not the only thing. :)

[@jennifers6435]

Regarding an unexplained relative of ours, my mother just said, “The cow jumped the fence”

[@ronyzmiri]

Very interesting. Thanks for the video.

[@danishmusings]

My pleasure, Rony. Thanks ☺️

[@joantionette734]

It refines through time and with more people adding to the gene pool. My first test was also odd but after a few years the results are updated at least yearly and now I am back to what I always was told I was

[@danishmusings]

I keep forgetting to try another one… 💖

[@LisaMo-hn6tm]

I got a lot of Scandinavian (Norwegian/Swedish), plus 11 % Baltic. That was only the tip of an iceberg. As Scandinavians, we can suspect that quite a few of our ancestors got around quite a bit, I guess. One of my closest historical dna matches is a Viking buried at Galgedil, Funen. He has been "reconstructed" and boy, do my relatives on my grandfather's side look like him.😅 Maybe it's coincidence... Anyway, there are countless stories in my genome, from all over the place, from Morocco to China. I could not know. We can't know. Anything seems possible. I get your reaction.

[@noodlyappendage6729]

Great video! You’re Danish dna could be getting mixed up as English. It’s not uncommon as much of English DNA is similar to Danish DNA. (You lot did control much of Great Britain for a while ;) I did my test with AncestryDNA. It came back 55% England and North Western Europe. But I also got 5% Germanic Europe 4% Sweden and Denmark and 4% Norway. 👍

[@danishmusings]

Good point - and interesting result you got!

[@joejacquesschulz8514]

Vikings from Denmark colonised parts of England for two centuriies and eventually Danish King "Cnut the Great" was occupied the English throne too. It is safe to say that plenty of Danish DNA was planted in England and that it still exists there. If the database used to analyse your DNA knows more English people from certain English areas than living Danish people, you are mistaken for English. It could theoretically also happen that bsed on this method a person from today's Norway was led to believe their ancestors would have come from Orkney and Shetland... because there whole populations were tested and because they might subsequently provide more DNA results than all individually tested customers from Norway altogether...

[@brigthebuilder5141]

I loved this video

[@countesscable]

I knew my Mother had Danish Cousins, but that’s all I knew. My Mother and Sisters were white blonde with blue eyes. I have red hair and brown eyes. After doing the same DNA test as here, it turns out that I am 50% Irish and English, 48% Scandinavian, I % Finnish 1% Sicilian Italian. That was a shock!

[@ggjr61]

Does My Heritage have DNA matches? If so that might help trace it. That said the genetics between north Western Europe are highly mixed so it might be that too.

[@danishmusings]

They do, but it seems - from something I’ve learned since the video - that my paternal grandfather might not have been my real grandfather! This means there is no name to attach to a lot of this dna, but it seems likely, then, that that’s where England comes in. Needless to say, I’m still reeling from all this new info. But, as you say, our genetics are quite mixed up here in Northern Europe, so it could just be that 🙂

[@jackwn1405]

I’m lead to believe that English people have a lot of Anglo & Jutish DNA (dark age Danish tribes) from the post Roman invasions…. Then also you have Danish Vikings and Normans later having a genetic impact on England.

[@danishmusings]

Hi Jack, yes, that must be part of the answer - although that would explain why English people have Danish DNA, not necessarily the other way round 🤔

[@jackwn1405]

The test maybe going of genetic similarity 🤔 or maybe your Danish Viking ancestors had a soft spot for the English ladies…. There’s actually probably some truth in that 😂

[@willrichardson519]

The Jutes, hence Jutland, tend to get overshadowed by the Angles and Saxons. They mainly settled in Kent. I think the current view is that most English people are mostly Brythonic the further west and south one goes.

[@BoeDumont]

Well done. I'm unexpectedly 33.2% Scandinavian???? Pleasantly surprised. I'm 47% english (anglo saxon) 12% spanish(?) and 7% North Western European. 0.0% celtic lol I'm from the UK but I live in Australia (father's side are Australian) and now I have to go to Scandinavian nations. See my routes. It has definitely sparked something as now I'm learning norwegian to get by in all 3 main nations and I'm learning about the Scandinavian history. Lol

[@danishmusings]

That’s so interesting, Matt. Thanks for sharing 😊 I know what you mean about wanting to explore your roots. I really want to find out more about my high English % but since the video I’ve found out that my paternal grandfather might not have been my dad’s real father! The logical thing is to then conclude the English dna came from that mystery person, but I’ve no means of finding out who he was… I guess your Scandinavian dna could stem from the Vikings. Learning Norwegian seems like a good option. Best of luck to you!

[@BoeDumont]

@@danishmusings that's crazy. Surprises hey. Well my mums side are immigrants to the UK from Rotterdam and we thought originally that they came from Austria. That's still a possibility but I feel it's definitely not a long lineage in southern Germany area. I feel it's more likely they came from Denmark ect. Small world. Have a good day helle x later

[@danishmusings]

@@BoeDumont Crazy indeed. Well, your dna results certainly seem to indicate that they were Danish. Good day to you too, Matt!

[@willrichardson519]

Matt , Hughes is a Welsh surname, son of Huw.

[@LeeTheKnight]

I love these sort of videos. We are who we are. Its a dilemma since we should learn about our ancestry because its interesting but also not care about it because its not important. We are still us.

[@danishmusings]

This is exactly how I feel! I’m deeply curious but have clearly managed to live so far without the knowledge because we create our own lives, regardless of dna etc. Having said that, I’ve persuaded my brother to take a dna test too now and am looking forward to hearing his results! Thanks for stopping by 😌

[@ilikegliding]

Interesting. I live in South Africa as an Afrikaans speaking person and always wondered what my heritage was. I assumed it had to be Dutch or German. After doing lots of research I discovered three years ago that my paternal heritage was from South-West Jutland in Denmark. A small insignificant little farmstead at a place called Bønderby near Møgeltønder. Nothing spectacular at all. Millers and farmers. Until the one son named Andreas Andersen Brink joined the Dutch East Indian Company as a sailor, and on his travels to Batavia, stopped over in South Africa. He never left. I have a weird fascination with the area of South Jutland.

[@danishmusings]

That’s fascinating 😄 Thank you for sharing. Interestingly, Møgeltønder is where one of the Danish princes, Joakim, lived for a number of years in a manor house that also included farming. The people who live in that part of Denmark are often fiercely patriotic due to the proximity of Germany. I hope you get to come visit some day!

[@ilikegliding]

@@danishmusings I would love to visit the region. Of the three Brinck miller brothers that left Møgeltønder, my ancestor settled in Varde (Orten village), while the other settled in Fanø (Nordby and later Sønderho), and the last in Esbjerg. So naturally I would love to go visit that region where there are still Brinks, Brincks and Brinchs (regional spelling that each brother's offspring assumed) living. One day... 😉

[@johann428]

Im 50% Danish and 50% swedish. The test says 91% swedish and Danish. 5% norwegian and 4% german. So quite accurate!

[@danishmusings]

Ah, thanks for this, Eendracht! Good to know 😌

[@waynecarversr6375]

Don't worry about it. Those estimates are sometimes completely off. My Family Tree DNA test has me a whopping 33% Scandanavian while 23andMe and Ancestry say about 2-5%. I'm American with Northwestern European ancestry. But I do have 2-3% African DNA from all 3 companies. That was my surprise. I have 24,000 people in my tree and 33% Scandanavian is not reflected in it.

[@danishmusings]

Thanks for this input, Wayne. It does tempt me (again) to try for a second opinion with another firm, but as you say, I’m not ‘worried’ about it, just deeply curious. 😊

[@jlpack62]

Most of my family has been DNA tested. As far as my results are concerned, there are not any real surprises. I'm basically just an 3rd generation American of mostly 100% Slavic ancestry among the 3 major tribes of Slavs. This is in alignment to what my family stories claim us to be.

[@danishmusings]

So you can rest assured that your ancestors are what you thought they were 😊 I’ve persuaded my brother to get DNA tested, too, so that might make things a bit clearer.

[@mrbaab5932]

Vikings brought back English slave women. Also the English were Anglo, Saxon and Jutes. Jutes were from Jutland Denmark and Anglo were from Anglia Denmark. The Saxons were from the part of Germany south of Denmark and parts of Denmark bordering Germany. The Vikings also brought back slaves from the Baltic area.

[@noyc1394]

My boyfriend was shocked too when he received his result. His paternal family mainly Germanic and Irish and he ends up with 70% with English. He have no Germanic gene at all but his cousins list matched up to paternal uncle.

[@danishmusings]

Wow, that’s interesting. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@Kitschy_]

What? Do you mean German because England is a Germanic country so he does have Germanic dna but not German dna

[@briangronan5100]

You are an honorary Englishwoman, and it makes me proud to be English. Welcome

[@danishmusings]

Ah, I didn’t know you were English, Grogey. Thanks so much 😍

[@briangronan5100]

@@danishmusings But please don't think i think any less of our Scandinavian cousins, all fine nations ,especially their Nordic noir films and tv .😁

[@danishmusings]

@@briangronan5100 It never occurred to me you would think any less of us 😊 but thanks for the reassurance all the same!

[@briangronan5100]

@@danishmusings please forgive my Friday night ramblings , lol, i allow myself a weekend pint or two, i dont know if this is an English trait or if it is throughout northern Europe . i would like to say though, I look forward to your weekly videos. your camera work and your commentary are second to none, Denmark is very lucky country to have an ambassador such as yourself.

[@danishmusings]

@@briangronan5100 You are terribly kind, Grogey, Friday night ramblings or not ☺️ A resident English friend has a Friday night pint or two, so I think it might be an English ‘tradition’. I appreciate your being here 🤝

[@Adrian-ju7cm]

Basically your DNA is found in that area of the map in this modern world, English? basically Angle, Saxons Jude's, or northern Germanic I had a similar result but as you said it doesn't change a thing

[@jessiewellington9377]

This is super strange, I am half danish and I took a test finally and I am 41% scandinavian, what part of denmark are you from, maybe it is an error, I have 2 results the one from a couple months a go and an updated version, i was 5% english and 40% scandinavian and now it is 0% english and 41%

[@debjordan4399]

I would like to relate my experience with My Heritage and the ethnecity "estimate". I tested wtih Family Tree DNA which showed Central Europe 55%, Ireland 24%, England, Wales and Scotland 22% which happens to be pretty accurate to my known family origins. I downloaded my raw dna and uploaded to My Heritage. North and West Europe 58.4%, Irish, Welsh and Scottish 22.5%. They they blew me away with Iberian (Spanish, Portugese) at 17.6%. Nothing like that on paper. My most recent imigrant ancestors were from the south of England in 1850, they were one couple that were my 2nd great grand parents. The rest of my ancestors came to the U. S. in the 1600's and 1700's. Mostly from England, Germany, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. I for the life of my can't figure out how I could have any Spanish or Portugese, maybe less than 5% might be possible. I also uploaded my dna to GEDmatch which did not show any Iberian. Sorry this was so long.

[@danishmusings]

Thanks very much for your input here, Deb. It’s food for thought, and there’s little doubt in my mind by now that I should get a second ‘opinion’ with either of the sources you mention. On another note: how interesting that you know all that about your ancestors that far back!

[@debjordan4399]

@@danishmusings I have been working on it since 1971 and my Father started before that. I can't seem to stop! There is also Wikitree. It is an amazing resource.

[@danishmusings]

@@debjordan4399 Well that explains your expertise! Thanks again 🙂

[@mariae9584]

It's very possible for many Irish people to have Spanish DNA. When the English were invading Ireland and slowly striping the Irish of their Catholic traditions, Ireland reached out to neighboring Catholic dominant nations like Spain and France to help fight back against the English Protestant King. Spain was the only nation that responded to their plea by sending over 600 troops via the fleet, the Armada. Unfortunately, the ships were caught in a bad storm and many sailors drowned. Many also were able to swim to shore and stayed on the island. My Irish grandmother has black hair and brown eyes. I guess, I could be part Spanish. I would love to find out through a DNA test.

[@shizza82]

I also bought myself this kit last week only because it was on sale lol. Now, I am interested to see how non-Swedish I am with this test haha.

[@danishmusings]

Haha - good luck! ☺️

[@joannathesinger770]

We have a remembrance of our ancestors at the cellular level. I think that applies to you! And yes...some of that probably hearkens back to the Viking days. While I'm overwhelmingly from Great Britain/Ireland, my family has been in the Stares since between the Mayflower and prior to the Revolutionary War. I came up with 3% Scandinavia/Denmark...and it HAS to come from the Danelaw area of Great Britain. I know my genealogy and there is no indication of Scandinavian surnames back as far as I've been able to trace...which is prior to 1600. That leaves the Danelaw.

[@danishmusings]

Thank you for this illuminating comment, JoAnna. I like the sound of it, and it makes a lot of sense 😍

[@davidbraun6209]

At 50+% English ancestry, my guess is one of your parents was 100% English. (Did mom have an affair with some sailor from London or Dover? Were both of dad's parents English and had they Danicized the name?)

[@joannathesinger770]

@@davidbraun6209 Guess again. You didn't read what I said very well. BOTH sides of my family--mom and dad--have been in the South since before the Revolutionary War (1775). My mom never left Louisiana from birth until she and my dad married...and I came along 9 months and 10 days later...and he was in Northeast Texas until he joined the Army at 18...when he went to Germany to fight in WWII. See what happens when you assume???

[@davidbraun6209]

@@joannathesinger770, I wasn't referring to you in my reply but to the person who'd taken the DNA test and shared her results.

[@joannathesinger770]

@@davidbraun6209 May be...but you posted on my comment, not a comment of your own, so how would anyone know different?

[@Magnocalabro]

You are more English because the Jutes belonged to the same ethnicity along with the Angles and the Saxons.

[@danishmusings]

Hm yes, but that is such a long time ago, and - from what I’ve read and been told - that would maybe account for 10-20% of my DNA. With this much, it has to be from someone in the not too distant past…

[@katherinerice7921]

Well, what a surprise!! But I guess is just goes to show, that despite the differences of language and culture, we are all one big human family!!I was born and lived the first ten years of my life in Derbyshire, England, that once formed part of the Danelaw! Do I have some Danish ancestry? With my surname, could there be a Welsh(Celtic) connection? Who knows! Like you said, it doesn't really matter! I look forward, as always, to your next video!

[@danishmusings]

You are so right, Katherine: We are all one big human family! 😍 I’m only curious about this sort of thing to know myself a bit more; it doesn’t make me feel any the less connected to any one nationality but precisely underlines our interconnectedness. Your surname sounds partly Scandi-Germanic to me, at least Ri(i)s in Danish is a surname and means rice. Thanks for your comment 🌏💙

[@katherinerice7921]

@@danishmusings I've always thought that my self, once I became somewhat familiar with other Germanic languages! Wondering about it is fun though, I must admit!

[@willrichardson519]

I think Rice is an anglicisation of Rhys. My paternal grandmother was from Aberystwyth and her maiden name was Rees, a variant of Rhys. A great grand uncle of mine changed his surname back from Rees to the original Welsh, or Cymraeg, Rhys. He was a secretary to Dame Margo Lloyd-George, wife of David Lloyd-George.

[@katherinerice7921]

@@willrichardson519 Wow, cool connections there!, I have always thought that perhaps that I could have some Welsh connection somewhere!

[@judithtaylor6916]

Have done an Ancestry DNA test with Iberian Peninsular origin. 52% UK, 4% Wales, 17% Irish/Scottish, French, 11%Swedish/Denmark, 7% Norway heritage. Dutch. A real dog's breakfast. I am Australian. My mother had black hair, brown eyes and european features (almost jewish) even though her parents were English. But with the surname Bonnell could be either French or German. She was born in New Zealand. I've been doing my tree for years. What stumped me was Eastern Europe. More hunting found I have a German g.g.g.g Grandfather who emigrated to the States. Your Grand-parents must have either been English/or your g. grandparent(s). Might be the reason your father's name change. To protect him during the war. Look at their birth place. Adopted/not telling/knowing the true facts? You need to start digging. Genetically speaking, we are all related! Please add some of your tree to Ancestry. As it helps us genealogy enthusiasts help connect us to family links we dont know about. We are not wanting to inherit family fortunes. Just to know where our family originally came from or settled.

[@Datacorrupter234]

more like 100% danish the danes invaded essentially everyone around them especially england and so their dna and youre as a result is going to look similar because of how the danes influenced their neibhors dna

[@sylviabargas3340]

I wouldn't put too much stock in that. You'll get a more accurate ethnicity estimate, and more matches, with Ancestry or 23andme. It's a mistake to choose a DNA test based on price. A DNA test is only as good as the size of its database, and that's where MyHeritage falls short.

[@danishmusings]

Well, according to data, the database for My Heritage is large in Europe. But I might get a second opinion at some point.

[@angiecats5298]

I’ve just done my test as well and tbh I would be shocked and probably a little upset if my results came have as half English as well only because I know my family is Scottish and Irish, all my family have come from there and my whole life have been told I’m pretty much half Irish/Scottish 😅

[@danishmusings]

Knowing something about Scottish history, I completely understand. Good luck! 😊

[@michaelcandido2824]

im almost certain you will get some british as they are all pretty similar in genetics and almost dont get one without the other.

[@cowlo9990]

Hey, probably people told you this already in this comments, but if not here is it: The english people / Anglo Saxons come from three main tribes. The saxons (north germany) The Jutes (South Denmark) The Angles (North England) But also Frisians, but they never built an own kingdom so we cant prove it as much. When i (German from lower saxony) did an ancestrydna test i firstly got next to my 57% german, 37% english. After somes updates though, i was 98% German (How unexpected) Overall you can say that you are major germanic and maybe you are interested testing other companies like acnestry or 23andme which do a better job then myheritage.

[@danishmusings]

Thanks for your interesting input on this, Cowlo. It turned out that my brother was much more Celtic than me, so the plot thickens. I might try one of the companies you mention 😊

[@SimpleMinded221]

The angles were located just south of the jutes. Saxons, angles and jutes were intimate neighbors.

[@guillaumerusengo9371]

It's not about origin but database. Angles, Saxons, vikings, norse and yes Danes used to rule England.

[@danishmusings]

You are right, Guillaume, and I am aware of this part of our shared history 😊

[@Mimulus2717]

These genetic tests are not looking at your ancestry from 125 years ago...but rather where your genetic ancestors lived 500 years ago or so. My 4 grandparents emigrated from Germany, Poland, Ireland but my tests results indicate I have significant Balkan, Greek and even some African ancestry. People move around alot through trade, war, famine, etc.

[@tsukiyomi4133]

It's viking DNA problem with my heritage DNA is it gets confuses with ancient viking DNA for e.g., u can see DNA test of Indians and Pakistanis doing my heritage, they are getting Irish and Scandinavians due to ancient indo European gene (Aryans) invading India in 1500 BCE, this idea was later taken by Hitler another example is DNA of same family members getting different countries I think 23 and me DNA test is best it also tell about our paternal maternal haplogroups u can try it

[@danishmusings]

Ok, thanks for your interesting input, Tsukiyomi 😊

[@briarelyse5136]

With such a large % I would assume you have inherited British DNA from both of your parents, as it is over 50% . Do you have a family tree? at such a high percentage it shouldn't be too difficult to find the British ancestors only a few generations ago. I also think that the British people probably moved to Denmark, or some Danish ancestor moved to England had children with a local, and moved back to Denmark with the children.

[@danishmusings]

Thanks for the confirmation that this result is indeed overwhelmingly indicative of someone in my background not long ago being English. Others (on FB) have tried to explain it away, but as you say, the % is high. The thing is both my parents were Danish, although I’ve since found out that my paternal grandfather might not have been my real grandfather. But the trail seems to end there so I cannot trace it…

[@briarelyse5136]

Did you say you may have DNA matches from England? That may be a clue as to your English heritage, unless they are matching you through their possible Danish DNA. I'd look into their family trees if they have them set to public, and see if any of the family moved to Denmark at some point, or married a Dane.

[@danishmusings]

@@briarelyse5136 Unfortunately, there is only one, who is private. The rest - or the origin of most of that percentage - would have to be found through some kind of dna sleuthing. I don’t know if other dna companies offer more insight, but I’m tempted to get a ‘second opinion’.

[@briarelyse5136]

@@danishmusings I'm with ancestry and found there DNA matches tool really helpful, also helped that I got my mum tested as I could then tell which side of the family my matches were potentially from. Good luck with your research.

[@willrichardson519]

@@briarelyse5136 Ancestry recently added a feature that shows which parent your dna comes from.

[@jesdot69]

Then you problebly have Swedish ancestors also, most of us in Svealand (middle Sweden) has finnish DNA ( i am 90,3 % Skandinav and 9,7 Finne) same with the Baltish DNA.

[@danishmusings]

I do - my great grandmother was from Sweden ☺️💙💛

[@zmileyy]

I got my results not so long ago (a week ago maybe). I live in Sweden (hello neighbour 👋) and my mother’s from Finland and dad from Sweden, as I was told. I got 56,8% Finnish so no surprise there. But then 12,9% Baltic, 12,4% Eastern Europe, 10,4% Irish,Scottish,wales and only 3,5% Scandinavian(!) 🤔😂 So now my father have ordered a dna test also. Maybe I’m reading the results hella wrong but yeah 🤣 Very exiting though!

[@danishmusings]

Oh, that’s interesting, Nina 😊 Yeah, it can really reveal some surprising results. Good luck with your dad’s results. My brother did his afterward and got 45% Celtic DNA, so I’m still pretty confused 😅

[@zmileyy]

@@danishmusings That cool! I agree that it’s really interesting and I got really curious to dig into everything a bit more😄

[@joeb7640]

The Angles came from southern Denmark your ancestors are probably more from southern Denmark so match up with people from England

[@danishmusings]

Yes, I do know about some of our shared history with Britain, but I assumed that would make a Briton’s DNA Danish, not the other way round 🤔

[@molecatcher3383]

@@danishmusings There are over 50 million English, and if say 40% of them have Angle/Jute/Saxon (Danish ?) dna, then there will be much more English with "Danish" dna than there are Danish with "English" dna. Maybe the dna "nationality" comes from the land where it is found in the highest numbers.

[@mrquwe]

i have noticed that quite allot of Danish people gets english dna from my Herrtage. Take a dna test from Ancestry next time if you want a secound opinion. The most intresting to look at the DNA mathes here you can find more where your familys from.

[@danishmusings]

I haven’t heard about that, but I have considered getting a ‘second opinion’ through e.g. AncestryDNA. Thanks.

[@Ataralas]

Ancestry frequently has sales around the holidays. 23andMe might have one on DNA Day in April and/or on Black Friday.

[@danishmusings]

@@Ataralas Thanks for the tip, Élistariel 😊

[@WolfRoss]

Weren't the vikings that went to England Danish? If so a lot of English would have Danish markers. They are comparing us to current populations. I'm American with 40% Bavarian ancestors, but I have lots of Swedish DNA cousins.

[@danishmusings]

You are right, and that’s a good point 😌

[@willrichardson519]

Beverforden sounds nordic.

[@mts4428]

There were people that were moved out of England. They were being discriminating to their own people.

[@SunshineForYou-ix6zy]

So, i know that im half british, and danish, so thats why im taking a test, I also got some Welsh, (my grandma) So, thats gonna be interesting, waiting for results now :D

[@lonormimanuel33]

I am 33% English, 33% Scots, 17% Sweden & Denmark, 10% Irish, 6% Welsh, and less than 1% Finn!

[@garyk8285]

Do you have a Brother? Would be great to test him using LivingDNA. It's best to test him so you find out what is your immediate family's YDNA and MtDNA (eg X chromosome haplotype and Y chromosome haplotype) - eg your paternal line, vs your maternal line. A female DNA test would not be able to show your YDNA. You don't look typically British, but definitely Scandinavian. You have to remember, the Scandi's invaded Great Britain, so you probably have long lost ancestors that migrated and influenced their gene pool. The test you took is more likely to British focused too.

[@kathyellis2506]

Apparently a man in my town committed suicide because he had murdered and when his son told him that he had a DNA test done, he knew that his son’s test would link him to the murder. Kind of shocking. I have always assumed that I am 50% British but with some Scottish, German, Dutch, and Irish equally mixed in. But I guess I could be surprised. And what if a relative had committed a serious crime…would I really want to know? Interesting to think about.

[@danishmusings]

Whoa 😨

[@TheAlkochef]

Danelaw. :) Vi bosatte os i England jo. Giver mening ;P

[@danishmusings]

Det ved jeg godt og nævner det også i videoen. Og det forklarer jo, hvorfor en del englændere har dansk dna, ikke omvendt…

[@Cristiolus]

You make the common mistake of confusing the "Ethnicity Estimate" with the results. MyHeritage calculates their estimate from who your cousins are. More of your cousins (close and remote) have married English speakers than have married Scandinavians You have more cousins in the US and other English speaking cousins than in Scandinavia. To find out what you really are you have to go back and create a family tree: this involves work: there is no quick fix.

[@danishmusings]

I do know that, and therefore I have made a family tree. The problem is I can only add the people I know (of) and certainly not any mystery parents etc.

[@jellybabies47]

Sometimes you are better off knowing. It leaves you wondering! But I know where I am from.

[@daveybaby8389]

i'm no expert but love history and like you England, or the British Isles hold a special fascination... there is jus so much history, and changing history... Celts, then Romans, then Anglo-Saxons, etc, etc... i doubt there's any homogenous "Englander" bloodline as they are quite a mixture of genes. besides folks have been traveling back and forth across the channel for millennia and in substantial numbers and obviously, some of those were your ancestors, perhaps it would be more surprising if you had no familial ties? :)

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

I am English I live in Liverpool, to me you look half English and half Nordic , you have a similar look to my aunty , in reality I guess we are all very closely related in England, Denmark, Norway, Germany ect , the lands around where I live were settled by vikings for hundreds of years at one point, all of the names of certain places are old norse or Danish sounding , when you look into the past it is amazing, anyway congrats on the English dna you better get drinking English tea and biscuits now 😂❤

[@danishmusings]

Already on it! 🫖🤓

[@vindeljay]

Too many questions to be answered and it really doesn't matter. You are who you are and thats ok.

[@barbaramassey3787]

The explanation is that these analysts compare population DNA ...so what is population in UK....many invasions and mixtures....Danelaw?..Normans?.. Saxons.. So you don't have British ancestors. The British have Danish ancestors.

[@danishmusings]

Yes, true…

[@AlxzAlec]

Please remember that this test shows what is most likely and is not 100% correct, and most Danes do get a lot of English heritage results simply because the Vikings went there and so much English People came to Denmark, but these results do not change who you are, who your parents are and what your home country is. A lot of people get more heritage percentages from countries they aren't from but that doesn't mean they aren't supposed to be in the country they live in, it's simply just your roots and it once again doesn't mean you're supposed to be in England and speak English. A lot of Danes get these percentages from Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and England. And it doesn't mean someone is adopted at all.

[@danishmusings]

Uhm, I do know that. It’s not a question of what language I should speak or where I should live. The Danes went to England in large numbers, emphatically not the other way round. This is not the result most Danes get. I know perfectly who I am, but the result surprised me nonetheless.

[@AlxzAlec]

@@danishmusings I don’t know what you mean by “This isn’t the result most danes get” I was simply referring to the fact that a lot of Danes who take these tests get results from The British Isles, mainly because of the vikings. And I’m not saying this in an informative way as you said the same thing in the video, quite obviously, but I said it because of how surprised you seemed to be as if these results would change your life forever. But I simply had to say that this isn’t unnormal.

[@AlxzAlec]

@@danishmusings Yes Danes did go To England but a lot of Englishmen were also brought home to Denmark.

[@staffangustafsson759]

I think the name change is exciting. Probably hiding something you do not want to know…

[@danishmusings]

You could be right, Staffan, although part of me is now even more curious…

[@rodneyscales2648]

Looks up the Danes law under Alfred the Great.

[@danishmusings]

Yeah, I did actually think about that, Rodney (I have studied English history), but wouldn’t that result in English people showing Scandinavian DNA, not the other way round?

[@rodneyscales2648]

Did you look up your matches and maybe the Vikings went back and forth to Scandinavia.

[@jackwn1405]

@@danishmusings I’m English and I received 14% Scandinavian ( assuming from Scandinavian migration/raids many years ago) in my heritage results… I guess they can’t put a time scale on ethnicity but they can on similarity.

[@willrichardson519]

Hej Helle. Mor min er Norsk så dna min er 49% Norsk, øst, og 3% Sverige og Danmark. Men 2% Norsk dna er fram min far. Han var "Geordie" nord øst England, Newcastle. Så jeg har 17% Engelsk og nord vest European dna, med 7% Scotsk. Cymraeg er landet av farmor min. Så jeg har 24% Walisk/Cymraeg dna.

[@danishmusings]

Hej Will. Tak for en fin og interessant kommentar. Well done with the language ☺️

[@willrichardson519]

@@danishmusings Tusen takk. Lit mer interesant med barne dna, også, når jeg har mer timer og energi etter arbeid...

[@majonm3642]

You looks very english

[@ruraledition]

You shouldn’t be shocked because 40% of England’s gene pool is Anglo Saxon and even though only 40%, it’s the majority gene pool for England. Anglo Saxons have been migrating to England from Northern Europe and Southern Scandinavia over the past 400 years. So I think you are much more Danish than your Danish country people today, who have gene pools from other parts of Europe it appears. You have the DNA of a Danish person who lived in Denmark 400 years ago. You obviously have some heritage linked to England, from ancestors who migrated to there. So while you have a small percentage of DNA linking you to Fin, who have the same colouring as Anglo Saxon, perhaps Fin are differentiated from Saxon by bone structure. As for your Baltic DNA, perhaps you inherited that from your maternal grandmother. So I think you are very Danish indeed and had you existed 400 years ago, you would have migrated to England. Therefore the Pilgrims who arrived to America in the 1600s, were Anglo Saxon with Northern European/Southern Scandinavian heritage from 200 years previous. So you have ancestry living in America as well. I think the point you make is that we yearn to return to our roots and that is navigated by our DNA sometimes.

[@judithparker4608]

We've all been enslaved at points in history !

[@cuorenerazzurro1661]

Come on, it s not as if you discovered 50% Indian and 50% Peruvian, not that surprising.

[@danishmusings]

I don’t know where you’re from, but from your strangely disappointed answer, it sounds to me as if you lump all European countries together. As is obvious from the thumbnail, I’m neither Peruvian nor Indian, but obviously, too, to someone who has always considered herself 90% Danish, this was a major surprise to me and everyone I know. No need to censor my reaction.

[@Simsrockslol]

my heritage is a really shitty DNA test pretty inaccurate i’d recommend 23andme

[@danishmusings]

Ok, thanks! 🙂

[@ilovehumanity9151]

I want to marry with you can you i will always service you andci sm 19 years 💝💜💛

[@ac4842]

Random but I’m sure you were such a beautiful girl when you were younger

[@danishmusings]

Uhm, thanks, I guess…

[@daveybaby8389]

i'm no expert but love history and like you England, or the British Isles hold a special fascination... there is jus so much history, and changing history... Celts, then Romans, then Anglo-Saxons, etc, etc... i doubt there's any homogenous "Englander" bloodline as they are quite a mixture of genes. besides folks have been traveling back and forth across the channel for millennia and in substantial numbers and obviously, some of those were your ancestors, perhaps it would be more surprising if you had no familial ties? :)

[@danishmusings]

True, and I agree with your sentiment. I guess I would just like to know which of my (unknown?) ancestors gave me all that English DNA, since that kind of percentage cannot be due to some distant uncle 200 yrs ago or similar. It baffled me, and I don’t know enough about genes and DNA to understand it fully (though plenty of people here have tried to come up with explanations 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@daveybaby8389]

@@danishmusings oh, as far as heritage and such i don't think it's (dna)... well... seems open to a lot of "interpretation". that's not to say they can't establish direct links in court for example but as far as migrations and the movements of large populations it starts getting tricky, at least i've seen documentaries saying so. but you should be able to find actual bloodlines by matching up specific markers in the dna code, and then specific relatives. i'm sure it would be exhaustive, and perhaps costly, and you'd only find this in others who've had the test. speaking of the test it too might be limited. i mean shux... i forget but they say you have ~50% "Englander"... well what the heck is an englander LOL if not a person with all sorts of different bloodlines from all over Europe? but the dna itself will have very specific lines of code and those can be pursued to establish any familial connections. but as to how those connections came about, i don't think the dna can answer that. that would take a serious search of records (church, state, etc, etc). but you might be looking at it backwards, it might not be the englanders that gave you the dna, 'tis more likely you gave it to them. ehhhh shux m'Lady; now you got me all interested in getting a test for myself!!! :)