Yes, I'm a Mutt

I first signed up with 23andMe to have my DNA analyzed back in 2013.  It didn't give me as much detail as I'd hoped, pretty much saying just that I was 90-some percent European, with most of that being British and Irish.  Prior to that I had been under the impression that I had some Melungeon and/or Native American ancestry.  This testing made me think maybe not.

Flash forward to yesterday. I was trying to stay off Facebook and I got an email from 23andMe suggesting there were updated results. So I signed in, not expecting to learn much more. However, I was pleased to find that there is a lot more detail available in my DNA analysis than there was when I first signed up, and it looks like the Melungeon theory might be right after all.

Check out this chart of the components of my ancestry:

Yes, I'm still mostly European, and most of that British/Irish.  And yes, I already I knew I had a German ancestor who came to America around the 1700s.  But this is the first time I've learned for certain that I have Scandivavian, Sardinian, Iberian, Native American and even West African ancestry. I "most likely had a fourth great-grandparent, fifth great-grandparent, sixth great-grandparent, or seventh great (or greater) grandparent who was 100% West African. This person was likely born between 1700 and 1790."  Also, I "most likely had a fourth great-grandparent, fifth great-grandparent, sixth great-grandparent, or seventh great (or greater) grandparent who was 100% Native American. This person was likely born between 1700 and 1790."

Here's the full break down of my ancestry composition by percentages, to the best they can determine:

European 99.0%:

 
Northwestern European 91.9%

British & Irish 58.1%

French & German 9.6%

Scandinavian 3.8%

Finnish 0.0%

Broadly Northwestern European 20.5%

Southern European 2.6%

Sardinian 1.0%

Iberian 0.6%

Italian 0.0%

Balkan 0.0%

Broadly Southern European 1.0%

Eastern European 1.4%

Ashkenazi Jewish 0.0%

Broadly European 3.1% 

South Asian 0.0%:

Broadly South Asian 0.0%

East Asian & Native American 0.3%:

East Asian 0.1%

Japanese 0.0%

Korean 0.0%

Yakut 0.0%

Mongolian 0.0%

Chinese 0.0%

Broadly East Asian 0.1%

Native American 0.1%

Southeast Asian 0.0%

Broadly East Asian & Native American 0.0%

Sub-Saharan African 0.7%: 

West African 0.3%

East African 0.0%

Central & South African 0.0%

Broadly Sub-Saharan African 0.4%

Middle Eastern & North African 0.0%:

 

Middle Eastern 0.0%

North African 0.0%

Broadly Middle Eastern & North African 0.0%

Oceanian 0.0%:

 

Broadly Oceanian 0.0%

Unassigned < 0.1%