Reality Check: "Ancestry.com Says I'm Scottish!!!"

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DNA testing is all the rage. We at USA Kilts hear lots of customers tell us about the results of their ancestry tests and how the results helped them on their discovery of their Celtic heritage.
But honestly, you have to take the results of any DNA test with a grain of salt - at least when it comes to ancestry and leads on where your ancestors came from. All these tests are based on statistical data that are constantly being reassessed, and usually are based on current populations - they can not (at this time) take into account migrations.
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@HistoricalCrumbs Год назад

As someone born and raised in Scotland with my ancestors never moving, I find immense pride in people from around the world exploring and enjoying the culture regardless of genetics

@traildogisla Год назад

Ancestors never moved? Chances are some of your ancestors moved TO Scotland though.

@JR-bj3uf Год назад

I take pride in the fact that such a poor country (in relation to England for example) had such a profound effect on the settling of many parts of the world including the United States and Australia. The Scots brought a work ethic and a love of learning to every place they settled. The bulk of my family came from Scotland with some amazing stories. One such relative died in the American Civil War while fighting on the side of the South. I often wondered how someone immigrates to a country only to be embroiled in war?

@invadertifxiii 5 месяцев назад

❤❤❤ I had no idea my mother's side had deep scottish roots. After extensive research I've discovered when my mom insisted we were "irish" but my results said otherwise. I discovered after years that she was rightish, our ancestors were most likely northern ulster scot irish. So I have a newfound appreciation for this knowledge

@nazoflove 10 месяцев назад

Im a "Black American" who did research on my dads side of the family searching to find him and found out his family line are Hendersons from Scotland. His side didnt become mixed race until 1889. I wanna dive more into my Scottish heritage

@andymullins84 Месяц назад

That's really cool. The combination of African and European dna is gaining in numbers. Man, if you go to Scotland dress warm. It's cold and wet. But beautiful

@JR-bj3uf Год назад

There is a guy, Bruce, who produces and excellent series called "Scotland History Tours." Bruce is 100% Scottish and traces half of his ancestry back to Guiana. If you have never seen this guys work I think you will enjoy it.

@charleslampa-fi6cn Год назад

Good call out. Bruce is amazing and very informative.

@anfiach Год назад

Bruce Fumey is a treat to watch.

@scottishhellcat Год назад

I enjoy Bruce's videos.

@TheUnhousedWanderer Год назад

That's the black dude with dreads, right? Love his videos.

@JR-bj3uf Год назад

@@TheUnhousedWanderer Yep, that's him.

@diannemccarthy446 Год назад

I did my family research way before ancestry was available. I have family documents birth certificates, death certificates, and until I did the ancestry DNA it was great I loved the research and seeing the pages come to life. Then ancestry DNA! I was so completely stoked to get my results people need to be careful what they wish for. I found out that my father who raised me on my birth certificate is not my biological father. All that research family history documents found in the archives now mean nothing to me. I do love researching and it is just very sad.

@geauxp 15 дней назад

Same thing happened with my aunt. She was Director of the genealogy center at the Mormon Church and then we found out my mom. Her sister was only a half sister, but after a few months she started catching onto the DNA and was all into it.

@Lochlann13 Год назад

I've also seen people using Ancestry or similar DNA programs to 'justify' wearing a kilt. While being 'connected' to the history of the kilt through Scottish ancestry is neat, it's also perfectly okay to wear a kilt just because you like them. I've never met or even heard or a Scottish person gatekeeping the kilt.

@angryagain68 Год назад

Got Ancestry in 2017. Back then it was about a open choke shotgun blast "estimate". (or even a blunderbuss pattern.) Each update narrows that probability tighter and tighter and tighter as more people in a given region's DNA is compared. Now mine is MUCH more specific and getting down to "full choke" estimates. Also, remember you get 50% of your DNA from each parent. BUT, you do not get it in equal amounts. One child might show more of one region from a parent than the other child does. I see this with my kids. One has more Scottish, than the other, and almost no Swedish and vise versa. Our results have proven that 'family history" is EXTREEMLY flawed. You should take all THAT with a grain of salt. Parents routinely get the "facts" screwed up. Not to mention various family secrets that tend to come to light. (If you follow my drift.) I found a half sister and half two brothers I did not know about, and my wife found a half sister also. Family history is about as flawed as anything can actually be.

@anfiach Год назад

This is just indicative of a larger issue. People tend to put zero effort into understanding things and go with their feelings. Relying solely on ethnic DNA testing only tells a small part of the story as you guys pointed out. You get 50% from each parent and it's random which portions of their DNA you get. There are portions of my ancestry that don't even show up in my results. These tests are a useful tool but only one among many for discovering your family's past.

@y04a 4 месяца назад

Both my parents have Scottish heritage, but according to Ancestry DNA that somehow combined in me and made me "more Scottish" than either one individually. Interesting.

@OCCA Год назад

Found my genetic family through 23&Me. It has been a great thing for me. Adopted at 18 days, I had first gotten the test for the medical things, many years later my half brother wrote me. Very cool for me and them, very cool. The records are definitely better, but I was able to find that through ancestry for both my adopted and my genetic families.

@ShaunHopkinsAVFC Год назад

Even being adopted, I knew some of what to expect with my results. However, it did come up with Scotland being my dominant, which surprised me. It was a good spur to get me to go and research my family history a little closer. I had already bought two kilts before I did the Ancestry thing, because when I was a boy, I was adopted by a Welsh father. Come to find out, I also had a good bit of Welsh in me anyway. It’s just another tool to use, not the end all be all.

@BCSchmerker Год назад

@ShaunHopkins *Cymru as well as Alba, I presume?* Celtic tribes preceded the Sachsen and Normans in Great Britain. Although half Japanese by blood, I've Norman plurality in the Greater German half, via retainers to Baron Carmichael in the Scots' Lowlands (GBR) and a Clan o'Wall in Cork (IRL).

@scottishhellcat Год назад

If you are Welsh, you come from good stock.

@Cubestone Год назад

I agree with the idea of combining testing with family traditions, oral history, records if any, and study of culture. I think this can be the path to the most accurate evaluation. You guys didn't mention study of culture. I read a book once about Swedish culture that had passed through the family. The premise of the book was "Why do I act this way?" It was surprising how many traits followed through my Dad's side of the family. (Grandma once said, "Don't be too sure we're all Swede on this side. There were Scots in the area." Genetically this proved out. ) I further studied culture connected to Mom's genetics and found additional confirmation. Thanks for an informative video.

@whiskeyvictor5703 Год назад

Scots mercs served in the Swedish army under Gustavus Adolphus, and those who survived may have settled in Sweden to make merry with the pretty local flickor. 😁

@Cubestone Год назад

@@whiskeyvictor5703 Yah, sure. Who could blame them!

@stevesyncox9893 Год назад

Thanks guys, I do appreciate the knowledge you share.

@RobKenchu Год назад

My sister is our family historian. She's done the deep dive going back several generations. I calculated my own percentages by where my ancestors came from! Incidentally, those numbers are actually pretty close to what ancestry says. Though I grant you, I'm lucky in that I can check it myself with my sister's hard work.

@Renegade_Melungeon Год назад

Thank you. You've confirmed all the suspicions I've had about these tests. Especially the part where you talk about the time and place your ancestors came from. Scotland was quite multi ethnic. Britons, Gaels, Norsefolk, Picts, and Angles form the backbone of the country - not to mention all others like Keiths who descend from a Hessian or others from Hungarian noblemen, or French Frasers.

@anfiach Год назад

The Fraser's were Norman, they weren't Franks. Your point is valid though. The Irish came from Spain originally too so historical context is very important. Scotland was the original melting pot.

@surfer-lc3nz 2 месяца назад

@@anfiach Normans were just Franks, but with a Scandinavian Y-DNA haplogroup.

@jonnozilber4504 Год назад

I did an Ancestry test a few years ago which told me I was half European Jew (surprise, surprise, my Dad is a Polish Jew), and a mix of other English, Scottish, Nordic etc. An interesting thing happened last week, though. I received a facebook message from someone in Scotland who matched with me as a possible second cousin. He's been tracing his family tree and although he knew who his great Aunt was, that whole branch of the tree was not very clear because she emigrated to Australia in the early 1900s and he couldn't find much beyond that. Turns out she was my great-grandmother and I was the first Australian born part of that family tree that he'd been able to find so I've been helping him fill in the gaps. I think *that* is the real power of these services. I didn't do it to find out where my family comes from, I already know that, but it's a great way to potentially help discover parts of the family you didn't know existed.

@hotcocoandart Год назад

My uncle got like 30% Scottish. The thing is, we're Irish American and my grandmother's family is from Ulster, so there's been a lot of mixing of populations over the millennia. It's flawed, especially when it comes to places where people moved back and forth a lot.

@youmustbethistall5861 Год назад

This is such a great conversation to help set expectations. I personally have no idea what my ancestry is beyond about 2 generations. My family never discussed it and never thought it mattered (which in a grand scheme, it doesn't). My daughter told me that she thinks I have Scottish heritage due to my surname, and my mother's maiden name. It's possible; it's equally possible I could be anything European. But, I admit her comment turned me into looking at Scottish culture, and I am fascinated by kilt wearing. Fair disclosure, I am waiting on the results of my own DNA kit, but this discussion is exactly like one I had with a co-worker. We get it - data points, not definitive proof. I figured for the cost equivalent of an insurance co-pay I could add some perspective for the Family Tree research I've started. Go Phantoms!

@IosuamacaMhadaidh Год назад

Just remember you don't have to be Scottish to enjoy wearing a kilt. Although tied to Scottish culture, tartan like cloth and skirt-like dress is not exclusive to Scotland. As these guys always say, be a good student of the culture and show respect and you will get respect in return.

@youmustbethistall5861 Год назад

@@IosuamacaMhadaidh Fully agree; it's important to respect other cultures Scottish or otherwise. When I do choose a Kilt, I'm 90% sure it will be the US Army Tartan as that is truly a clan I'm from. My father served 21 years, his brother served under Patton, my brother retired Army Reserve and I myself am a veteran. That's my true lineage. Thanks for the kind words and support!

@mandymagnolia1966 6 месяцев назад

I always find the updates interesting. My mom passed away unexpectedly in March 2022 and while she was proud of her Irish ancestry from her half Irish dad, she always wanted some Scottish. It wasn’t until I happened to check hers this past Christmas that hers had 5/6% Scottish. A bit bittersweet, but I hope I can break through the brick walls in our Irish lines and maybe find someone from Scotland for her

@BarbaraBoronda Год назад

i am 7% scottish and 1% irish. but have always loved the culuture

@Luv2tickt Год назад

These companies have been somewhat of a nightmare for those whose mother or father had a secret that they intended ON taking to the grave. A lot of people have suddenly found out they have a half-brother or half-sister they did not know about. Makes for some rather interesting conversations when gifts are handed out during Christmas from a well-meaning sibling!!!

@adorastillings9135 Год назад

Yes these test do give rough percentage, some people don't have any idea where their families came from so it gets them started on a possible genealogy path. Which can help them on this journey, science is always changing as is DNA research. From what I have learned by researching and working on genealogy. Basically it's a small piece of a large puzzle.

@TadTheTinker Год назад

I consider the idea of the DNA test for ancestry a folly. A fun thing to do that at best could give you a list of regions your ancestors came from. That would be about as far as I could trust it.

@KensaiLee Год назад

I got into Ancestry because I knew nothing about my natural father's side. Ancestry DNA says mostly Scottish (45%) with Irish, English, Welsh, Scandinavian and a tiny bit Ghanan. I got into kilts about the same time but that was because I was looking for something different. I just tell people I have Celtic heritage. I have been doing a lot of research on the actual Ancestry of each line I can. Most of my family has been here in the USA since the 1600's but it's really interesting to learn about the lineage. I actually trace one line to a Welsh king in 800ad. It's just cool information!

@MakaKamala 6 месяцев назад

Thankfully, I have found my DNA test to be pretty accurate. The latest update on my DNA test from Ancestry shows me 50% English, 32% Scottish, the rest scattered between Welsh, Irish, and Scandanavian, which is very close to what I've found as I've researched the many branches of my family tree - the vast majority of my ancestors are English, Ulster Scots, Scots and Irish.

@NovemberOneOscarGrouch Год назад

The test is a nice compliment to genealogy. Large majority of my relatives in line to me are from France, Scotland and Scandinavian. DNA testing showed the same. 38% French 23% Scottish etc etc. There's a beta showing the chromosomes and how your's relate to those regions of the world. I thought that was neat. Did you guys play D&D after filming?

@TheUnhousedWanderer Год назад

I saw them rolling a d20 in a past video to pick random topics to duscuss...

@NovemberOneOscarGrouch Год назад

@@TheUnhousedWanderer that's awesome!

@mikeramseydotnet Год назад

This discussion is about autosomal DNA, an average of your parents, grandparents, great grandparents, ad infinitum. It is a completely different conversation when talking about Y-DNA. Y-DNA changes very little over hundreds or even thousands of years. It is quite clear when two people match with Y-DNA markers. If you are trying to trace your paternal line, Y-DNA is much more individual in nature than autosomal. That said, I did find a paternal line relative by matching up with his daughter's autosomal DNA. DNA is a tool, not a destination.

@albatz1377 Год назад

You guys should do an episode doing these tests ...it's encumbant on the person taking the test to do the research the big thing these companies do is match you with family members you don't know ...from that you can build your family tree ..I did one and I found my paternal family that I never knew..I always knew I was irish and scottish from from my mothers side but then i found out my fathers name was Murphy and that his parents came here right befor he was born ....now I have a more complete picture of how I got here and where my "family" came from ..you guys really should do it ..I bet you guys find stuff out you never knew before...

@TheUnhousedWanderer Год назад

There are a few channels that probably already made the videos you talk about. Check out Family History Fanatics.

@williamproctor4388 Год назад

The first time I heard the bag pipes I knew were I from. But for the record I’m German/ Scottish. I’m a Europe mutt but I favor my Scottish side 😁

@KJ4RMZ Год назад

What about Family Search?

@lesliebright3860 Год назад

FamilySearch doesn't use DNA, it's all records-based. What I like about FS is that it provides access to all the different records as much as it can (ie, 1950 census, 1850 census, birth certificates, SSN death notices, etc etc,) without charging a membership fee. However, there, you don't make your own tree, and someone else makes their own tree, as happens at Ancestry (then you compare notes); instead, at FS it is one BIG tree, and you're working on it w/ other folks. Sometimes, someone comes along and snips off things, thinking that something was incorrectly connected; but instead, maybe they just didn't realize someone had been married twice and half the kids are from the other marriage... so you sometimes have to go fix things that other people have changed... it drives some people nuts, but, overall, it's still more of a team-effort, you're getting other people who come across records to attach them to your ancestors, etc. I'd always keep a personal tree somewhere else, just in case someone comes along and blows away all your FS folks; but on the whole, it's not a bad resources.

@IosuamacaMhadaidh Год назад

My family tree has so many ties to Scotland and Northumberland that I don't need a dna test to muddy things up, I know I'm a Scottish American from a long line of Scottish Americans who tended to marry other people with a lot of Scottish heritage. Yes, there's other nationalities but that's the most important to me and what I identify with the most.

@johnbaird4912 Год назад

You do know Northumberland’s in England?

@IosuamacaMhadaidh Год назад

@@johnbaird4912 yes, but the boarderlands historically were fluid as far as people go. And it was mostly Brythonic territory before Ængles took it over, followed by Danes.

@IosuamacaMhadaidh Год назад

@@johnbaird4912 At one time western Scotland was Irish, the kingdom of Dalriada. At one time Northumberland was in Scotland, the Scottish national boarders were not the same as we know today.

@johnbaird4912 Год назад

@@IosuamacaMhadaidh It was also in what we know as England and still is from the river Humber upwards where the name comes from

@bobbieschke599 Год назад

Last names, family trees, genetics?

@Chief_5 2 месяца назад

My mother told us we were part Irish, my sister did a 23 and Me test and came back 47% Scottish and 52% indigenous North American and 1% African, no Irish. We found a family crest in amongst some of our stuff, so the search for our heritage continues.

@BCSchmerker Год назад

+USAKiltsOfficial *Thanks for the historian perspective.* I know me to have Greater German blood, the majority whereof is Norman (via the Scots' Lowlands, GBR, and southern Eire), with a root of _Odenwälder._ Considering therefore German Heritage for a primary Tartan, either Carmichael Ancient or County Cork for accent; would Tweed were available in burgundy and/or maroon to blend with German Heritage and not clash with either accent candidate.

@davejohnston5925 Год назад

My surname being Johnston/e, it is possible that I might be a Scot, However, my father's cousin traced through various records to around 1820 in Ireland... Hummm, could they, my ancestors, have moved from the Scottish Marshes and or County Dumfries to Ireland during the English Civil War, or an earlier or later period of this family's personal history, I don't know, would be interesting to follow-up, but, time and money is the stone I bare.

@juliene10 Год назад

These sites use genetic markers in your DNA. There is always a chance that you can have genetic markers from an area that you have no ancestry from. That being said as someone who’s family has done a good bit of genealogy my markers make sense. But at the same time you can have no markers from a region you have strong family ties to. In a nut shell it shows your personal genetic makeup and percentages not any true ancestry data.

@chrisart4u Месяц назад

Very good guys. Just stumbled on this & wish I'd seen a while ago🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🥰 Only a few things. Sorry but Africa was not the origin but then again people have differing belief systems I guess. Closet to the middle east is the origin of mankind. Some may not believe, too bad but the Bible makes it very clear where the origins of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden was. Without going into that what I found so cool personally in my own ancestry is when I first discovered my Scottish part, and it is huge, I thought by just one of the surnames I started with we were just Highlanders. Well there's so much more to it because a Fraser married a Mackenzie then a Ross married a Stuart and so on and so forth. Most of us now have trees that meander and mix with others and it is neat and fun to research for those who enjoy. The DNA test are kinda cool but I went way beyond it to reading books and verifying and studying intensely though several ways and I'm so glad and rewarded for doing so. Thanks for posting and hope others will still see this. Tapadh leat 💜🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸❤️

@sandragarner3913 Год назад

I know for sure my ancestors came from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Ireland

@sandragarner3913 Год назад

I was mortified at the amount of English blood I have. Especially when I know how that happened!!

@Fire-Bound Год назад

I’m sure too!

@stevesyncox9893 Год назад

Never admit to the English.

@charleslampa-fi6cn Год назад

Just blame any bad habbits on the english side. 😂

@johnbaird4912 Год назад

@@sandragarner3913 How did it happen?

@armoringregret9833 Год назад

Do you want to sell more kilts?

@sarahtrerice1814 6 месяцев назад

I just got my results and it said 48% Scottish! Blew my mind. I knew a lot of my family came from a German community in Switzerland. Maybe the migrated from Scotland. Still, Scotland was not on my radar and that’s a high percentage!

@whiskeyvictor5703 Год назад

Just remember that culture and language are not in any way connected with DNA. Culture and language are not encoded in DNA, nor transferred genetically. Apples and oranges, as they say.

@MarcDejunior Год назад

You know what's funny is that my Dad's family were Ulster Scots but my ancestry says no Scottish on that side... So I guess they must be Saxons?😂

@autumnphillips151 8 месяцев назад

Could be. Or, more likely, Angles. (The maps I’ve seen show the Saxons and Jutes being in the south of England, and the Angles being in the north of England and the south of Scotland.) I was under the impression that it was mostly Lowland Scots who immigrated to Northern Ireland. When I Google “was it lowland scots or highlanders who immigrated to northern ireland”, this is what pops up: “In the 17th century the British leaders decided to settle Protestants in the Northern Ireland province of Ulster. They chose to use the Presbyterians of Lowland Scotland. This migration started about 1605.”

@katherinegallagher9081 Год назад

DNA percentages are good when the History/ Records aren't available. If you can't know the stories, you can ( at least)have idea of where you might be from

@greatscott369 4 месяца назад

My dads from Scotland and my mums welsh. Recently my mum did a dna test and found out a lot of her ancestors are irish with some from northumbria. All I've known culturally is yorkshire in my life. Calling myself 23% welsh just sounds idiotic to me. I love scotland slightly more than anywhere else but that doesn't make me a scot, despite surnames etc. Anymore than drinking whisky and reading robert burns.

@disabledvet420 Год назад

there was unique ancestry i knew partly what i had and ancestry nailed it. my grandma was straight up french canadian and ancestry nailed it. and it was a certain small portion small group. same for my GF they nailed things.

@jackieblue1267 6 месяцев назад

I did Ancestry and on that I'm 96% Ireland, 3% Scotland and 1% Wales. All my ancestry is Irish and the Genetic Communities are correct.

@TheUnhousedWanderer Год назад

Ancestry says I'm not French at all, despite my ancestor marrying the daughter of a French-Canadian bishop for political reasons...

@disabledvet420 Год назад

2:33 even if you are siblings, they way dna get passed down, with reccessive and whatever, there dna be variations in the dna between brothers and or sisters. so the statement here is kinda not true.

@deanwhale367 2 месяца назад

I did my research my Scottish heritage both side of the family I have 43% Scottish and 31% Irish 21% Norway 3% native Americans 1% haweiian 1% spain yea some reason my dna changed now I’m 51% Scotland 23% Irish my 1% spainish gone went to 1% French I was what.

@NeoComicus Год назад

I am supposedly 17% Scottish. Considering my Welsh and English heritage, along with the history of the area, it's quite possible; however, unless I can find something concrete in my family history - doubtful - I will not trust it. My wife has a good bit of confirmed Scottish in her family, so I can go with that! Joined her clan, wear the tartan.