So I Took a DNA Test... 

You can now call britain your ancestral homeland, having seen how much you enjoyed your trip to britain and your clear fascination with its history and culture I hope this makes you Happy, as a Brit myself id be happy to call you a Brit.

I worked in Tennessee with a guy who's grandfather told him the family were Dutch/Irish. His DNA came back 98% English.

Congratulations Joel! There had to be some reason you're so respectful to the UK and us Brits! 😁😁😁

Why did the guy ignore the 11% Jewish result??? He literally mentioned everything else but that… that was actually the most interesting in my opinion.

JP, I believe these results are very accurate. I’ve done 23andMe and Ancestry, both give very similar results. The reason I have confidence is that I’ve been able to reconcile my DNA with research I’d already done on paper records and there’s similar descendant patterns. Just so you know, your results will show heaps of other things, such as health traits, matched up relatives. I recently met my new 1st cousin whose father is my uncle (one night stand). She was given away for adoption and never knew her ancestry until now. I’ve got 10% Scandinavian. It’s more common in eastern England from the Vikings together with the Anglo-Saxons. The west of the UK tend to have a higher Celtic ancestry.

Oooooh! I love a good DNA Ancestry video. It’s nice to learn the history of human migration.

I'm only 15 seconds into it and I love it (and you!) already. Inasmuch as I am an Australian living in Sydney, your passion for the UK is sweet, sincere and so very touching. Joel, you are some magic! Now, back to the video!

Any reason for totally ignoring your 11% Jewish dna?

Genuinely curious as to why the Jewish ancestry was COMPLETELY ignored and not commented on? Like his eye just refused to see it! I guess there's a lot in those results that's difficult to assimilate into your sense of self.

Hey Joel, I noticed an ever so slight pause and mental skip when the category European Jewish appeared. Given that it is showing 11% it is likely that one of your great grandparents was impacted by the holocaust. This is an important part of your heritage. I respect your possible privacy concern, but I would wear this part of your heritage with pride.

Hi Joel,oh wow how cool is this!!! You can now call yourself a true brit 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿...proud to call you one, another great video throughly enjoyed it x again thank you Joel

Joel you’re now an honorary Brit. Welcome to the Madhouse!

I'm puzzled as to why you just completely ignored the European Jewish part of your genetic heritage as identified in this result. That's a significant percentage, 3rd after Norway.

I’ve done that too. Being English/ Scot, in common with most people, I have Scandinavian heritage, so probably Viking. 😊

Talked about everything but the Jewish completely ignored it lol

11% is probably coming from one fully Jewish great grandparent I’d imagine your german grandmother was half Jewish?

Did you skip talking about your 11% Jewish heritage for any reason?

In my experience your DNA results with Ancestry can alter slightly over time as they gather more data from more people. Mine has altered from 96 - 100% Welsh over time as results are refined. So check back regularly. And Cymru is pronounced Kum-ree. Celtic pronounced with a hard C, so keltic Also the nearest to eisteddfod would be eye-steth-vod.

I wish it were a longer video because I was interested in seeing you explore all the facets and you didn’t mention the Jewish side because that could be due to pogroms driven out from Russia or a result of previous migration.

Hi Joel, enjoying your Vlogs. Have you thought about researching your surname, in England surnames tend to come from specific area's, and/or related to an occupation. This can throw up some interesting results.

They will refine the results and narrow it down more over time. There is also a number of other features on AncestryDNA that you can explore when you have some time.

I found out that I'm only 26% British, the rest is Western European, (my Mum had a Germanic maiden name) Iberian (Portugal/Spain) which surprised me, Scandanavian and 1% Native American. I know the Native American bit is true because I grew up knowing about the "Red Indian" in the family. He came over with a circus but went home soon after having a fling with my great great grandmother. He left behind some artifacts/photos and for several years we had a native drum sitting in the corner of the living room. Fascinating stuff.

Hey JP how comes you didn’t speak about the 11 per cent Jewish in your result. You went through to some degree looking at all the others but glossed over that.

Bro skipped the Jewish 💀, also if they tell you you have African DNA it means that you HAVE African DNA they're just not 100% sure if it's Nigerian or not 👍

You did a great job presenting the ancestry results.

congratulations mate! imagine if it said you were French! 😉

You're one of us!!!!..... 😂😂😂.. You'd be surprised what happens with these......I am adopted...at 64 I did it...I knew I was Irish, was brought up in a very English rather posh family.....my mum always said you're completely Irish. In not how right she was...98% Irish from Connaught...just 2% Scots. Going back.....forever. It then brought up my family as my blood sister had done hers. Turned out my parents married, hurtful....and I had 7 brothers and sisters and a living mother. My father had told them on his deathbed a year ago, about them giving up their first child....

Never in my life I would of thought I'd be watching someone spit into a tube on the internet 😂

Did I miss something , or did you carefully avoid the suggestion that you were 11% Jewish , do you have a problem with that ?

Not a word about the 11% Jewish dna, why?

Why did you keep jumping over your Jewish results-you never discussed them at all?

Good luck with the Passport application 🤣🤣

Why did you completely ignore your jewish ancestry @ 11 %? You were very thorough with the other ethnicities. I don’t mean to offend you Joel. But Jewish ancestry is nothing to be ashamed of. I’m from Australia and love your reactions to Britain and all the other things you react to. Keep up the good work. Once again no offence meant.

Joel - why did you never once reference your 11% Jewish background? I'm not (knowingly) Jewish BTW, but just very curious?

Not surprised by the Norwegian bit. You're crazy grounded, open minded and humble.

Its odd to see how you avoid to talk about your 11% of Jewish but shows 1% Nigerian 0_0

I have Scottish friends who have Norwegian ancestry way back, resulting in one case in a medical condition involving the ligaments of the hand. In the Northern Isles- Orkney, Shetland- they still celebrate Norway's national day and the culture is very heavily overlaid with 'Viking' traces. If you haven't already, look at Uphellya'a fire festival. In passing 'Cymru' is pronounced with a hard C, 'Kumree'.

I can see your English DNA just by looking at you. If I saw you in the street I'd definitely think you were from round here.

“I never thought in all my life I’d be spitting into a tube and posting it onto the internet” 😂

Fascinated you mentioned every DNA result except the Jewish ancestry. Is that because it was such a shock ?

Cymru pronounced more like Come Ree, and Celtic is pronounced with a hard C, Keltic, Love your channel 🙂

This was an interesting test to take with you and also awesome to see that you actually eneded uip being of 46% English/Northern European ancestry, but also awesome that you are of 12% ancestry, which means I can kinda call you a fellow Norwegian haha! And we both apparently have Scottish ancestry too, I'm Scottish on my mom's side. Cool video! :)

Seems a bit dishonest you evaded saying even one word about the jewish percent even though its from the bigger ones and you talked about smaller ones (im wondering if its antimsitsm or fear of antismites becoming against you cause you have 11 percent jewish dna .... whatever the real reason is its a shame you ignored it like that) - i dont write assumptions on people , but honestly that was a crazy clear evasion , that can not be denied that happened

I bet will has got British blood,. His tea making skills prove that

Face it - you're a Viking!

The biggest takeaway is that you discovered your German grandmother is actually Jewish but didn't mention it in the video.

"I never thought in all my life I'd be spitting into a tube and posting it onto the internet." It could have been worse Joel - they might have wanted a urine sample! Cymru is pronounced like Kum-ray by the way. There's a theory that everyone originates from Africa, which might be the Nigeria connection. RU-vidr Bruce Fummey did this with several members of his family - and the results were absolutely hilarious, as Nigeria is considered to be the England of that region - and not only did he have a lot more English DNA than he's thought - he also had lots of Nigerian, which he said makes him 'English' twice over! He is a good supporter of all things Scottish, incidentally. When you look at the detailed versions of the results, you'll probably find there's a moveable ethnicity scale - I didn't even know it was there until about a year after I'd taken that test; but using it helped me understand it all a lot better. Hopefully there will be some tool that you can relate to as well. Have you tried doing any ancestral research, by the way? First port of call is your older relatives - what do they know of their parents and siblings - what were their mother's maiden surnames? Can they remember any old aunts, uncles and cousins from previous generations...? Then take the earliest ones and look them up on one of the genealogy sites. It's a massive undertaking to note them all down properly, but very fascinating and almost addictive! I have managed to get back 11 generations (to the early 1700s) in some cases.

Well, that explains a lot! 😁. It'll be good to know you're coming back again and we really, really don't mind where the other bits of you originated!! Keep doing the great job, Joel. Helpful pronunciation guide from Welsh Cat. All the best from the middle of the UK. D

I'm British American myself. When I say British I mean England, Wales and Scotland. But mostly British. Fun dna test. I'm glad to see a fellow American proud of his British heritage. Or at least inquisitive of it. That's so beautiful to see 😍

Hi Joel, is it possible that your 11% Jewish came from your German grandmother? Maybe she or her parents were of Jewish heritage? A lot of Jewish people left Germany in the 20th Century for obvious reasons.

I took one if these tests 4 years ago and found out I had a different dad than I thought...😅😅🤣🤣

Feel like a lot of Americans would be gutted to do this and discover they're actually more English than "Irish"

How come you skipped the Jewish part of your DNA?

Excellent idea for a video!!

British ancestry is one of the biggest in the US but it’s invisible one because no Americans hyphenate and call themselves English-American like they do Irish-American or Italian-American because it’s kind of seen as the default I guess to some extent

When you add your Welsh, Irish, Scots, and English percentages your more the half British.😀

Hey Joel, I love taking these tests and have done it three times. 23&Me gives the most for your money, even tells you which Haplo groups youu descend from and the quantity of Neanderthal variants you carry. Ancestry is good though.

That was great to see Joel and brilliant to see your high on the English side! 😁 I took the test awhile ago and the highest percentage was from the area (East Midlands) I actually live with a splash of Swedish. Danish African🤔 in fact quite a few 1%s in Europe. Strange!...I was so excited to read my results when they arrived. I did get a few people contacting me by e mail asking if I was related to them. 😁👍

Morning Joel, it's a lovely autumn morning here in Hertfordshire. The mist is rising in the valleys, the sun is coming up, and I have been watching a Jay eating acorns. There is also a rook sitting in the top of the Oak tree opposite my house. My dad's side of the family came from East Yorkshire, mums from Northamptonshire, with a great grandad from the Netherlands. Now I'm going to walk down to the cafe for brekkie. Have a good day, T

What happened about the 11% Jewish People's of Europe? It was completely overlooked 😂 Maybe you're related to someone caught up in the atrocities of WWII 🤷‍♂️ Made for an interesting video, although not sure I could afford to do it myself 😅

He is 11% Jewish, but skipped right over that, why didn’t he mention that?

It's all very believable Joel...most People who've lived in the UK their whole lives have saxon and viking blood, so that's the German Norway and Denmark covered. English blood is almost always mixed with Scotish Irish and Welsh blood. And if its true that all humanity emerged from the African continent then we should all have a distant trace of African blood.

Damn Joel, I'm actually English, born in England to two English parents, and you got 1% more on your "England and Northwestern Europe" heritage than I did on mine!

He totally blanked the Jewish DNA. A bit weird.

Joel completely skipping over to talk about the 11% jewish 😂. Also the 1% Nigerian is most likely an error estimate that will improve over time when they update their methods over the year and after you've been registered longer, but it could also be possible that would certainly make for an interesting story. I recommend using their family building tree where you can grow your family tree by searching for your family name and using the DNA community for tree matches that'll help with more information about your family history, ancestry doesn't just provide DNA results but also provides a library of historical records involving briths, deaths, military, marriages, occupation, probates, census and so on.

I did a DNA test a few years ago and found out that my father was Jewish American!! ( didn't ever know who my father was) I now have 2 half-brothers and countless cousins and a 98-year-old aunt in America now and I have met some of them!! So, I'm 50% American... But I have very little English DNA it is 50% / 32% Irish/ 6% Scottish/ 3% Welsh and a tiny 9% English!! I was 75% English and 25% Irish. .How wrong could I be?!! My father was a flyer in WW2 and it seems he flew over here and left me behind!! 🤪🤪

I am British with a mix of English, Scots, Irish, Scandinavian and Germanic. A fairly common assortment, I would think, given our country's history

Damn Joel I saw the title and thought was the next video going to be " an American reacts to a shotgun wedding" 🤣🤣

You are now proud of being Half-British 🙂

Regarding the Nigerian, I too am roughly as British as you and Ancestry said I was 1% Chinese but that disappeared when they did their annual ethnicity update . Results change with time and updated science . I actually liked my miniscule Chinese ancestry, but it was tiny and eventually taken away .

The amizing thing is... you got on an aircraft and found it. ❤️🇬🇧

This doesn't surprise me tbh, but I almost feel proud of you!!! I'm actually quite chuffed!

I did that test last year and it was very accurate from my understanding.

Remember that by the time you even get to great grandparents you have 8 of them and 16 great great grandparents - there is a tendency for Americans to focus on one particular part and say that’s where their family came from (Ireland or Germany for example) but you’ll probably find your family came from a lot of places…

You didn't comment on the 11% Jewish DNA. Did you know you have Jewish relatives?

Many TV programmes have investigated these DNA companies. I remember watching one were identical twins sent their samples (under their married names etc.) - The results came back totally different !? In other shows they sent the same person's samples to several different DNA Testing Companies and the results compared, none agreed (some not even closely). All I'm saying is, take EVERYTHING with a 'pinch of salt' - LOL! EDIT: Due to spelling error.

I did my Ancestry spit DNA test and discovered I am part cow! .... Maybe I shouldn't have drunk that cup of Bovril beforehand 🤔

The ItsJps Urge to show a box and then drop things. (Before you think I’m judging him, this is also me lmao)

Did you know Welsh is spoken in Patagonia.Welsh missionaries.

Hi Joel that picture looked like Yorkshire not the Cotswolds which could explain the Norwegian DNA Yorkshire was part of Danelaw York was Jorvik so who knows you could be descended from that area

Hiya Joel, I hope you realise that if you got your brother to do the test, his may have added or even some DNA different to yours. What you need to do is have a look at your inherited ethnicity on your results, it will show you which parent gave you what! Unfortunately though you will have to work out which is the mother and which is the father by what you already know of their ancestry, also remember when doing these tests, each of your parents will only pass down to you 50% of their DNA . Hence why your brother could have something else added or missing compared to yours. But if you had both your parents do the test you will be'able to see what 50% each of their parents passed down to them, and you will be'able to go further back in your ancestry.

11% of your DNA was Jewish Peoples of Europe, yet you chose to totally ignore that. Why was that?

yayyyy Joel I am so excited about this. I can't wait for the results. The results are great. wherever your from your awesome. 😃

Did u know about the Jewish?

Glad to see that you're looking into your ancestry. A shame that more info didn't come through from your family, but it makes for an interesting detective journey. My cousin and I have been going through the same trip. I know that the Schiltz name is in America, presumably through the Dutch settlers from the time of New Amsterdam. My mother's maiden name dates back many centuries in my part of East Anglia, at least to Henry VIII's time, possibly further. Undoubtedly, we all have Africa in our heritage somewhere. No surprise that. We got out there and we 'danced'.

You're one of us now dude !

The scots hunted haggis to near extinction, many years ago! Hunted for its succulent meat and silky fur, that scottish sporrans are made from! The haggis are famed for their swimming ability. The last herd swam to one of scotlands many islands. Forming the last known colony of wild haggis! The location is a closely guarded secret tho. Scotland has many many islands!

In my experience, if they are finding DNA from a certain region, you very likely have ancestors from there. The actual percentages can vary due to their sample population and the fact that they are always changing how they understand migration patterns especially between different European countries, but it's unlikely they are just pulled out of thin air. I would trust that if they are showing Nigerian, you definitely have some African ancestors several generations back. One way to confirm would be to test one or both of your parents and see if they show a greater percentage for that region. :)

You can see who bred with whom on that map. People really get around the estate don't they? I guess this video was a banger.

Sailors got around

Joel - it is good you think of yourself as an American-American.

These are fascinating, as someone whose Grandparents on one side were from Eastern Europe in the 2nd World War I've had DNA matches across the globe as very very distant relatives now are popping up where we shared a common ancestor. The funnest part is getting the matches and (having to pay for membership) but being able to message your matches and work out your common ancestors. I found out that about 6 generations ago on my grandfathers side a lady came to London from USA and married a man and had children that went onto result in me, but also an aunt of my grandmother moved to USA with family so about the same time a branch of the family tree developed there. Net result is about 3 different strands to USA ancestors to share stories with and work out how we are related. I think you will find it really addictive to dig and tell your own stories of what you find.

Well now JPS we know why you are interested in Britain 🇬🇧. But as viking blood carrier carry on concerning British Isles I welcome you to our clan 😉. So now you know you are not American, you can leave and come to Britain to follow your ancestry and join the viking clan 😂😂😂. Good video Joel as always 👍 Good luck with your studies and more updates please. Thanks 🛶🪓🇧🇻🇩🇰🇸🇪

I recommend the LivingDNA test. It's particularly accurate for people with British ancestry, even specifying regions within England.

I KNEW YOU LOOKED BRITISH !!! HAHAH !! Welcome to the UK !

You are definteley from Northern Europe. This has given me a really cool Christmas present idea for the other half. Thanks mate. She will love this :)

11% Jewish. That's really interesting you should explore that aspect in a little more depth. I have 9%.

My favourite part of Joel is that he’s assessing his Scottish Heritage and has a hard choice in front of him because he wants the whisky but not the haggis.

I did mine 3 years ago. I am 49% Scottish . 34% Irish and the rest English. I have connected with many 2nd cousins from all over the world . Love doing our family tree. Fascinating stuff

Your roots are calling to you Joel.