Results Are In

This past week I received via e-mail the results of my DNA testing. After reading through the information, and not understanding most of it, I went to the percentages of my ethnic background. I already know that 98% of Hispanic people from the United States have Native American blood, something I learned at a Genealogy conference. I was now ready to see what percentage of Native American I would have within me. I had hoped that the DNA test would give the tribe or tribes that were part of me. It didn't.  The test does not break down DNA, either because it is not possible or another type of DNA test needs to be done. Here are the results:

Native American..................................30%
Iberian Peninsula..................................59%.

This are the two main ethnic groups for me. The Iberian Peninsula includes Italy/Greece 16% and Great Britain 10%.

The traces, which I may be part of or not, are:

European Jewish              4%
Ireland                             2%
Scandinavian                    2%
Finland/North Russia        1%
Africa                               2%

I found the test to be interesting but not specific enough for me. I have always said that I thought I was Greek in another life, and I was surprised to see that some part of me does have Greek DNA. My grandmother had an Italian name and my father's first name also seems to be Italian.

Amazing how much can be found in saliva. Saliva contains a biological material that can can determine genetic blueprint. In Wikipedia I learned that saliva is 98.5 water and I wonder if DNA is found in the small percentage left over. I repeat -- amazing!

"DNA is like a computer program

but far, far more advanced than

any software ever created."

Bill Gates