Puzzling DNA results..

[patval]

Hi everyone,

So it would appear that the ethnicity results are not always what we would expect them to be... As I said earlier I am new to DNA research and I must admit I was shocked when we received a 1.0% result for S/I/W.... considering his family are more Scottish, Irish then English...

Ians earliest Valentine we have proven is James, from St Vigeans on the East coast Scotland in 1805 he married a Ferrier also from St Vigeans, then later moved to Stonehaven, stayed there for a couple of generations. James' grandson (Ian's grt grandfather) moved over to the west coast and settled in Girvan. Family members believe that James was originally from Arnhall, Fettercairn but I can find no evidence to prove that, so I shall say he was more central Scotland in origin... His grt grandfather married Margaret Warden from Stonehaven, there is the possibility that the Wardens may have originated from southern England, but Margarets mother was a Forbes who have their feet firmly planted in Aberdeenshire.

AVM...you say you uploaded your DNA results to a different genealogy site, is this possible?...Our main tree is with Genes Reunited, has been for many years now, very basic but simple to use which I like as I'm not too proficient with computers.

Livian How lovely, a Valentine from Stonehaven area, there were quite a few but are all supposed to be related somewhere along the line. Ian's test was through My Heritage, but I may try Living DNA...

Thanks everyone, I think I need to gen up on DNA and reading the results

Pat
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[Craclyn]

You can upload your results from AncestryDNA to FTDNA, MyHeritage, LivingDNA and Gedmatch. Worth doing. You will get additional matches on all of them with the possible exception of LivingDNA which is still in the early stages of offering matching.

If you have not already done so then you should also upload your gedcom from Genes Reunited to Ancestry to create a tree there and connect the DNA results to the appropriate person in the tree. You will then get the benefit of Common Ancestors, ThruLines, etc.

[avm228]

You can upload your results from AncestryDNA to FTDNA, MyHeritage, LivingDNA and Gedmatch. Worth doing. You will get additional matches on all of them with the possible exception of LivingDNA which is still in the early stages of offering matching.

If you have not already done so then you should also upload your gedcom from Genes Reunited to Ancestry to create a tree there and connect the DNA results to the appropriate person in the tree. You will then get the benefit of Common Ancestors, ThruLines, etc.

For all these reasons it is worth doing an AncestryDNA test (currently on special offer I think?).  Unfortunately you can’t upload your raw MyHeritage data to AncestryDNA; it only works the other way round.