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9% north east England - what does that mean?
« on: Yesterday at 12:37 »

Sorry for the 'obvious' question but according to Ancestry's latest update I have 9% genes  from the  north east only on my father's side.  So far, that tree hasn't gone higher than Norfolk. The Davison name populates the north east but so far his Davison ancestors are from London right down to the early 1700s.  Can anyone explain what 9% might mean in terms of generations please? 

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Davison - London
South - London, Hampshire
Sharp(e) - Hertfordshire, Suffolk
Lee - Ireland, London
Edwards - Wiltshire, London
Bickers - London, Norfolk, Suffolk
Murray - London

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Re: 9% north east England - what does that mean?
« Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 14:56 »
My paternal half sister has Durham ancestors from the mid 1800's back to pre 1600 but is just 2% north east, I have none north of Sheffield and Manchester but have 21%

Our paternal Irish changes every update but the figures are basically reversed each time, one year it's 60/20, the next it's 20/60

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Re: 9% north east England - what does that mean?
« Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 15:01 »
Mmmm, not much help for sorting things out then...oh well ;D ;D

Thank you, btw.
Davison - London
South - London, Hampshire
Sharp(e) - Hertfordshire, Suffolk
Lee - Ireland, London
Edwards - Wiltshire, London
Bickers - London, Norfolk, Suffolk
Murray - London

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Re: 9% north east England - what does that mean?
« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 16:03 »
Knowing my luck I have an Irish ancestor 5 generations back but they are the result of four generations of cousins marrying cousins so the O'Blimey gene is just stronger than anything else in me. 

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Re: 9% north east England - what does that mean?
« Reply #4 on: Yesterday at 16:10 »
you mentioned an Irish gene - apparently mum has Munster genes (she had no idea) which helps narrow down where in Ireland her John Lee comes from.  Doesn't pinpoint, but narrows the search area, I hope  ;D ;D
Davison - London
South - London, Hampshire
Sharp(e) - Hertfordshire, Suffolk
Lee - Ireland, London
Edwards - Wiltshire, London
Bickers - London, Norfolk, Suffolk
Murray - London

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Re: 9% north east England - what does that mean?
« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 16:16 »
One of the most useless ancestry updates yet. Has completely ignored where I know my family were for at least 200 years, and introduced two completely out of left field locations.
Treat them like most of ancestry's hints. Ignore.
Coffey, Cummins [Rathfalla, Tipperary], Cummins [Skirke, Laois], Curran, Delan(e)y (Laois), Dillon [Clare], Fogarty [Garran, Laois/Tipp], Hughes, Keshan (Keeshan), Loughman [Harristown and Killadooley, Laois], Mallon [Armagh], Malone, Markham [Caherkine, Clare], McKeon(e) [Sligo/Kilkenny/Waterford], McNamara, Meagher, Prescott [Kilkenny/Waterford/Wexford?], Rafferty, Ryan, Sullivan, Tobin
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Re: 9% north east England - what does that mean?
« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 17:04 »
Dublin it probably looks back one generation further than you have!

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Re: 9% north east England - what does that mean?
« Reply #7 on: Yesterday at 17:26 »
There are a few maps online of where ancient Britons lived.   

Around the country are stone circles and I am looking forward to future postings where chatters have discovered their DNA roots, then visited the areas of their primitive ancestors.

With the experiences of some chatters in mind who found headstones in cemeteries when they had no maps  Will their memory banks contain any passed down ancient memories of tribal ceremonies performed near the ancient stones?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/iron_01.shtml

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/romancoventry/resources/prehistoricbritain/ironage/tribes/

Aberdeen: Findlay-Shirras,McCarthy: MidLothian: Mason,Telford,Darling,Cruikshanks,Bennett,Sime, Bell: Lanarks:Crum, Brown, MacKenzie,Cameron, Glen, Millar; Ross: Urray:Mackenzie:  Moray: Findlay; Marshall/Marischell: Perthshire: Brown Ferguson: Wales: McCarthy, Thomas: England: Almond, Askin, Dodson, Well(es). Harrison, Maw, McCarthy, Munford, Pye, Shearing, Smith, Smythe, Speight, Strike, Wallis/Wallace, Ward, Wells;Germany: Flamme,Ehlers, Bielstein, Germer, Mohlm, Reupke

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Re: 9% north east England - what does that mean?
« Reply #8 on: Yesterday at 20:21 »
That's done it, all I can think about now is Bobby 'Boris' Pickett singing his song the Munster Match
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