Thank you for the information Karen. I know this DNA thing is very complicated. I'm also sure that as the years go by the DNA results will get more specific, ancestry research will improve, and a lot of my questions will be answered. I look forward to this journey! :) On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 3:00 AM, < donauschwaben-villages-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > To respond to a Digest Mode message, click reply, CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE > TO REFLECT THE TOPIC - then delete any postings/text not specific to the > message you are responding to. Otherwise it could cause your message to be > too long and not get posted. Your cooperation is appreciated. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: History of Germany (islandkaren) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 02:08:28 -0400 > From: "islandkaren" <islandkaren@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [DVHH] History of Germany > To: "Eileen Simcox" <easimcox@gmail.com>, > <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <7D1C6EDDE9C04934906F2E3A891DA85D@Karen> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello Eileen: > > When you claim your uberGerman DNA that you believe you should have, you > are > simply describing Geography. Whatever your original migration "group" > happens to be can be traced based on their Current Geography, not their or > your Race. By this time in the history of humanity we are all a "mix" of > "races"...that is Caucasian, Negro, Mongol, Indian (red), etc. And...the > first (genetically) and universal "mother" was Negro out of Africa from > whom > we are All descended. > > My families on my father's side arrived in Banat very early in the late > 1600s and early 1700s...but called themselves "ethnic Germans". They were > not Germans...they were all born in Hungary...they were Hungarians. The > fact that they maintained an ethnicity from centuries early which certainly > my grandparents had never personally witnessed IN Germany...did..does not > make them Germans. I am their immediate relative...I am certainly not > German...never have been...I am an American. But again, I am only > describing where I was born and what and where the borders happen to be in > my lifetime. > > I adore and cherish the heritage and ethnic lifestyle my relatives > practiced and I am eternally grateful for their courage and fortitude...but > they were Hungarians at the time of their immigration to the US, and had > been for several centuries in fact. Your DNA results merely describe the > migration of people to whom you have a biologic link which seems to > indicate > the greater majority of them immigrated to the British Isles at some time > in > history. I think what you found out just makes your story much more > interesting....who migrated, and when, and most interestingly Why...to the > British Isles??? With William the Conqueror, or as Serfs, or Tradesmen, or > maybe Military, and then...with which ethnic groups did they intermarry and > how did they transform? > Sounds exciting and really interesting to me.....:):) > > You have an interesting search ahead of you.....keep us all informed as you > go! > Karen. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eileen Simcox" <easimcox@gmail.com> > To: <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 3:11 PM > Subject: [DVHH] History of Germany > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I find the conversation regarding the history fascinating. I joined DVHH > > several years ago, but I thought it was a yearly subscription? I've never > > gotten a yearly notice to "re-up my membership"? So, I've felt guilty > > about > > posting in the emails, as if I am eavesdropping? I would be happy to pay > > an > > annual fee, if that is what is required . . . > > > > Many of you found my paternal line in the Familienbuch Kernei in der > > Batschka (which I now own also). In my maternal line, three of my four > > grandmothers are descended from the Luther line, also German. > > > > I recently had my DNA tested from ancestry.com and my results which > should > > have been "heavily German" were: Great Britain 72%, Italy/Greece 9%, > > Europe > > West 9%, Trace Regions 14%. I was so upset at the results! I am German!!! > > I > > am trying to find a way to either justify the results or negate them . . > . > > I recently heard a story on NPR from a black man whose DNA indicated that > > he had 0% African. Has anyone else had this experience with DNA testing? > > > > Also, I am grateful for all of the recipes. My grandmother was a > fantastic > > cook and I so regret not learning the family recipes from her. I find the > > recipes talked about here are what I remember eating at her house. I > > especially regret not learning how to pull the strudel dough for poppy > > seed > > strudel! :( > > > > Thank you, > > Eileen Gauder Simcox > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES Digest, Vol 7, Issue 110 > ****************************************************** >