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    1. [LAORLEAN] DNA Ethnicity Results
    2. Sally Viada
    3. Here are the results of my dna ethnicity test from ancestry. Not much of a surprise, maybe?   Central European   43%   Seems to match my findings. My mother's side is mostly from France from present back until  mid 1700s, then stray to Spanish and 1 German family.   Scandinavian  25%     My dad's g-grandfather on his mother's side was born ca 1799 in London. This was the John Skinner family. John's son George, my gg-grandfather, died in New Orleans in 1896. I thought dna would show British Isles, so this must mean John's ancestry was from either Denmark, Sweden or Norway. Probably a Viking marauder ,who settled in England after he plundered it.    Southern European  23%   This is Spain, Portugal and Italy.  My dad's other g-grandfather on his mother's side was from  Minorca, Balearic Isles off the coast of Spain. Another from Valencia Spain.  Other Spanish is on my mother's maternal side in the 1700s. Ronquillo, Ponce de Leon and Solis, etc. from Cuba, Florida back to Spain.  I thought the percentage would have been higher here than in Central.   West Africa  7%   Not sure what this means other than the Canary Islands. The Solis on my mom's side married in Cuba mid 1780s, Antonia Perez, the daughter of a couple from the Canaries. No other explanation I can think of.   Uncertain   2%     My maiden name is Embry. I am thinking this may be French also from way back. Having a hard time tracing this name with documents.   Any thoughts? 

    07/22/2012 01:57:45