My oldest son bought me a 23&Me kit last Christmas. I finally swabbed my mouth and sent it off.

It appears I'm about as red-blooded, white American as I can be. I can already trace a couple ancestors back to pioneer Virginia & North Carolina, then Georgia. A couple fought in the Revolutionary War (against Britain) and several that fought in the Civil War (for the Confederacy.) 23&Me just confirmed my heritage.

God Bless America!

….. good deal something to be proud of

… dang yanks got a couple of us on both sides

Died in Battle of Atlanta. What a hero!

Unfortunately, Atlanta is a reconstructed mess now. Glad our ancestors didn't see it go to crap.

… yessir…. Like you I’m traced back to the first war of independence…. And also the second ( that one was an L unfortunately) …. Also had ancestors fight for Texas independence… we won that just to have the yanks give it back

It sounds like you were a bit nervous before you saw the results. Lol

Ol dad

… grandmas grandfather

…. Ain’t nothing in ol Swamps woodpile lol

Naw.....already knew from my research, but it was a nice confirmation.

They kept the line pure.

I am descended from 3 Pilgrims, who arrived in 1620 on the Mayflower. Most of the people in Jamestown, who survived the dying year and the Powhatton Massacre are grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins of mine. The first of those arrived in 1607.

I had 27 many great grandfathers fight on our side during the Revolutionary War and 1 fight for the British. I had 14 fight in just the Battles of New Garden and Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. Of those 14, 12 were disowned by the Quakers for fighting and 1 was disowned by the Amish for fighting.

I helped my cousin Savell with some of his genealogy and all of his people are cousins of mine.

I have little doubt Swamp Wolf is likely a cousin too. There just wasn't many people in early Virginia and North Carolina and most of the people that came were extended family.

Keith

I bet $$ that we are related.

… of course yall are related…. Your my uncle and Kieth is my 127th cousin 4,563 times removed lol

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83551253/james-parshall

My great great grandfather.

He was secretary to George Washington at Valley Forge.

… moms side … how we got to Texas

James Parshall is my:



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Wife got me the Ancestry dna kit for my birthday, back in March. Pretty interesting stuff. Had some family history that had been passed down through stories, but found more and was able to find documents that supported or confirmed many of those stories.

Most of my ancestry is pre-revolutionary war. Had a few Quakers in the family that went rogue. Family in N. Carolina were instrumental in getting the Bill of Rights included, necessary before N Carolina would join the newly established nation. Had family on both side in the war of northern aggression. After the war, my dad’s side settled in Tom Green County TX. Pretty amazing how much documentation can be found dating back a couple hundred years ago.

May want to get your data copied off the 23ANDME site and delete the account.

Pretty sure they filed bankruptcy and are selling all the data they have.

Side note - I found it is kind of weird how the DNA data changes. My percentages on the Ancestry site have changed quite a bit since I did it years ago. The more people they get the more refined it gets. They update it a few times a year. My Swedish should be right around 25% and it has varied from 35 down to 8.

I do like seeing the human migration data. Crazy how it lines up.

Not a fan of dna database that has been created and continues to be added to.