According to 23&me, I'm related to Louis XVI. Anyone else have interesting results?

[bif]

I was initially skeptical, but they were quite specific about the haplogroup.

[DonaldsRump]

1. Note that the results can change.

Mine did, quite dramatically in just a few months. They were extremely specific about my 6th great-grandparent in the beginning, but that's now gone.

[beachbum bob]

2. between DNA and family tree research, direct descendent of

Benedict Arnold 1st ( the traitor's great grandfather). Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Mayflower settlers of 1620s, and bunch other notables. Spent 100's of hours researching and still nowhere done.

[Aristus]

3. Well, don't lose your head over it...

[bif]

11. Good one!

Now I'm just a royal pain in the ass...

[Wounded Bear]

14. I think that was Louis XIV...

[Aristus]

18. Nope. The Roman numerals can make things confusing.

Louis 16th lost his head on the guillotine. Louis 14th died of natural causes.

[Siwsan]

4. The CBC's 'Market Place' show ran an episode on DNA companies

They used identical twins. They also had the results reviewed by some experts at Yale.

Some of those companies promise far more than they can deliver.

Here's the link, if you are interested:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/dna-ancestry-kits-twins-marketplace-1.4980976

[hlthe2b]

7. It depends on the volume of their comparative databases. Ancestry.com has been around longer

My sister and I submitted from different areas of the country with different last names and with absolutely no family tree information entered. We came out essentially identical and it identified us as likely first degree relatives, i.e., sisters. In the year that has intervened the results have gotten a bit more precise as they test more and more, but the original findings have merely tightened, not really changed. So, I find confidence in that.

[Siwsan]

9. I think the problem comes from the drilled down detail some services offer

It would also be interesting for someone to do a documentary on people who have been blind-sided by the information they received.

Admittedly, I'd never submit my DNA. I foresee too much possibility of exploitation. But, that's just me.

[Historic NY]

12. Mine has also narrowing localities ....

Ancestry's Beta has found common ancestors. I knew some existed but they been spitting out exacts. Big families with lots of siblings divided between two sets of parents is a challenge. I've hired one of their pros-to sort out places where w/o traveling there would be difficult. We will see what they come up with. I keep finding a common village in Italy when before it was only a province.

[hlthe2b]

5. Since my Mother was adopted, is now deceeased and I have no information whatsoever,

I was sort of hoping for something TOTALLY unexpected with ancestry.com. Turns out she rounds out my Irish with a heavy dose of Scandinavian. I like to think she brought the Viking woman warrior into the mix. LOL

[Sherman A1]

6. Charlemagne is

My 39th Great Grandfather via a convoluted path, but I did that without the DNA thing.

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Adam and Eve? (just kidding! nt

[Fla Dem]

13. Found before DNA was offered. Related to 2 sisters hung as witches in Salem Ma.

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My 11th Great Grandmother, Joanna Blessing Towne and her husband, my 11th Great Grandfather William Towne had 8 children. Joanna, and 3 of her daughters, Rebecca, Mary and Sarah were all convicted of being witches. Rebecca Towne Norse and Mary Towne Etsy were hanged as witches.

The movie “Three Sovereigns for Sarah” was based on their story

But did have DNA done by Ancestry.com and 23&me. Results varied.

Ancestry
Italy.............28%
Great Britain..23%
Ireland.........23%
France..........17%
Total........91%

23 & me
Italy............................24%
British / Irish................32%
French/German...............6%
Northwestern European...19%
Southern European.........15%
Total.........................96%

[Skittles]

15. my brother found out he is 5% English

which is strange, because mum was born and raised in England

[DFW]

16. I have a few colorful ancestors, not necessarily ones to be completely proud of!

On my mom's side, there were a few deadbeat Mississippi river boat gamblers who fled to New York City to escape their debts. On my dad's side was a well-known attorney born in what is now Slovakia. My daughter read about cases he was involved in while she was in law school, having no clue that she was directly descended from him. My paternal grandmother was Fiorello La Guardia's Labor Liason until he fired her for being too friendly with labor. She then took up fundraising for the Senate race of the mayor of Minneapolis, a guy named Humphrey.

My European ancestors were dirt poor nothings, and no records of them are left as far as we know. My paternal grandfather was the son of a poor tailor in South Carolina, went north and worked his way through Harvard as a janitor. Tuition was a different story in those days.....

My wife's family is a different story. She has a family genealogy book going back to some rural minor nobleman in northwestern Germany in the year 1473.

[912gdm]

17. I have a ton of Neanderthal dna

its something like more dna then 80% of the rest of the database. I don't know what I'm supposed to do with that info other then learn to make fire with two sticks.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. You might want to also post this in the Ancestry/Genealogy Group

There's a lot of discussion about ancestry results there!

Ancestry/Genealogy (Group)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1156

[bif]

20. Thanks. Will do!