I know that there is DNA testing for African descendants to find out what region one has descended from. Do they have the same for other countries? Europe and the like?

Yes.

My Cousin Charlie found out that he is almost entirely Celtic... which seemed odd since we are part Spanish.

Then he went to our ancestral villages in Spain and found bagpipes and tartan. Dude.

He went to the Brits, and ended up landing on the North African coast in the dead of night in inflatable rafts and infiltrating the local bars to gather up intel, all at the age of 15.

Huh. Good thing that clever military scheme wasn't thwarted by him being carded....

I know that there is DNA testing for African descendants to find out what region one has descended from. Do they have the same for other countries?

Kind of, but it's expensive and very sketchy. And that's from a standpoint where people use it for archaeology, and there's at least academic checks on it. I have no idea what sort of checks there are in the commercial sector.

I don't know much about my OBC's family. Matter of fact, I know nothing. Hmm. Wonder if I should even attempt to try to find out if anyone on that side has done any research.

But my dad's family is related to this (in)famous McVay: [link]

> I didn't know car computers could tell you that.

The amount of data that pours out of obds these days is staggering. My brother relies heavily on the data to improve the running of his car. And, uh, sometimes to get it running.

Franken Monkey

Glow in the Dark eyes and removable brain. What more could you ask for?

I know that there is DNA testing for African descendants to find out what region one has descended from. Do they have the same for other countries? Europe and the like?

I did the National Geographic thing which wasn't any great surprise. It pretty much tells you what route your mothers (if you're female) took to get out of Africa. I was what you'd expect.

I need to convince my mother's surviving brother to do the patrilineal one now.

I didn't know car computers could tell you that.

I have the luck to have a friend who was obsessive about his GTI so he has the chip and software to tell me why my Jetta's engine light goes on. Now that I barely drive (making visits to the dealership very well spaced out) it's quite the relief.

I just discovered that my great-great-grandparents were first cousins.

I was what you'd expect.

I have no clue. What was your mothers' route?

My Cousin Charlie found out that he is almost entirely Celtic... which seemed odd since we are part Spanish.

Yeah, the Celts were all over most of Europe for awhile there.

Apparently there's research suggesting that the people of the British Isles are less Celtic and Anglo-Saxon than assumed, with the largest genetic contribution actually coming from the pre-Celtic original settlers of the island, who may be closely related to the Basques. Which makes sense, in a way, that each succeeding wave of conquest and immigration would impose their authority and intermarry with whoever was already there but not totally replace them.