DNA Ancestry Compostion of Doris Rinell

Attached is the ancestry composition of Doris Rinell, aka Holmquist, Brown) based on DNA through the company 23andMe.

Hi Mom,

You are 100% European.

You are at least 37% Scandinavian. Of course you are much more than 37% Scandinavian. However, Scandinavians share genes with other Europeans, so they can’t tell how much you are Scandinavian beyond the 37% . You notice further down that you have ”49.1% Broadly Northern European” and “9.6% Broadly European”. So that is no doubt where the rest of your Scandinavian background is.

You are 0.5% French and German. They lump together French and German because they share a lot of DNA. Perhaps this 0.5% is your Walloon background.

You are 0.8% Finnish. Perhaps some Finn got over to Sweden at some time.

You are 3.0 % British and/or Irish. Where did that come from? I always wanted to be part Irish ! (British is good too). Maybe a viking brought an Irish or English girl back with him after spending some time in Ireland or England.

See the attached document.

Len

Ancestry Composition

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