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49. I believe some of my Northern Irish ancestry might actually be German

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 04:49 PM

Mar 2018

The Fike family, who I have not been able to trace back to when they came over, may have been Northern Irish Protestants. The surname is often listed as German though and when I did some research it turns out that some Protestant Irish were Germans, maybe from the Palatine, who had to escape from persecution by Catholics and who were allowed to settle in Northern Ireland to help the English hold that territory.

I know that some of my German and French ancestors were Protestants allowed to settle in the southern colonies when more people were needed to take more territory.

On the other hand my husband shows no English DNA but has Scot and Welsh DNA as his highest percentage!

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Jake Tapper wants Elizabeth Warren to take a DNA test [View all] Pryderi Mar 2018 OP

If her Native American ancestor is 4 or 5 generations back, the test may not show it FarCenter Mar 2018 #1

Isn't her claim about her mother - shouldn't they test her? hexola Mar 2018 #2

Her mother died in '95. A better bet would be to exhume and test her grandmother. FarCenter Mar 2018 #15

If you ever saw a picture of her mother whathehell Mar 2018 #28

The same would be true of my grandmother but 23andme doesn't indicate any NA DNA in me FarCenter Mar 2018 #40

This was her mother..In addition, her family history cannot be whathehell Mar 2018 #41

True - there are family stories my ggg grandmother was Cherokee csziggy Mar 2018 #24

My mother told me long ago yesphan Mar 2018 #34

Yep - there is no telling what you will find! csziggy Mar 2018 #36

My Grandma told me her father was full blooded Cherokee and that when her Mother who was white Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #47

Shut Up, Jake ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #3

I want her to get it over with - take it off the table NOW hexola Mar 2018 #5

I Just Don't See It ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #8

Nobody cares - but Trump has made it an issue...he will look like a stammering fool hexola Mar 2018 #11

I sure could care less. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #17

I agree 100% with ProfessorGAC happy feet Mar 2018 #38

NO. The test may give a FALSE NEGATIVE, and how is that helpful to her? pnwmom Mar 2018 #16

Because it doesn't matter - she made the same innocent claim as many others. hexola Mar 2018 #27

But it's not completely knowable. So there's no point in getting tested. n/t pnwmom Mar 2018 #30

The test might not show any NA ancestry for her, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #32

No you can't give them an inch. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #48

If she wants to run for President leftynyc Mar 2018 #18

She Said She's Not Running ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #19

Neither do I leftynyc Mar 2018 #20

Like I Said. . . ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #31

If Trump runs for president he'll have to show his tax returns ....... rurallib Mar 2018 #33

Ignore this issue at your peril leftynyc Mar 2018 #42

understand what you are saying but it makes no difference who he runs against rurallib Mar 2018 #43

Let's stop responding to Repubs false issues happy feet Mar 2018 #39

I want to see Stormy's videos. (Invest in eye bleach NOW!) Vinca Mar 2018 #4

Tax returns - whatever false equivalency hexola Mar 2018 #6

What's tapper have to do Cha Mar 2018 #7

My thought, also, Cha UpInArms Mar 2018 #9

I was perplexed about that as well......nt Heartstrings Mar 2018 #10

When Tapper and Jonathon Karl were on ABC News together, just before Tapper went to CNN, Submariner Mar 2018 #12

There are problems with those hobby DNA tests... ehrnst Mar 2018 #13

You left out wanting to see the PGIC in an orange jumpsuit. nt Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #14

This is another bullshit birther claim... Wounded Bear Mar 2018 #21

Birtherism is apparently going mainstream now Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2018 #22

Source? melman Mar 2018 #23

Mediaite has the story, but lapucelle Mar 2018 #35

More important I want Dolt45 to STOP throwing around insults csziggy Mar 2018 #25

Maybe he should insist Trump take a DNA test to make sure he isn't Russian. berni_mccoy Mar 2018 #26

When did he say this? Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #29

She should get one. What's the downside? LexVegas Mar 2018 #37

That would be giving in to the racist motherfuckers who are whining about it. TheSmarterDog Mar 2018 #45

Ethnicity and DNA is not exact LeftInTX Mar 2018 #46

I am one-half Scotts-Irish LeftInTX Mar 2018 #44

I believe some of my Northern Irish ancestry might actually be German csziggy Mar 2018 #49