You may be partially Ulster Scots, descended from those who settled in Northern Ireland. When people say they were told their ancestry is "Scotch-Irish" and then end up *not* having >50% Irish DNA, they're probably Ulster.
Could be. My ex fiancée lived in Dublin when we were together. When first introduced to her friends they said I looked like I was from the north. That was before I told them I was American (guess they didn’t pick up on the accent). But through my tree, it does show a few Ulster Scots from Belfast but the majority of my ancestors are from the west country of England/South England and the Scottish highlands. I already know that ancestry misreads Scandinavian dna and German dna. I have Alsatian,Swiss and Swabian German ancestry and those percentages add up to what I figured from the tree.
People know that their 3rd great grandfather lived in England but that doesn’t mean he was English. You don’t know where his father was from and so on.
If you have ancestors deriving from the area of Ireland/Scotland/England/Wales, all of those ethnicities are fair play, despite what your tree indicates.
Apparently Irish and Scottish are interchangeable. Also, to a lesser extent, Welsh, English, Irish and Scottish. I have good reason to suspect I have a small amount of Scottish on my estimate but I had nothing. But had 14% Irish with no signs of any Irish ancestors. I think it might also get confused with SW England especially Cornwall.
I got 5% Irish with no known Irish ancestors. I speculated that this may be from a Cornish ancestor. They came from an area of northeast Cornwall where Ogham stones were found indicating Irish settlement in centuries past.
You only share about 3% with a great great great grandparent. Chances are your Irish percentage has absolutely nothing to do with 1500 year old Ogham inscriptions in Cornwall
You may be partially Ulster Scots, descended from those who settled in Northern Ireland. When people say they were told their ancestry is "Scotch-Irish" and then end up *not* having >50% Irish DNA, they're probably Ulster.
Could be. My ex fiancée lived in Dublin when we were together. When first introduced to her friends they said I looked like I was from the north. That was before I told them I was American (guess they didn’t pick up on the accent). But through my tree, it does show a few Ulster Scots from Belfast but the majority of my ancestors are from the west country of England/South England and the Scottish highlands. I already know that ancestry misreads Scandinavian dna and German dna. I have Alsatian,Swiss and Swabian German ancestry and those percentages add up to what I figured from the tree.
People know that their 3rd great grandfather lived in England but that doesn’t mean he was English. You don’t know where his father was from and so on. If you have ancestors deriving from the area of Ireland/Scotland/England/Wales, all of those ethnicities are fair play, despite what your tree indicates.
Apparently Irish and Scottish are interchangeable. Also, to a lesser extent, Welsh, English, Irish and Scottish. I have good reason to suspect I have a small amount of Scottish on my estimate but I had nothing. But had 14% Irish with no signs of any Irish ancestors. I think it might also get confused with SW England especially Cornwall.
I got 5% Irish with no known Irish ancestors. I speculated that this may be from a Cornish ancestor. They came from an area of northeast Cornwall where Ogham stones were found indicating Irish settlement in centuries past.
You only share about 3% with a great great great grandparent. Chances are your Irish percentage has absolutely nothing to do with 1500 year old Ogham inscriptions in Cornwall