How Do My Known Ancestral Places of Birth Correspond to My DNA Results?

In my last post entitled Where Were They Born I looked at the birthplaces of 5 generations of my ancestors. Since many of my ancestors have been in the US for many generations, how far back would I need to go to find countries of origin?  Then I wondered how the origins of my ancestors would match my DNA results?
Family Birth Location chart:

Family Tree DNA Results:


Ancestry results:

Reviewing the information:

• Many of my ancestral lines have been in the US for at least 10 generations.
• A good percentage of my ancestors born in the United States were born in the state of New York.
• I knew that many ancestral lines of mine came from England on my paternal side (Great Britain/British Isles) so these results confirm this.
• I only know of one ancestor who was born in Sweden (Scandinavia). 
• I’m not sure where the Southern European/ Iberian Peninsula DNA is from?  Interesting.
• I expected some German/Luxembourg ancestry in my genes but am not seeing any?

Well, I definitely have more research to do and some more questions to answer.

If you have any corrections or additions or stories to share I look forward to hearing them.

Enjoy the journey,

Debby

Where Were They Born? 5 Generations of Births

I thought I would do something a little different this week.  Our data is so important but sometimes you get a new perspective when you look at the data in a different way.  I have wanted to do a Birth Place Chart.  (Thank-you to fellow genealogist J. Paul Hawthorne for creating the template for this chart.)  Paul designed the color coded chart to be for 5 generations.



How interesting!  The color coding really helps the states/countries stand out.  Before doing the chart I hadn’t really thought about the fact that for 5 generations on my paternal side everyone was born not only in the US but in New York state.  I also see now that my 5th generation on my maternal side are my first immigrant ancestors. 

What would you find if you did one on your family?  Paul’s chart is available on his website GeneaSpy.

If you have any corrections or additions or stories to share I look forward to hearing them.

Enjoy the journey,

Debby