I recently received my 23andMe information back and wanted to share some details:

Ancestry Composition

European: 99.8%

• Northwestern European: 95.1%
  • British & Irish: 41.8% (Greater London, Greater Manchester, Tyne and Wear, Lancashire, Belfast, Glasgow City, West Midlands, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Merseyside)
  • French & German: 33% (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
  • Scandinavian: 3.3%
  • Broadly Northwestern European: 17%
• Southern European: 2.2%
  • Spanish & Portuguese: 0.7%
  • Broadly Southern European: 1.5%
• Ashkenazi Jewish: 1.0%
• Broadly European: 1.5%
• Unassigned: 0.2%

DNA Relatives List

• 1,236 relatives
• 5 close relatives
• Family names: Smith, Brown, Johnson, Thompson, Davis, White, Williams, Wilson, Jones, Miller, Taylor, Anderson, Baker, Harrison, Armstrong, Daley, Green, Hall, Peterson, Roberts

Health Highlights

• Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Slightly increased risk
  • Most common cause of irreversible vision loss among older adults, so that’s scary, haha.

Ancestor Birthplaces

• El Salvador (2)
  • When I told Andrea, she said: “No wonder we are such good friends, your soul has been calling out to mine for generations.”

“What matters most is what lasts longest. And our families are for eternity.” – M. Russell Ballard

“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones you accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you no matter what.” – Unknown