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Old 08-04-20, 23:29
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My Ancestry DNA came back and the new update has only very slightly changed it, but I still have a question.

I have East England, Essex 46%.
Scotland and Ireland 44%
Germany 6%
Norway 3%
Baltic 1%

I’m fine with all of those except the England one.

One great grandfather was from an Essex family.
One great grandmother from Germany to way back.
One great grandmother from Ireland
One great grandfather from Ireland
One great grandmother from Cornwall
All the others are Australian back at least a couple of generations, although my paternal grandmother’s family is mostly all Scottish Highlands.

My question is why East England only the English percentage? What happened to Cornwall?
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Old 08-04-20, 23:52
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Just because it isn't very accurate yet, I should think.
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Old 09-04-20, 01:21
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Fair enough.
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Old 09-04-20, 13:15
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Cornwall doesn't appear in my ethnicity at all, Libby, but I'm roughly 1/8th from the West Country, predominantly Cornwall.
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Interesting. I know the family were there for many generations.
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I don't have a percentage, but Devon & Cornwall are listed as sub-areas under my 83% England, Wales & North Western Europe. I have a Cornish line leading up to my great-grandmother Emma who moved to London.
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Although the Cornish like to think they are a race apart, in fact they are genetically "English" and do not generally have any distinguishing dna!

(I'll probably be asked to leave Cornwall now).

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Old 09-04-20, 23:19
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I have East England, with an asterisk on Essex as my only English bit. Strange because I know the Cornwall lot, but also my ggg grandfather was from Warwickshire. According to the British Museum, he was there since his Viking ancestors arrived.
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Although the Cornish like to think they are a race apart, in fact they are genetically "English" and do not generally have any distinguishing dna!

(I'll probably be asked to leave Cornwall now).

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For some reason I thought Cornwall belonged with the Celts, might be with my 44% Irish and Scottish.
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The Cornish do have some Celtic, but have much more dna in common with the rest of England. I was surprised too!

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