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I'm a bit confused about the difference between 'Great Britain' and 'Ireland/Scotland/Wales' as two of the latter are subsets of the former. If they want to differentiate between English and Celtic ancestry they should damn well be clear about it.
On the actual site they do go into details for each section.

Great Britain
Primarily located in: England, Scotland, Wales


Range: 0%—32%
Overview
About 12,000 years ago, sea levels were low enough for Stone Age hunter-gatherers to cross from northern Europe into what are now the islands of Great Britain. Farming came to the islands by about 4000 B.C., and the inhabitants erected their remarkable and puzzling stone monument like Stonehenge. The Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans all left their mark politically and culturally, but modern studies suggest that the earliest populations continued to exist by adapting and absorbing new arrivals.


Ireland/Scotland/Wales
Primarily located in: Ireland, Wales, Scotland


Range: 0%—14%
Overview
Ireland’s modern culture remains deeply rooted in the Celtic culture that spread across much of Central Europe and into the British Isles. Along with Wales, Scotland, and a handful of other isolated communities within the British Isles, Ireland remains one of the last holdouts of the ancient Celtic languages that were once spoken throughout much of Western Europe. And though closely tied to Great Britain, both geographically and historically, the Irish have fiercely maintained their unique character through the centuries.


It's because it's horseshit, that's why. It's like buying a "name your own star" gift.
Not really. An actual DNA sample has taken, sent to a lab, and processed. It took a month before we got the results. This isn't like some astrology bullshit.
 
On the actual site they do go into details for each section.

Great Britain
Primarily located in: England, Scotland, Wales


Range: 0%—32%
Overview
About 12,000 years ago, sea levels were low enough for Stone Age hunter-gatherers to cross from northern Europe into what are now the islands of Great Britain. Farming came to the islands by about 4000 B.C., and the inhabitants erected their remarkable and puzzling stone monument like Stonehenge. The Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans all left their mark politically and culturally, but modern studies suggest that the earliest populations continued to exist by adapting and absorbing new arrivals.


Ireland/Scotland/Wales
Primarily located in: Ireland, Wales, Scotland


Range: 0%—14%
Overview
Ireland’s modern culture remains deeply rooted in the Celtic culture that spread across much of Central Europe and into the British Isles. Along with Wales, Scotland, and a handful of other isolated communities within the British Isles, Ireland remains one of the last holdouts of the ancient Celtic languages that were once spoken throughout much of Western Europe. And though closely tied to Great Britain, both geographically and historically, the Irish have fiercely maintained their unique character through the centuries.
I have a feeling that the early Britons and the early Irish were the same people, some just went a bit further.
 
This sounds like the 'do I have Viking DNA' tests that people around here keep doing. At a guess, the company's definitions are giving leeway for people to choose their preferred cultural identity. I don't think it's possible to split off 'English' from 'Celtic' ancestry, even if you use the modern Celtic identity definition.
 
I went to bed early for the first time in forever due to not feeling great and because I have an SOL today. I woke up a good five times, starting at midnight and concluding at 3:00. Right now I've decided to throw in the towel.

I mean hi guys, what's down?
 
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Lake Vrana ("crow"), on Cres island, northern Adriatic, Croatia. 220 million m3 of fresh water, all access forbidden, any trespassing can be charged as terrorism. It's a karst pit, filled by rain. So no soil to make waters muddy, no humans to make them polluted.

The lake is water source for nearby towns, hence the strict control.
 
I have a feeling that the early Britons and the early Irish were the same people, some just went a bit further.
There are suggestions that the primarily Goidelic-speaking Celts (Irish, Scottish, Manx) are descended from the first wave of immigrants to the British Isles, whereas the second wave of people were the original Britons and were of slightly different ancestry. Or this could refer to the different courses of intermingling (whereas the Britons were invaded by Rome, the Saxons, the Danes, and eventually the Franco-Normans, the Celts were more directly influenced by the Norse in their establishments of strength in areas like the Orkneys, the Shetlands, and Dublin) that both regions generally underwent during the national formative periods.
 
Mine, as promised:

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Nothing here was a surprise, except for the numbers. I always assumed I was equal parts Irish/Italian/German/Belgian. When my parents did their tests it revealed quite a bit of the UK as well (which, as others are saying, is all kind of hard to tell the difference anyway). Turns out I'm nearly 50% Irish/UK and way, way more Scandinavian than I could have ever hoped for!
 
It's fun, but in the long run, it doesn't matter. Every nationality that thinks it's pureblooded is mongrel by their own standards. One of the reason immigration debates are stupid. There is no such thing as a pureblooded people (be it German or Czech or American or Russian or Chinese), it's all mixed in and it all came from Africa in the beginning.
 
It's fun, but in the long run, it doesn't matter. Every nationality that thinks it's pureblooded is mongrel by their own standards. One of the reason immigration debates are stupid. There is no such thing as a pureblooded people (be it German or Czech or American or Russian or Chinese), it's all mixed in and it all came from Africa in the beginning.

Absolutely. My results are basically saying, "You're a giant mutt of every single race that's ever traveled through Europe - which is all of them."

I'm more interested in the culture of the areas where my ancestry comes from. Culture is really all that matters to me.
 
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