Mapping History
This past week Ancestry has, quite controversially (at least in my Italian Genealogy Group) "updated" our DNA story. I have previously done a blog entry about mine, but to compare here the old analysis:
Great Britain: 69%
Southern Europe: 10%
Scandinavia: 7%
Western England: 3%
Caucasus: 1%
Ireland >1%
Russia >1%
And the new analysis:
England, Wales, Northern Europe: 77%
Ireland/Scotland: 11%
Sweden: 9%
Germanic Europe 3%
Now, at first glance this actually does seem to fit my own research better. But there's something really important missing, and that's my Northern Italian DNA. Before, it was in there, you just had to expand on the tabs a bit, but that 10% Southern Europe is my Northern Italian. Now, it's gone. Many in the group have said their previous Italian DNA matches have been replaced with French. Now luckily I didn't have that happen, but just disappearing altogether isn't much of a consolation prize.
If you're interested in such a thing, many from the group have found and posted videos and the like explaining how NI could be confused with French DNA, or how, in some way, it may even be accurate (mostly having to do with ever-shifting boundary lines) but that's not how I went about it. Instead, it basically just peaked my interest and I spent a ridiculous amount of time following my furthest back lines and then plotting them accurately upon my DNA map. Here's my European result:
WELLER:
Hans Johan Weller (1858 - 1638)
Diedenshausen, Westfalen, Germany
My 11th great grandfather on my mother's side. Verified through Wurttemburg, Germany Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials books. It was my 8th great grandfather, Johannes Daniel Weller who emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania sometime around 1750.
OHRNDORF
Herman Orhndorf (1641 - ?)
Freudenburg, Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
My 10th great-grandfather again on mom's side, another branch of the Weller family. My 7th great-grandfather, Johan Christian Orndorf arrived from Germany in Lancaster Pennsylvania 26 September, 1741 aboard the St. Mark.
HEIGERT
Mathias Higert (1649 - 1732)
Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
My 7th great-grandfather on my dad's side. Verified through Baden Church Book duplicates. My great great grandfather, Benedict Heigert, emigrated to New York 16 March, 1867 aboard a ship called the Cimbria with family in tow. They then settled in Staunton, IL.
SCHMELZLE
Adam Schmelzle ( ? - 1698)
Am Bach, Furschenbach, Germany
My 8th great-grandfather on my dad's side, Paulina Schmelzle married Benedict Heigert (my 2nd great grandparents listed above.)
ETTER
Heinrich Haÿter/ Etter (1653 - 1695)
Oberried, Kanton Freiberg, Switzerland
My 9th great grandfather, on my moms side, again related through the Wellers. Heinrich's son Johannes emigrated from Switzerland around 1723 and settled in Pennsylvania.
NARDIN
Pietro Nardin (1803 - ?)
Crosara, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
My 3rd great grandfather on my dads side. My great grandmother, Angelina Nardin, emigrated 1 April 1915 and settled in Staunton, IL after the death of her first husband in Asiago, Italy. Angelina's mother is a Strazzabosco, who's line follows a similar path in Asiago.
BARRA
Guiseppe Barra (1820 - 1866)
Brossasco, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
My 3rd great-grandfather on dads side. Great grandfather Guiseppe "Joe" Barra emigrated 23 April 1901 and eventually came to Staunton IL, where he married the above mentioned Angelin Nardin.
So, where did my Italian DNA go? I admit, Italy doesn't make it easy to research without visiting and my Italian records don't go back real far, but the names Nardin, Paganin (Angelina's first husband) and Strazzabosco go back in Asiago for hundreds of years, I just haven't connected the many many families yet to mine. What gives, Ancestry?
Great Britain: 69%
Southern Europe: 10%
Scandinavia: 7%
Western England: 3%
Caucasus: 1%
Ireland >1%
Russia >1%
And the new analysis:
England, Wales, Northern Europe: 77%
Ireland/Scotland: 11%
Sweden: 9%
Germanic Europe 3%
Now, at first glance this actually does seem to fit my own research better. But there's something really important missing, and that's my Northern Italian DNA. Before, it was in there, you just had to expand on the tabs a bit, but that 10% Southern Europe is my Northern Italian. Now, it's gone. Many in the group have said their previous Italian DNA matches have been replaced with French. Now luckily I didn't have that happen, but just disappearing altogether isn't much of a consolation prize.
If you're interested in such a thing, many from the group have found and posted videos and the like explaining how NI could be confused with French DNA, or how, in some way, it may even be accurate (mostly having to do with ever-shifting boundary lines) but that's not how I went about it. Instead, it basically just peaked my interest and I spent a ridiculous amount of time following my furthest back lines and then plotting them accurately upon my DNA map. Here's my European result:
WELLER:
Hans Johan Weller (1858 - 1638)
Diedenshausen, Westfalen, Germany
My 11th great grandfather on my mother's side. Verified through Wurttemburg, Germany Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials books. It was my 8th great grandfather, Johannes Daniel Weller who emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania sometime around 1750.
OHRNDORF
Herman Orhndorf (1641 - ?)
Freudenburg, Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
My 10th great-grandfather again on mom's side, another branch of the Weller family. My 7th great-grandfather, Johan Christian Orndorf arrived from Germany in Lancaster Pennsylvania 26 September, 1741 aboard the St. Mark.
HEIGERT
Mathias Higert (1649 - 1732)
Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
My 7th great-grandfather on my dad's side. Verified through Baden Church Book duplicates. My great great grandfather, Benedict Heigert, emigrated to New York 16 March, 1867 aboard a ship called the Cimbria with family in tow. They then settled in Staunton, IL.
SCHMELZLE
Adam Schmelzle ( ? - 1698)
Am Bach, Furschenbach, Germany
My 8th great-grandfather on my dad's side, Paulina Schmelzle married Benedict Heigert (my 2nd great grandparents listed above.)
ETTER
Heinrich Haÿter/ Etter (1653 - 1695)
Oberried, Kanton Freiberg, Switzerland
My 9th great grandfather, on my moms side, again related through the Wellers. Heinrich's son Johannes emigrated from Switzerland around 1723 and settled in Pennsylvania.
NARDIN
Pietro Nardin (1803 - ?)
Crosara, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
My 3rd great grandfather on my dads side. My great grandmother, Angelina Nardin, emigrated 1 April 1915 and settled in Staunton, IL after the death of her first husband in Asiago, Italy. Angelina's mother is a Strazzabosco, who's line follows a similar path in Asiago.
BARRA
Guiseppe Barra (1820 - 1866)
Brossasco, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
My 3rd great-grandfather on dads side. Great grandfather Guiseppe "Joe" Barra emigrated 23 April 1901 and eventually came to Staunton IL, where he married the above mentioned Angelin Nardin.
So, where did my Italian DNA go? I admit, Italy doesn't make it easy to research without visiting and my Italian records don't go back real far, but the names Nardin, Paganin (Angelina's first husband) and Strazzabosco go back in Asiago for hundreds of years, I just haven't connected the many many families yet to mine. What gives, Ancestry?
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