Genealogy and the family tree and the nuts who fall out

Since I have been a really bad and sporadic blogger you may or may not remember that I have become quite interested in family trees and doing the research.  It is tons of fun and very exciting to find things out.

I joined ancestry.com a few years ago when I was sick with the bronchitis or something that kept me glued to the house and have found a ton of ancestors.  Then I was offered the special deal of $99 from ancestry to do my DNA profile and connect to others who are also registered through them.  So I did that and my husband found it so interesting he did his as well.

My whole life I have always been told that I am mostly German on my mama's side and mostly all Irish on my dad's side.  Not true.  Those people on my mama's side may have lived in Germany but they don't test out as Germans.  And all those Irish people on my dad's side?  Mostly all English, a little German thrown in just for good measure.  Loads of the Irish ancestry comes from my mama's side according to the family tree.

Here's what it looks like:

America< 1%

• Trace Regions

  < 1%

Europe99%

• Great Britain51%
• Ireland17%
• Iberian Peninsula11%
• Italy/Greece7%
• Europe West6%
• Trace Regions

  7%
• Scandinavia4%
• Europe East3%

Show all regions

• 3%

 

Could I be any more European?  Europe West is where Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, etc. are.  See, not much German DNA there.  I have more Iberian and Italy/Greece than German and never once has THAT ever been mentioned!  But it's way more interesting I think.  Also, it's going to make it a lot more fun digging into the family lineage.

Speaking of digging into the family lineage, I was looking up someone today and found their Christening records.  The father's last name is Peters and this was the first time I had seen the mother's maiden name and I about burst out laughing when I saw her name was Pieper. Annie Pieper Peters.  God bless her!