If (as you say) you want to know where your maternal line came from get your MtDNA tested! FTDNA is probably the best site to go through for that and the paternal line.
I maybe able to roughly explain the Scottish in your family. Over the centuries the Scots and Irish have intermingled for centuries. In the mid 13th century and 14th century you get Scottish clans immigrating to Ireland as mercenaries and they were known as the gallowglass (which means foreign warrior). After that in the 16th century you get another wave or Scottish mercenaries immigrating to Ireland known as the Redshanks. They were called that because they would go barelegged all year round. And finally you have Scottish immigration in the 1600's with the plantations. But Ireland's greatest weapon was that being Irish is awesome. When the vikings came to Ireland they weren't pushed out but instead they just became Irish. The follow Irish law, became Christian, and dressed and spoke Irish. When the Norman invasion happen they would, "Become more Irish than the Irish Themselves" This got so bad that the English king would enforce the Statues of Kilkenney which banned the Normans from doing Irish things like playing Irish music, Irish sports, or dressing and speaking Irish. So in other words you can be as Irish as you want to me and that's all well and good.
For what it is worth, there has been a lot of "integration" between Ireland and Scotland, and both ultimately had a lot of medieval interaction with Scandinavia, so it is possible that all of those are "Irish" insomuch as an individual from Ireland might have all of that in their DNA. Personally my mom's mom was off the boat from Ireland (from Wicklow), and my dad's dad was off the boat from Ireland (Kilkenny). They married a German (whose American ancestry goes back to Rev War), and an Italian immigrant (off the boat from Lombardy) respectively.
The Irish have very good vocal cords and musicality in their genes. Allie Sherlock from Dublin has over 5 million subscribers. And this despite the fact that he only sings on the street. No autotune, live. (Elton John 3,3 M subscribers)
51% Irish here. My late wife had zero Irish, but when we visited Ireland, she said she felt like she lived there in a past life. We loved Irish music and all things Irish, and she loved your music, as I do. I think of her when you sing, so thank you for helping to heal my broken heart as I find ways to express my grief.
7:10 This is so funny from a European perspective, because *nobody* over here would be the slightest bit surprised to find Swedish and Danish heritage in their DNA - especially in "Northwestern Europe". ;-)
My grandfather was from the island of Aegina and he had green eyes. The same was true for many others in the island at that time (the beginnings of the 20th century). Now this is very unusual considering that green eyes aren't that common in Greece. But once I heard that this came from the Normans who had conquered large parts of modern day Greece. In conclusion these bloody Vikings were everywhere.
@@shanellemurrey9300 I took the 23&me , Dad worked on our genealogy for years but found an adoption along the way. Mine showed 90% British/Irish ,5% Scandinavian, the remaining %s African and native American, no surprise really, John Rogers left Wales in 1855
I was born in New York to a single African American 18 year old girl. I was adopted by a southern African American family and raised in South Carolina. Did an ancestryDNA test and came back as 54% Irish, which specified Leinster. About a month after I tested i checked my messages and it was from a woman who matched as a half-sister. She's from Dublin. She gave me a number and asked if we could organise a phone call. Turns out her father, who is from westmeath was in New york for 2 weeks when he was 18 and had no idea he got a girl pregnant. I've visited a few times and named my youngest son Connor since my biological fathers surname is O'Connor
I was fascinated to find out my history. The DNA kit did confirm a lot of what I already knew, but it also linked me with a lot of people that I didn't even know existed.
25% irish (ancestry) mixed both on my fathers and mothers side. i grew up feeling a connection to irish heritage but i was adopted and my adopted mom said i was only a little irish and then my birth mother said all irish on her side and mostly irish on fathers, turns out no im not. not just by ancestrydna. my father is half irish/scottish half polish and my mothers is half english and my grandmother i have no idea as she was adopted too. i still feel connected to irish heritage and also polish heritage. and i love that u say u dont have to be irish to learn and appreciate irish culture and music and traditions
As someone from Northern Ireland, I think it's important to clarify, there are not, and were never tensions between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, the tensions you're referencing were Internal within Northerner Ireland between people who identified as Irish, and people who identified as British (and forces from Britain).
As someone else from Northern Ireland I just want to clarify further for those not from our wee land who may read your comment; 'between SOME people who identified as Irish, and SOME people who identified as British (and forces from Britain).' lol though it can sometimes feel like it, especially in July of all months, we aren't all at each other's throats due to if we prefer the colour green or orange lol
@@bubblegumblood8995 truth. My maternal grandmother’s parents married here in New Zealand. My great grandfather was Irish Presbyterian and my great grandmother was Irish Catholic which no body knew about til she went into a Catholic nursing home before she passed when my mum was I think a teenager.
A few comments: (1) You did a great job presenting the difference between genetic heredity and cultural heritage. The distinction between the two too often goes unrecognized; (2) Your family history (your ancestral Malindas and Mary Halls) demonstrates that you are at least (and legitimately) maternally Irish, which should then be reflected in your mitochondrial DNA genome sequence; (3) Take those numbers for what they're worth -- remember "15%" are for those sequences that are "uniquely" Irish -- and there has been plenty of admixture between Irish, Scottish and Nordic/Germanic lineages. It would be interesting to see the percentage "Irish" a typical Irish person is, since these tests can show connections that go back a long, long time. Most importantly as you point out, how "legitimately" you are part of a genetic lineage matters not a whit if you have the interest and passion for the culture, the language, the music. Keep making your music and we'll keep enjoying it!
I want to do a DNA test so badly because I'm adopted and don't know a single thing about my biological family. It's always cool to learn about ancestry.
I definitely recommend doing it! Honestly I'd recommend doing both AncestryDNA and 23&Me. That way you have a higher chance of connecting with more relatives. I'm adopted and I found two half-sisters, an aunt, and a whole lot of cousins through the sites. It's been wild. Unfortunately both my bio parents died before I did the tests but even so, finding extra relatives is fun.
Shinobu Kocho I completely agree with you on its always cool to learn about ancestry because when I learned about my ancestors and ancestry it’s very interesting because like two of my ancestors were inventors one invented the matches that you would strike on a box but the other one tried to invent roller skates but didn’t get the patent and like also I learned about how a lot of my ancestors were brave soldiers in wars ranging from the American Revolutionary War to Ww2 and these soldiers in order of conflict were my 6x and 5x great grandfathers in the American Revolutionary War, my 4x great grandfather in the war of 1812, 4 of my 4x great uncles and my 3x great grandfather in the American civil war, my paternal grandfathers maternal grandfather and my maternal grandfathers dad in ww1 and lastly one of my paternal grandfathers uncles, my maternal grandmothers father and one of my paternal grandmothers uncles in ww2.
@@Mel12722 mine were on the younger side (well, in their 20s) but they both had health issues. My bio mum would likely had survived but an idiot doctor didn't run any tests or give her pain meds and she ended up dying of a burst appendix (iirc it was her appendix). That asshole doctor is lucky I don't know his name.
I have a taken the 23 and me test before. Of all the blend that I am, the part of my heritage that I relate to the most is my Irish heritage. Compared to the rest of what I am, it’s a smaller percentage. The DNA kits are nice to have and, if you don’t know where you’re from, it can help provide leads. Also, if you’re interested in learning Irish, I HIGHLY recommend learning from Colm Keegan (affiliated with Celtic Thunder). He teaches classes on Irish Language, history, folklore, and so on and is a FANTASTIC teacher. Not sponsored 🤣. Just had him as a teacher for a while and he’s wonderful and I highly recommend him 🤗
I think the Irish genes for musicality and the creative language run deep in Ireland; punctuation for instance was developed by Irish monks . All my family are incredibly musical so I assumed I'd have a lot of Irish genes especially as I am slight and red haired. In fact my DNA came back as showing over 20% Scandanavian but since Viking raids on Ireland began as far back as 795 AD and then became regular runs for taking Irish slaves from 840 AD perhaps that DNA link isn't surprising.
I am part English, Scottish, Irish and Swiss. My husband is part English, Irish and Welsh. That is from family history. We have confirmed all but the Irish for my husband's side and the Irish for mine. The Scottish has been confirmed through the Murray Clan in the Highlands. I have been learning Scottish Gaelic for over a year to help honour it. Irish Gaelic is next.
Malinda It’s Ok I Too Have Irish in My Family Somewhere, I Am German,Scottish,& Irish That Is A Wallop Of A Combination. You Have The Natural Sounding Irish Accent And That Wonderful Irish Red Hair That Makes You Unique. Please Keep On Singing Your Songs For They Are Beautiful.
As a American that is very proud of where his family has come from and their heritage. So my dad is Irish, English, and Native American I know for sure that the Native American of my dads side is a 3rd of him. My mom is primarily Irish and English with a sprinkle of Scottish being just one of my grand parents. I personally find it hard when people ask what am I or where my family are from I usually say Canada since half of them lived there for so long until the 60s when my grand parents came to America. I understand when I say I am Canadian being a born in America it doesn't make sense but you got to realize all of our culture and food we eat is Canadian base or our UK side of the family. Usually I say Irish or English since I know for a fact that I am primarily that. Hope y'all like my little family story!
I'm from rural Australia. My results came back as:- *54% Scottish *25% Welsh *13% England and Northwestern Europe *5% Ireland *3% Norway No random North African or Japanese for me! I'm very much a human vanilla milkshake 🤠👍
My dad's family was from Ireland and my mom's side was from Germany. I've been drawn to the Irish culture for longer than I can remember. I was fortunate enough to visit Ireland for the first time 5 years ago and fell even more in love. Took a 23 and me test which confirmed I am very close to 50/50 between Ireland and Germany, which was cool to verify
I also have from my mom's parents both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland heritage. I'm so curious about full results what would show. My mom's uncle my great uncle did a DNA test Irish, Scottish. Norwegian, French Canadian and some Abenaki Indigenous people of Vermont, to Maine.
I also have roots in both the Republic of Ireland (my grandfather's parents) and Northern Ireland (my grandmother's parents). My grandfather actually got excommunicated from the Catholic church for marrying my grandmother so there was definitely some tension in the family a few generations back. When I visited Ireland years ago, I got to see both the Republic and Northern Ireland and even met one of my grandmother's cousins. It was a really cool experience.
My mom was born and raised in Belfast, met my dad on a blind date during a USO show at RAF Langford Lodge air base in WWII - a genuine "war bride." Love my Irish heritage ❣
I really appreciate your statements on your connection to your heritage and how it goes beyond genetics. My last name is Irish and I've always identified most closely with that despite knowing I wasn't even half Irish. I'm as much German, with a little Czech and English thrown in. Sometimes I've felt insecure for being so demonstrative about my Irishness despite being only 3/8 Irish. But I feel better about it now after thinking about what you said. I treat the heritage and culture with respect, so the connection is genuine. I felt something special when I visited, and that has to be considered an authentic experience as well
Wow, I just realized we have similar heritage. I’m Irish on both sides of my family, more so on my dad’s side. I also have German ancestry from my dad’s side, and a mix of Welsh, Scottish, English, and Italian from my mom’s side. My brother looks the most Italian of the two of us, and I look the most Irish.
It's quite common to see those recurring names in different generations in Irish families. I have it on multiple lines of my family tree.
2 года назад+4
A LOT of Scots are actually Irish; they moved over and formed part of a kingdom (Dal Riata) that spanned across the channel from Ireland into Scotland, following the retreat of the Roman Empire from the isles. This was, for a while, ethnically and culturally distinct from the Picts that inhabited the Highlands, and the remnants of the original Brythonic peoples of the region... I could go on. This history of the isles is absolutely fascinating.
I just learned that I'm 96 percent irish! I was very surprised because I'm actually not really pale. I have no history of my past at all I'm adopted i was taken from my parents when I was young so it was crazy. I used 23 and me I wanna try ancestry to see where I'm from.
I'm 4th and 5th generation Irish on my Mother's and Father's side respectively. We came from Enniskillen and outside Letterkenny respectively. So very few people who's ancestry comes from Ireland have kept that knowledge. It's really remarkable. Scandinavian ancestry in Irish descendants is common. We can thank the Vikings for that.
That was fun. With your Scottish DNA, will you now rename yourself to Malinda MacReese? 🙃 And should you ever feel the urge to switch the Irish flute for bagpipes you know where it comes from.
I've got a guess as to why the Scandinavian heritage is in there... The Vikings were, ahem, aggressively 'romantic' throughout the British Isles and it would likely be more surprising if you *didn't* have a few genes from that pool.
I'm actually of Irish on both sides of my parents side and a very proud Dakota and Lakota sioux warrior plains Indian people of the great plains of North America of descents. My great information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.
If you ever wanted to try again, 23&Me actually does give a sense of where your English and Irish heritage might be from. I've got some from my mom's side, and it was interesting to see that!
The thing to remember is that the test shows the actual pieces of genes in you, not the percentages of your ancestry. Your mother could be 50% Irish and you would expect to get 25% Irish genes from her but because of the randomness of choosing combinations you might get only 15% Irish genes and "extra" genes from another heritage of hers. Your siblings will have inherited different combinations than you - unless you are identical twins. There is also something of a concern that Ancestry overreports Scottish heritage. Ancestry updates its estimates around once a year so don't be surprised to see Scottish decrease.
I think that what he says makes a lot of sense - and you DO look Irish, red hair and all! Now who do you remind me of?.... - of course, its Maureen O'Hara, with her strong face and all.
Mike, you are right! Ancestry initially told me my Scottish heritage was over 40%, but more than a year later they revised their findings down to over 20%.
@@invadertifxiiilike Scottish ancestry is over represented on Ancestry. Scottish and Irish are very genetically similar so it can be quite hard to tell the 2 apart based on genetic markers, so ancestry tends to over represent Scottish heritage even though a big portion of so called Scottish might actually be Irish being mislabeled as Scottish.
Man, that family tree you know! I don't even know half of my heritage, sadly. As far as I know, I'm 100% German, but who knows! I might try a DNA test and see what's in my DNA one day. Out of curiosity.
I'm 35% English, 34% Irish, 22% Scottish, 7% Norwegian and 2% Danish! Always been a fan of Irish music and why I am such a staunch Irish rugby fan over England.
My dad's parents were Irish and Scottish, my great great great great aunt was German and my mum's side of the family was English so that makes me, Scottish, Irish, English and German 😮
It just goes to showing cultural upbringing! I am 65% Scots-Irish and we never really talk about it. My mom is heavy influenced by her Friesian (Friesland, Netherlands) upbringing and I am only 30%. My great-grandpa was from Friesland and moved to USA when he was 19 years old. The first time he planned to move here he was going to take the Titanic, but for some reason they couldn’t. Lucky family! 🙌🏽
Your scottish history will be a lot more recent and relevant genetically than the Irish DNA. Given that you are over twice as Scottish as you are irish it must mean that both of your parents must have a significant amount of scottish dna. So for instance one of your parents are potentially half scottish and the other a quarter scottish by blood. Scottishness and Scottish music are beautiful beautiful things so please be as proud of that as you are your irishness. Scottish folk music is amazing! Always be proud of exactly who you are. Im 76% irish all my grandparents were from Ireland apart from my dads da he is from Jamaica however it turnd out that he himself had irish ancestry and through him i carry the most common celtic phenotype. Interesting fact in Jamaica the Scottish and Irish itinerant workers had a lot of children with local Jamaican people and so a lot of people on the island have scottish, irish or both heritage and rhey absolutely love it! Brave heart is one of the most popular films over there and Jamaican families of scottish descent used to arrange marriages with other black Jamaican families with scottish last names to keep the line strong! Amazing stuff! Be proud! ☘️
I’m Norwegian (viking lineage), and Scottish Gaelic. German, Indian and British, Cherokee. And I eventually plan doing a full lineage search, thank you for bringing back my need for knowing this info.
The Swedish Heritage most likely also comes from Ireland due to the fact that several parts of Ireland ( and the hole British islands) were controlled by the Vikings my family comes from a town north of Dublin and I have swedish/danish in me which makes sense considering Dublin was a viking stronghold
I’m from Ireland. I live in Ireland. And let me tell you, you have more Irish culture within you than the average Irish person. It’s super inspiring. I love that you love our beautiful culture that isn’t celebrated enough in Ireland itself! Keep it up and thank you ❤☘️
I got my DNA test for Christmas! I gotta mail it out tomorrow! I'll come back here and share my results. I'm from Kentucky and I've made my predictions about what actually makes up my soul based on how different cultures resonate with me and speak to my spirit. I'm so excited to see the results just for curiosities same! I define who I am everyday no matter what or who I came from. I have so much love for all the ancient cultures. I would love to experience the things they contributed to the world!
Ancestry at the time you did this was overestimating the Scottish heritage (they have dialed that back recently), also it is very possibly a component of your N.Ireland lineage. I am going to guess your current estimates on Ancestry might be different today than when you originally tested.
Welcome to the Scots-Irish clan. The Scots passed though Northern Ireland, started a war, and got kicked out over their religion. On the way they did what people do. Some took local Northern Irish brides. So it makes perfect sense that you would have North Ireland/Scots Irish as the majority of your DNA. Maybe it has something to do with what a wonderful folk singer you are. Both branches of the tree love their/our/ sad old ballads. You might enjoy learning more about your clan who initially settled mostly settled in the Appalachian Mountains which reminded them of their homelands and made what we just call Mountain Music.
I'm not saying you ramble on. But I could listen to you ramble on for my daily dose of sunshine. You have one of those happy dispositions. You could talk about cheese facts and i would listen in.
I took a dna test for a different reason. I have a twin brother and a dna test was needed to determine if we were identical twins or not (we are identical twins). The access to a family tree was more important in telling me my ancestry. I do have Irish ancestry on my father's side. My wife who has zero Irish ancestry loves Irish music.
I laughed so hard when I found out someone in my family lied about their heritage and my ancestry proved it. Someone many generations ago said they were Spanish and honestly they looked it too so my family has assumed we have Spanish in our dna but low and behold I'm English, Irish, scottish and welsh. While the further the generations go on the less percentage you will have, even checking the family tree back centuries shows no Spanish heritage
Get your genealogy done Malinda. I didn’t need a DNA test to know how Irish i am having many family members who did/ do genealogy. It’s not uncommon to find Welsh and Scottish in the line.
My theory on why you have so much Scottish ancestry is that Scots emigrated to Ireland a lot, especially Northern Ireland (which I'm sure you know if you did research about the tensions between north and south) So yeah! That's my theory 😊
There's actually a much simpler answer. When Americans say " Scotch-Irish" we're being ignorant. You see, Scotland had a colony. Today it is the city of Ulster. People would know that they were of Scottish descent because of their last names, then would go tracing the ship their family came over on, find out it originated in Ulster, then come to the incorrect conclusion that their ancestry must be Irish. In fact, they were 100% Scottish. Because Ulster was a Scottish colony. The most obvious example of this is Andrew Jackson. Today you watch tons of people misidentify him as Irish. But he actually challenged people to duels for that. His parents were 100% Scottish, they could speak Scottish Gaelic as well as English, and they were Presbyterians. In fact, his mother wanted him to be a Presbyterian minister. ( Boy she did not know his personality, did she? When he grew up he compromised and founded a Presbyterian church which is still going today, the Hermitage Presbyterian Church where my husband and I were married?.) In short, if you think you are Scotch Irish, but your family came to the United States prior to the Revolutionary War, especially if your family immigrated sometime between the years 1720 and 1750, you're not Irish but Scottish.
@@micheledeetlefs6041 Ulster is not a city, it's actually a province of Ireland containing 9 counties, 6 of which constitute Northern Ireland and 3 of which are in the Republic of Ireland.
@@micheledeetlefs6041 The Ulster plantation was never a "Scottish" colony - not sure where you got that from. It was a joint affair between the English and Scottish to displace the Irish. The people sent to colonize it were from Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire (England) and the Scottish Lowlands. The number of English and Scottish were similar, possibly more Scottish - but the naming of the people as "Scotch-Irish" is bullcrap. Countless Northern Irish, American or Canadian people who know their ancestors came from Ulster, will find they are of English descent not Scottish - or a combination of both. Andrew Jackson is of paternal English(Yorkshire) ancestry, BTW. Many English were, or still are, Presbyterians. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_reivers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster
@@rogerwilco2558 Wikipedia is not a legitimate source. Members may add whatever they like and it is more often wrong than right. After all, there's no one editing them and no scholarly oversight whatsoever for it. I turned 50 in January. And I doubled majored in history and in literature. History happens to be a passion of mine and I have over 5,000 volumes of history and my personal library. So I'm going to confine myself to just two books for you for right now. If you are interested in the subject, I'd be glad to recommend some more. But I don't think it would serve anyone for me to throw 50 books in your direction if you're not really interested. The two books I recommend are Scottish History for Dummies by William Knox, PhD and A History of Britain Volume 1 and 2 by Simon Schama. Both are very well written and make entertaining reads. But with A History of Britain, make heavy use of the index. Despite its name, it's more a history of England. Scotland is mentioned when it comes into conflict with England, and The Covenanters, The English Civil War, and the Jacobian Rebellions do get heavy mention. But I'm pretty sure if you're just looking for information about Scotland, you don't want to hear the writer go on and on and on about the Tudors or the Hanover Kings. No sense putting you through what would be unnecessary. If this does spark an interest with you, let me know. I'll be glad to supply you with other titles. Personally, I've always found Scottish history to be fascinating. But I also know that history in general is not everyone's cup of tea.
I found out my father was originally from England and moved to the US in the 1960s. But since my last name of Lauritzen was such an odd name I looked it up and found that it originally came from Norway. I'm not quite sure if I have any Irish ancestry in my family but I have always loved Celtic music and wanting to visit Highlands of Scotland. It just seemed like such a surreal place to me. Thank you for sharing your potential heritage with us. 🥰
Simple explanation, Northern Ireland was resettled by Protestant Scots by the English crown. If your family is from Northern Ireland, that's likely where the Scottish comes from (although Western gaelic Scots came from Northern Ireland at the end of the Roman era).
Billy Connolly, the Scottish comedian for those those two people down the back there who don't know who he is, once described Scotland as being the land where all the crazy Irish moved to. They were crazy because they moved from a wet country where it rain a lot to a cold wet country where it rains constantly. I know quite a few Scottish people and as an Irish man I have to say the Scots are completely nuts but absolutely brilliant people for it. We have a weird sense of humor so we can laugh at ourselves and not take life too seriously which is good. Serious people are dull and when they die they'll be seriously dead. Who want to be buried beside a dull person for Gods sake? The Scots would be great to be buried beside because there'd be a party every night and the craic would be just brilliant. The single great compliment I have ever received was over 30 years ago and it came from a few guys I worked with in England, they were all from the Caribbean as it happened . They said if it wasn't for the fact I was white I'd have to be from the Caribbean, there was no where else I could be from. Great guys every one of them. It doesn't matter where you're from, what colour, or religion or culture you "belong" to, what matters is who you are, who you choose to be and how you treat people. Your culture is you. Go with whatever makes you feel good about who you are and where you fit in the world. Just remember to laugh a little every now and then....Personally I find that if you do it randomly in the middle of the street people will wonder what's wrong with you and make more room for you 😁
When I did mine, I came back 75% "Irish, Scottish, Welsh". Made me feel good in my heart to be from somewhere. I don't know my father, and as far as I can tell on my mother's father's side, that bit of the family never touches Ireland, so I'm hopeful one day, my Isle heritage might help me find him.
The Scots influence could be reflected in your Northern Irish heritage since the N.I. settlers mostly came from Scotland. Do keep digging -- genealogy is an interesting rabbit hole to go down.
Just stopping by to say this. Have a look at recent genetic studies of UK population - encompssing NI and Scotland, for the time being ;-) - and you'll see the genetic links between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The percent of ethnicity can vary from sibling to sibling. I did both the Ancestry and the 23andMe and I think its regional breakdown was more detailed in the 23andMe plus it also gets into the deep ancestry and early migrations.
Yesterday I found out I was 57% Irish I've never been to Ireland or really known anybody Irish its a shock to say the least I was adopted when I was born.
My paternal grandmother was a Coughlin, we know her great great grandfather came over during the famine. My genetics show very little irish but a large percentage of scottish. So I think there's a lot of Ulster Scots in there. There's also a load of western Scots with a large percentage of irish genetics, for the same reason. I live in Western Scotland now, growing up in Southern Appalachia, because I fell in love with a Scot. It's a running joke of my partner that my lifelong love of Irish and Scottish music and culture played a big part in that, but it truly didn't. It was just a bonus 😆
Sounds fairly similar to my experience. My dad's super into genealogy so we've always had a decent knowledge of where we're from, at least a handful of generations back. But we're mutts through and through. I flat out, look the most Irish of my immediate family and I'm also in that relatively small percentage group (13%). With a whole lot of other things mixed in (the Irish is actually my second highest percentage). My biggest percentage is French because my dad is French Canadian and almost 100% French himself. My mom is all over the map. But long story short, if I don't talk, and don't act like a tourist, I can blend in quite easily.
I am 45% Irish, according to Ancestry. I also have Welsh, Scottish, some English, & easter & western Europe (?), French & some German. That about covers it all, literally! Have fun Malinda.
Hi Melinda. I'm born and raised in Ireland, and we are a mixture of races going back in time. The Irish an Scottish are of the same Celtic origin (the Celts were a mixture of tribes). So whether you are from the Republic of Ireland like me, or Northern Ireland, we share the same Celtic genetics (despite the political tensions which are not almost nonexistent). Add to that a mixture of Viking genetics (Norway, Sweden and Denmark). Many Irish people today have Viking heritage too, not to mention Norman heritage, and then there are a lot of people around Dublin in particular who are descended from English and Welsh, as well as Scottish occupier soldiers. There's no pure Irishness genetically speaking. Its more of a cultural identity that we take on, so I agree with you. Add to that, nowadays we have lots of people who identify as Irish and who are Irish, whose parents and grandparents came from all around the world. At least 15% of our population (new census results due this year) were not born here, but came from all around the world. Its good for the gene pool. 🙂
I did a 23 and Me test last year and found out some pretty cool stuff about my heritage. I have always felt a very strong pull from my Scottish side and have been trying (emphasis added on trying) to learn Gaelic. It is a difficult language but I am trying.
Malinda, you have such an amazing voice for Celtic music! And girl wherever you sing has awesome acoustics (Trøllenbundin)!!! I play guitar a little bit, but not as good as I used to be, however you've inspired me to learn how to play Irish Celtic music on guitar as well as to check my Irish ancestry. I know how much is in my soul, yet how much is in my blood? That's the question for me now that I've seen this video. Well, a little history of mine if you care to read it or get around to reading it... My name is Albert, but my family has called me "Riley" most of my life. I'm not sure how much Irish I have in my blood, but this I know, that my Dad's mother was a Murphy, my mother was a McConnell and my Dad and I are Childress. Taylor is my dad's adopted last name so I have it as well. It would be awesome to meet you on video chat sometime, but I feel like the odds of that happening are probably slim to none, so I'll say this; absolutely proud to be Irish, you truly have a Beautiful Irish soul 🥲... And nothing can take the Irish out of us!
You're so pretty ! 🤗🌹 I did DNA test in Ancestry DNA too and my results showed me that I'm : 70% Balkan ( genetic group Bulgaria ) , 16% Greece & Albania , 8% Eastern Europe & Russia , 3% Anatolia ( Turkey ) & The Caucasus , 2% Baltics and 1% Southern India . Best Regards : Romy from Bulgaria 💌
I'm from Chile, my mother tongue is Spanish, yet Irish music always made me cry easily. It's like having memories that are not mine... a big hug for you 🤗
Belfast person here, and you've got a higher percentage of Irish than I do. Apparently I'm mostly of Scottish heritage, but that's just because Northern Ireland and Scotland have had migration back and forth for centuries. We're a odd lot in the north!
I'm Portuguese but I found I have a small percentage of Irish DNA on my test now I'm just binging as many Ireland related videos I can find to "connect" with the culture 😂
You'll have a lot of Scottish from the Northern Irish Protestants (Scottish settlers in Ulster). I am Irish and all my ancestors are from the island for the last 400 years, and I'm 2/3 Scottish!
I can definitely see the Scottish in you :) you're a lovely lady and it's always fun to find out more about yourself via DNA. I want to do a test but they're expensive lol.
Just guessing here, from what I know of medieval history: the Danes moved south (Belgium, northern France) and also moved into northeastern England (Northumbria) and Scotland as well as Ireland (the reason red hair like yours is more prevalent in Ireland and parts of Scotland). So, lots of Scandanavian connections through Scotland. Then lots and lots of Scots got forcibly moved by the English in the Ulster Plantation times, and some number of them (like my wife's ancestors) were moved to Ireland via Wales. Basically, I would say: add up the Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and England numbers and that's most likely all a part of how your kin got to Ireland. Just guessing :)
I've always wondered where the idea that having red hair in Ireland in commonplace comes from. Maybe its a percentage thing I don't know just how rare it is elsewhere, sure there are some folks here with red hair but I would say the vast majority of us have brown or black hair. I always tend to think of red hair being more prominent in Scotland but I could be completely wrong in that.
@@boomzdaydevice Northern Scotland and western Ireland were both targets of the earliest Viking raids, as was what is now Northumbria in England, so red hair is quite strong in those areas (Ireland, Scotland, and north England), ESPECIALLY compared to the rest of the world. We have a lot of it in the US as well, and that's mostly due to the huge numbers of Irish who fled the UK in the potato famine + the Scots who fled the UK before and after the Battle of Culloden + all the other Scandinavian English / Scots / Irish / Danes / Swedes / Norwegians who immigrated here for any number of reasons over the past 300+ years. There aren't any redheads in my immediate family lines, but every story I see about how "redheads will disappear in X number of years" seems to miss just how many there are in the US LOL
@@jasonfisher8529 It's funny though I tend to think of Scandinavians as mostly blonde haired more so than as red heads. BTW Re-reading my original comment I realise that it might look like it was of an anti-red hair persuasion to some, just wanted to confirm that's certainly not the case. 🙂
@@boomzdaydevice No worries, I did not think there was any anti-ness there at all! and, yes, I totally agree that blonde is what I think of from Scandinavia as well. Most of my childhood was spent in northern Minnesota ... so Scandinavian = blonde was a default assumption. It was only when I got into medieval European history in high school and college that I realized the few redheaded lines we get in the world mostly came from those same blonde cultures. People and cultures are weird and cool and (usually) way more complex than "my great-grandma came from X"!
@@jasonfisher8529 100% dude, people can sometimes put so much weight on something like that, but one thing humans have always done from the dawn of time is move around, so whilst someone's great-grandma came from X, their great-grandma's great-grandma came from Y and her great-granda came from Z lol
One of the great Mexican icons, Chavela Vargas, was actually born in Costa Rica, and famously said, "Los mexicanos nacemos donde nos da la rechingada gana." -- "Mexicans are born wherever we f´cking want." There's much more pith and 'spice' in the orignial Spanish.
a lot of irish are just scottish genetically don't know if people told you this most of all northern ireland even through alot of irish names are from people who came from scotland or england. i have a southern irish last name yet i'm only 9% irish and 40% scottish because people of ireland are very scottish due to history and migration and i do have a lot of northern ireland in me no one from scotland at all but half my family comes from northern ireland. most of my irish ancestors were born in northern ireland for over 100s and 100s of years but doesn't change genetics people of ireland are heavily scottish by genetics
This is what cultural appropriation ACTUALLY is. It's not disrespectful, or something to earn you negative woke points (or positive for shaming people over). It's about respect, enthusiasm, keeping traditions alive, and sharing connections using something you love. So all the haters out there can keep their "cultural appropriation accusations" to themselves, cause people like us just consider it a high compliment.
that’s.. not what appropriation is i agree with the message but i think you meant appreciation because literally means **the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission. "the appropriation of parish funds"**
@@sillygoosetaur The problem is, no one actually uses the term correctly in its historical context, and it's more modern context has been corrupted beyond all useful meaning. So I treat it as synonymous with appreciation, because that's effectively what everyone uses it for, even if they mean to use it more negatively.
@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072Cultural appropriation is not up to you if you're not part of the culture you're stealing from. You and all the people with extreme cognitive dissonance who can't grasp that Eurocentrism isn't appreciated around the globe. Insisting that everyone has to make you and other Eurocentrics comfortable because you're entitled doesn't make you the final word. Considering that there is a war going on in Europe right now in 2023 means that even Europeans don't always get along. Jfc
I've been doing a lot of genealogy stuff for my family (Northern Irish, through and through), I can only get so far as so much was destroyed during the troubles but all my family connections are in Belfast, Ballymena (Dad's side), and then throughout Derry and Donegal (mum's side). Never done a dna test but I wouldn't be surprised if there was Scots, Scandinavian or other things thrown in there as Northern Ireland (and Ireland in general) has a long history of invasion, immigration and integration so your mix of heritage doesn't surprise me at all. Also, I'd bet your Scots side comes from the Belfast connection as "Ulster Scots" is a strong identity in several of the communities, especially on the North and East coast
Lmao so true. Then they jump through so many hoops and mental gymnastics to try and explain it away. As an englishman I ended this video with a wry smile, watching a plastic paddy get told they are actually English is too delicious.
![[#2024MAMA] ROSÉ (로제), Bruno Mars - APT. | Mnet 241122 방송](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dgGqD28J6aQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Tour merch, weee shopmalinda.com/
Thank you for watching friends!! What else would you like to see me make videos about these days???
Love ur channel, ur vids r great!
Just felt like letting u know 😊
I would love to see you collaborate with LEAH, she does Celtic fantasy metal. Would be epic!!!
If (as you say) you want to know where your maternal line came from get your MtDNA tested! FTDNA is probably the best site to go through for that and the paternal line.
I maybe able to roughly explain the Scottish in your family. Over the centuries the Scots and Irish have intermingled for centuries. In the mid 13th century and 14th century you get Scottish clans immigrating to Ireland as mercenaries and they were known as the gallowglass (which means foreign warrior). After that in the 16th century you get another wave or Scottish mercenaries immigrating to Ireland known as the Redshanks. They were called that because they would go barelegged all year round. And finally you have Scottish immigration in the 1600's with the plantations.
But Ireland's greatest weapon was that being Irish is awesome. When the vikings came to Ireland they weren't pushed out but instead they just became Irish. The follow Irish law, became Christian, and dressed and spoke Irish. When the Norman invasion happen they would, "Become more Irish than the Irish Themselves" This got so bad that the English king would enforce the Statues of Kilkenney which banned the Normans from doing Irish things like playing Irish music, Irish sports, or dressing and speaking Irish.
So in other words you can be as Irish as you want to me and that's all well and good.
your Irish!? Duh
For what it is worth, there has been a lot of "integration" between Ireland and Scotland, and both ultimately had a lot of medieval interaction with Scandinavia, so it is possible that all of those are "Irish" insomuch as an individual from Ireland might have all of that in their DNA. Personally my mom's mom was off the boat from Ireland (from Wicklow), and my dad's dad was off the boat from Ireland (Kilkenny). They married a German (whose American ancestry goes back to Rev War), and an Italian immigrant (off the boat from Lombardy) respectively.
Yes, Ireland and Scotland are very closely related. At one time Scot was just another word for Irish. ~ Heather ~
The Irish have very good vocal cords and musicality in their genes. Allie Sherlock from Dublin has over 5 million subscribers. And this despite the fact that he only sings on the street. No autotune, live. (Elton John 3,3 M subscribers)
The Scots originally came from Ireland, granted it was in Roman times, but the Roman name for the Irish Gaels was Scoti in about 300 AD.
There's a solid chance that you and I are related with that lineage
ŴÎÑKß5 lol 😆 so YE and ÏÅM a mutt ËH lol 😆 ŴÎÑKß5 IAM ok with it ËH ŴÎÑKß5 lol 😆
51% Irish here. My late wife had zero Irish, but when we visited Ireland, she said she felt like she lived there in a past life. We loved Irish music and all things Irish, and she loved your music, as I do. I think of her when you sing, so thank you for helping to heal my broken heart as I find ways to express my grief.
Wishing you healing and comfort x
Let’s go boys we got the extra 1%
I'm 50% irish lol
May she rest in peace
How can you be "51% Irish"? 50 surely?
7:10 This is so funny from a European perspective, because *nobody* over here would be the slightest bit surprised to find Swedish and Danish heritage in their DNA - especially in "Northwestern Europe". ;-)
My grandfather was from the island of Aegina and he had green eyes. The same was true for many others in the island at that time (the beginnings of the 20th century). Now this is very unusual considering that green eyes aren't that common in Greece. But once I heard that this came from the Normans who had conquered large parts of modern day Greece.
In conclusion these bloody Vikings were everywhere.
@@ΣτελιοςΠεππας Pretty much, yes. :-)
i mean i would be surprised since i am spanish lmao
@@ΣτελιοςΠεππας Viking’s just fuckin scattered everywhere lol
@@shanellemurrey9300 I took the 23&me , Dad worked on our genealogy for years but found an adoption along the way. Mine showed 90% British/Irish ,5% Scandinavian, the remaining %s African and native American, no surprise really, John Rogers left Wales in 1855
I was born in New York to a single African American 18 year old girl. I was adopted by a southern African American family and raised in South Carolina. Did an ancestryDNA test and came back as 54% Irish, which specified Leinster. About a month after I tested i checked my messages and it was from a woman who matched as a half-sister. She's from Dublin. She gave me a number and asked if we could organise a phone call. Turns out her father, who is from westmeath was in New york for 2 weeks when he was 18 and had no idea he got a girl pregnant. I've visited a few times and named my youngest son Connor since my biological fathers surname is O'Connor
I was fascinated to find out my history. The DNA kit did confirm a lot of what I already knew, but it also linked me with a lot of people that I didn't even know existed.
Me too ! 🤷
25% irish (ancestry) mixed both on my fathers and mothers side. i grew up feeling a connection to irish heritage but i was adopted and my adopted mom said i was only a little irish and then my birth mother said all irish on her side and mostly irish on fathers, turns out no im not. not just by ancestrydna. my father is half irish/scottish half polish and my mothers is half english and my grandmother i have no idea as she was adopted too. i still feel connected to irish heritage and also polish heritage. and i love that u say u dont have to be irish to learn and appreciate irish culture and music and traditions
As someone from Northern Ireland, I think it's important to clarify, there are not, and were never tensions between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, the tensions you're referencing were Internal within Northerner Ireland between people who identified as Irish, and people who identified as British (and forces from Britain).
As someone else from Northern Ireland I just want to clarify further for those not from our wee land who may read your comment; 'between SOME people who identified as Irish, and SOME people who identified as British (and forces from Britain).' lol though it can sometimes feel like it, especially in July of all months, we aren't all at each other's throats due to if we prefer the colour green or orange lol
@@boomzdaydevice We aren't all at each others throats but we do generally all have a side.
@@bubblegumblood8995 truth. My maternal grandmother’s parents married here in New Zealand. My great grandfather was Irish Presbyterian and my great grandmother was Irish Catholic which no body knew about til she went into a Catholic nursing home before she passed when my mum was I think a teenager.
Can u explain because I've tried reading and watching history videos but because my adhd I have trouble with understanding no matter how hard I try
Honestly, even a foot-notes version is too long and complex to fit into a RUclips comment, sorry.
A few comments: (1) You did a great job presenting the difference between genetic heredity and cultural heritage. The distinction between the two too often goes unrecognized; (2) Your family history (your ancestral Malindas and Mary Halls) demonstrates that you are at least (and legitimately) maternally Irish, which should then be reflected in your mitochondrial DNA genome sequence; (3) Take those numbers for what they're worth -- remember "15%" are for those sequences that are "uniquely" Irish -- and there has been plenty of admixture between Irish, Scottish and Nordic/Germanic lineages. It would be interesting to see the percentage "Irish" a typical Irish person is, since these tests can show connections that go back a long, long time. Most importantly as you point out, how "legitimately" you are part of a genetic lineage matters not a whit if you have the interest and passion for the culture, the language, the music. Keep making your music and we'll keep enjoying it!
I want to do a DNA test so badly because I'm adopted and don't know a single thing about my biological family. It's always cool to learn about ancestry.
I definitely recommend doing it! Honestly I'd recommend doing both AncestryDNA and 23&Me. That way you have a higher chance of connecting with more relatives. I'm adopted and I found two half-sisters, an aunt, and a whole lot of cousins through the sites. It's been wild. Unfortunately both my bio parents died before I did the tests but even so, finding extra relatives is fun.
Shinobu Kocho I completely agree with you on its always cool to learn about ancestry because when I learned about my ancestors and ancestry it’s very interesting because like two of my ancestors were inventors one invented the matches that you would strike on a box but the other one tried to invent roller skates but didn’t get the patent and like also I learned about how a lot of my ancestors were brave soldiers in wars ranging from the American Revolutionary War to Ww2 and these soldiers in order of conflict were my 6x and 5x great grandfathers in the American Revolutionary War, my 4x great grandfather in the war of 1812, 4 of my 4x great uncles and my 3x great grandfather in the American civil war, my paternal grandfathers maternal grandfather and my maternal grandfathers dad in ww1 and lastly one of my paternal grandfathers uncles, my maternal grandmothers father and one of my paternal grandmothers uncles in ww2.
@@dragonwings36 Yeah my biological parents were older when they had me so not being able to o meet them IS something I'm a little worried about.
@@chasechristophermurraydola9314 Hey that would be cool!!
@@Mel12722 mine were on the younger side (well, in their 20s) but they both had health issues. My bio mum would likely had survived but an idiot doctor didn't run any tests or give her pain meds and she ended up dying of a burst appendix (iirc it was her appendix). That asshole doctor is lucky I don't know his name.
I have a taken the 23 and me test before. Of all the blend that I am, the part of my heritage that I relate to the most is my Irish heritage. Compared to the rest of what I am, it’s a smaller percentage. The DNA kits are nice to have and, if you don’t know where you’re from, it can help provide leads. Also, if you’re interested in learning Irish, I HIGHLY recommend learning from Colm Keegan (affiliated with Celtic Thunder). He teaches classes on Irish Language, history, folklore, and so on and is a FANTASTIC teacher. Not sponsored 🤣. Just had him as a teacher for a while and he’s wonderful and I highly recommend him 🤗
Thank you for the recommendation 😊 I would love to learn my ancestors language
Chantal Watson
What is his website?
I have heard that Irish and Scottish people are very friendly.
I think the Irish genes for musicality and the creative language run deep in Ireland; punctuation for instance was developed by Irish monks . All my family are incredibly musical so I assumed I'd have a lot of Irish genes especially as I am slight and red haired. In fact my DNA came back as showing over 20% Scandanavian but since Viking raids on Ireland began as far back as 795 AD and then became regular runs for taking Irish slaves from 840 AD perhaps that DNA link isn't surprising.
That means you're a viking girl, Greetings from Sweden
I am part English, Scottish, Irish and Swiss. My husband is part English, Irish and Welsh. That is from family history. We have confirmed all but the Irish for my husband's side and the Irish for mine. The Scottish has been confirmed through the Murray Clan in the Highlands. I have been learning Scottish Gaelic for over a year to help honour it. Irish Gaelic is next.
Malinda It’s Ok I Too Have Irish in My Family Somewhere, I Am German,Scottish,& Irish That Is A Wallop Of A Combination. You Have The Natural Sounding Irish Accent And That Wonderful Irish Red Hair That Makes You Unique. Please Keep On Singing Your Songs For They Are Beautiful.
As a American that is very proud of where his family has come from and their heritage. So my dad is Irish, English, and Native American I know for sure that the Native American of my dads side is a 3rd of him. My mom is primarily Irish and English with a sprinkle of Scottish being just one of my grand parents. I personally find it hard when people ask what am I or where my family are from I usually say Canada since half of them lived there for so long until the 60s when my grand parents came to America. I understand when I say I am Canadian being a born in America it doesn't make sense but you got to realize all of our culture and food we eat is Canadian base or our UK side of the family. Usually I say Irish or English since I know for a fact that I am primarily that. Hope y'all like my little family story!
I love stories like this. Ancestry is a special hobby of mine. I see it as a way to open more doors to who I really am. I love the branches I find
I'm from rural Australia. My results came back as:-
*54% Scottish
*25% Welsh
*13% England and Northwestern Europe
*5% Ireland
*3% Norway
No random North African or Japanese for me! I'm very much a human vanilla milkshake 🤠👍
I have 50% Irish DNA Munster Region 49% /England & North western Europe /1% Norwegian. I was born and raised in England Essex.
My dad's family was from Ireland and my mom's side was from Germany. I've been drawn to the Irish culture for longer than I can remember. I was fortunate enough to visit Ireland for the first time 5 years ago and fell even more in love. Took a 23 and me test which confirmed I am very close to 50/50 between Ireland and Germany, which was cool to verify
I also have from my mom's parents both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland heritage. I'm so curious about full results what would show. My mom's uncle my great uncle did a DNA test Irish, Scottish. Norwegian, French Canadian and some Abenaki Indigenous people of Vermont, to Maine.
I also have roots in both the Republic of Ireland (my grandfather's parents) and Northern Ireland (my grandmother's parents). My grandfather actually got excommunicated from the Catholic church for marrying my grandmother so there was definitely some tension in the family a few generations back. When I visited Ireland years ago, I got to see both the Republic and Northern Ireland and even met one of my grandmother's cousins. It was a really cool experience.
My mom was born and raised in Belfast, met my dad on a blind date during a USO show at RAF Langford Lodge air base in WWII - a genuine "war bride." Love my Irish heritage ❣
I'm 26% Irish bc my dad is half Irish and I embrace it so much. 😊
My Indian greatgrandmother's father was from County Mead, Ireland so I tell ppl I'm an Irish Indian 👍
I really appreciate your statements on your connection to your heritage and how it goes beyond genetics. My last name is Irish and I've always identified most closely with that despite knowing I wasn't even half Irish. I'm as much German, with a little Czech and English thrown in. Sometimes I've felt insecure for being so demonstrative about my Irishness despite being only 3/8 Irish.
But I feel better about it now after thinking about what you said. I treat the heritage and culture with respect, so the connection is genuine. I felt something special when I visited, and that has to be considered an authentic experience as well
I am 35% Welsh 33% Irish 25% Anglo saxon and 6% Swedish. I 2as born in Liverpool England.
Wow, I just realized we have similar heritage. I’m Irish on both sides of my family, more so on my dad’s side. I also have German ancestry from my dad’s side, and a mix of Welsh, Scottish, English, and Italian from my mom’s side. My brother looks the most Italian of the two of us, and I look the most Irish.
It's quite common to see those recurring names in different generations in Irish families. I have it on multiple lines of my family tree.
A LOT of Scots are actually Irish; they moved over and formed part of a kingdom (Dal Riata) that spanned across the channel from Ireland into Scotland, following the retreat of the Roman Empire from the isles. This was, for a while, ethnically and culturally distinct from the Picts that inhabited the Highlands, and the remnants of the original Brythonic peoples of the region... I could go on. This history of the isles is absolutely fascinating.
I just learned that I'm 96 percent irish! I was very surprised because I'm actually not really pale. I have no history of my past at all I'm adopted i was taken from my parents when I was young so it was crazy. I used 23 and me I wanna try ancestry to see where I'm from.
I'm 4th and 5th generation Irish on my Mother's and Father's side respectively. We came from Enniskillen and outside Letterkenny respectively. So very few people who's ancestry comes from Ireland have kept that knowledge. It's really remarkable. Scandinavian ancestry in Irish descendants is common. We can thank the Vikings for that.
That was fun. With your Scottish DNA, will you now rename yourself to Malinda MacReese? 🙃 And should you ever feel the urge to switch the Irish flute for bagpipes you know where it comes from.
It's does not matter if you are from Mars ..You are very Talented. Stay Free and Safe ❤ Ireland 🇮🇪 🙏
Well Jigs and fiddle music was brought to Ireland from Scotland anyway.
I've got a guess as to why the Scandinavian heritage is in there... The Vikings were, ahem, aggressively 'romantic' throughout the British Isles and it would likely be more surprising if you *didn't* have a few genes from that pool.
Yep, that's spot on. :-D
And Vikings supposedly founded Dublin too.
@@Esbenrahr Began as a slave market as far as I am aware.
They also settled much of Scotland and Ireland (and founded Dublin), Some raided some settled
Yep, mine showed 5% Scandinavian, and about 3% Arab, Egyptian and African, perhaps a token from the Muslim invasion, thank you , thank you very much 🤔
I'm actually of Irish on both sides of my parents side and a very proud Dakota and Lakota sioux warrior plains Indian people of the great plains of North America of descents. My great information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.
I have to say how impressed I am with your aura and how well you express yourself. You’re a fun person to see. Oh and I love your hair 😊
Same it's a gorgeous auburn color ♥
Malinda, I wish that you could collaborate with Erutan. Listen to the song Raindancer and Butterflies Dream.
If you ever wanted to try again, 23&Me actually does give a sense of where your English and Irish heritage might be from. I've got some from my mom's side, and it was interesting to see that!
15% Irish, but 100% lovely! 😍🌹
The thing to remember is that the test shows the actual pieces of genes in you, not the percentages of your ancestry. Your mother could be 50% Irish and you would expect to get 25% Irish genes from her but because of the randomness of choosing combinations you might get only 15% Irish genes and "extra" genes from another heritage of hers. Your siblings will have inherited different combinations than you - unless you are identical twins. There is also something of a concern that Ancestry overreports Scottish heritage. Ancestry updates its estimates around once a year so don't be surprised to see Scottish decrease.
I think that what he says makes a lot of sense - and you DO look Irish, red hair and all!
Now who do you remind me of?.... - of course, its Maureen O'Hara, with her strong face and all.
Mike, you are right! Ancestry initially told me my Scottish heritage was over 40%, but more than a year later they revised their findings down to over 20%.
What do u mean over reports scottish
@@invadertifxiiilike Scottish ancestry is over represented on Ancestry. Scottish and Irish are very genetically similar so it can be quite hard to tell the 2 apart based on genetic markers, so ancestry tends to over represent Scottish heritage even though a big portion of so called Scottish might actually be Irish being mislabeled as Scottish.
@chandleryoung9515 makes sense especially for lowland Scotland
I do know my moms family ia irish german dutch and a whole bunch or ithwr things. But i was tols the last name Mcdiffett is northern ireland
Man, that family tree you know! I don't even know half of my heritage, sadly. As far as I know, I'm 100% German, but who knows! I might try a DNA test and see what's in my DNA one day. Out of curiosity.
I'm 35% English, 34% Irish, 22% Scottish, 7% Norwegian and 2% Danish! Always been a fan of Irish music and why I am such a staunch Irish rugby fan over England.
My dad's parents were Irish and Scottish, my great great great great aunt was German and my mum's side of the family was English so that makes me, Scottish, Irish, English and German 😮
It just goes to showing cultural upbringing! I am 65% Scots-Irish and we never really talk about it. My mom is heavy influenced by her Friesian (Friesland, Netherlands) upbringing and I am only 30%. My great-grandpa was from Friesland and moved to USA when he was 19 years old. The first time he planned to move here he was going to take the Titanic, but for some reason they couldn’t. Lucky family! 🙌🏽
Your scottish history will be a lot more recent and relevant genetically than the Irish DNA. Given that you are over twice as Scottish as you are irish it must mean that both of your parents must have a significant amount of scottish dna. So for instance one of your parents are potentially half scottish and the other a quarter scottish by blood.
Scottishness and Scottish music are beautiful beautiful things so please be as proud of that as you are your irishness.
Scottish folk music is amazing!
Always be proud of exactly who you are. Im 76% irish all my grandparents were from Ireland apart from my dads da he is from Jamaica however it turnd out that he himself had irish ancestry and through him i carry the most common celtic phenotype.
Interesting fact in Jamaica the Scottish and Irish itinerant workers had a lot of children with local Jamaican people and so a lot of people on the island have scottish, irish or both heritage and rhey absolutely love it!
Brave heart is one of the most popular films over there and Jamaican families of scottish descent used to arrange marriages with other black Jamaican families with scottish last names to keep the line strong!
Amazing stuff! Be proud! ☘️
I’m Norwegian (viking lineage), and Scottish Gaelic. German, Indian and British, Cherokee. And I eventually plan doing a full lineage search, thank you for bringing back my need for knowing this info.
When you say “British” you really mean English
@@thomsboys77 yes, lol.
The Swedish Heritage most likely also comes from Ireland due to the fact that several parts of Ireland ( and the hole British islands) were controlled by the Vikings my family comes from a town north of Dublin and I have swedish/danish in me which makes sense considering Dublin was a viking stronghold
I’m from Ireland. I live in Ireland. And let me tell you, you have more Irish culture within you than the average Irish person. It’s super inspiring. I love that you love our beautiful culture that isn’t celebrated enough in Ireland itself! Keep it up and thank you ❤☘️
The Scottish may have come from Northern Ireland of course because of the Scottish plantations in Ulster in the sevebteenth centuries.
I got my DNA test for Christmas! I gotta mail it out tomorrow! I'll come back here and share my results. I'm from Kentucky and I've made my predictions about what actually makes up my soul based on how different cultures resonate with me and speak to my spirit. I'm so excited to see the results just for curiosities same! I define who I am everyday no matter what or who I came from. I have so much love for all the ancient cultures. I would love to experience the things they contributed to the world!
64% English/Northwestern Europe,
15% Irish, 9% Sweden / Denmark,
7% Scottish, 2% Norway, 2% Germanic European, & 1% Wales
I never would have remembered or found this again if you hadn't like the comment! 😂
Ancestry at the time you did this was overestimating the Scottish heritage (they have dialed that back recently), also it is very possibly a component of your N.Ireland lineage. I am going to guess your current estimates on Ancestry might be different today than when you originally tested.
Welcome to the Scots-Irish clan. The Scots passed though Northern Ireland, started a war, and got kicked out over their religion. On the way they did what people do. Some took local Northern Irish brides. So it makes perfect sense that you would have North Ireland/Scots Irish as the majority of your DNA. Maybe it has something to do with what a wonderful folk singer you are. Both branches of the tree love their/our/ sad old ballads. You might enjoy learning more about your clan who initially settled mostly settled in the Appalachian Mountains which reminded them of their homelands and made what we just call Mountain Music.
I'm late to the comment section and was just abt to make a similar comment lol.
Yes I am half Irishy great great grandma is from Dublin I Ireland
I'm not saying you ramble on. But I could listen to you ramble on for my daily dose of sunshine. You have one of those happy dispositions. You could talk about cheese facts and i would listen in.
I took a dna test for a different reason. I have a twin brother and a dna test was needed to determine if we were identical twins or not (we are identical twins). The access to a family tree was more important in telling me my ancestry. I do have Irish ancestry on my father's side. My wife who has zero Irish ancestry loves Irish music.
I laughed so hard when I found out someone in my family lied about their heritage and my ancestry proved it. Someone many generations ago said they were Spanish and honestly they looked it too so my family has assumed we have Spanish in our dna but low and behold I'm English, Irish, scottish and welsh. While the further the generations go on the less percentage you will have, even checking the family tree back centuries shows no Spanish heritage
Get your genealogy done Malinda. I didn’t need a DNA test to know how Irish i am having many family members who did/ do genealogy. It’s not uncommon to find Welsh and Scottish in the line.
My theory on why you have so much Scottish ancestry is that Scots emigrated to Ireland a lot, especially Northern Ireland (which I'm sure you know if you did research about the tensions between north and south) So yeah! That's my theory 😊
Exactly!
There's actually a much simpler answer. When Americans say " Scotch-Irish" we're being ignorant. You see, Scotland had a colony. Today it is the city of Ulster. People would know that they were of Scottish descent because of their last names, then would go tracing the ship their family came over on, find out it originated in Ulster, then come to the incorrect conclusion that their ancestry must be Irish. In fact, they were 100% Scottish. Because Ulster was a Scottish colony.
The most obvious example of this is Andrew Jackson. Today you watch tons of people misidentify him as Irish. But he actually challenged people to duels for that. His parents were 100% Scottish, they could speak Scottish Gaelic as well as English, and they were Presbyterians. In fact, his mother wanted him to be a Presbyterian minister. ( Boy she did not know his personality, did she? When he grew up he compromised and founded a Presbyterian church which is still going today, the Hermitage Presbyterian Church where my husband and I were married?.)
In short, if you think you are Scotch Irish, but your family came to the United States prior to the Revolutionary War, especially if your family immigrated sometime between the years 1720 and 1750, you're not Irish but Scottish.
@@micheledeetlefs6041 Ulster is not a city, it's actually a province of Ireland containing 9 counties, 6 of which constitute Northern Ireland and 3 of which are in the Republic of Ireland.
@@micheledeetlefs6041 The Ulster plantation was never a "Scottish" colony - not sure where you got that from. It was a joint affair between the English and Scottish to displace the Irish. The people sent to colonize it were from Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire (England) and the Scottish Lowlands. The number of English and Scottish were similar, possibly more Scottish - but the naming of the people as "Scotch-Irish" is bullcrap. Countless Northern Irish, American or Canadian people who know their ancestors came from Ulster, will find they are of English descent not Scottish - or a combination of both. Andrew Jackson is of paternal English(Yorkshire) ancestry, BTW.
Many English were, or still are, Presbyterians.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_reivers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster
@@rogerwilco2558 Wikipedia is not a legitimate source. Members may add whatever they like and it is more often wrong than right. After all, there's no one editing them and no scholarly oversight whatsoever for it.
I turned 50 in January. And I doubled majored in history and in literature. History happens to be a passion of mine and I have over 5,000 volumes of history and my personal library. So I'm going to confine myself to just two books for you for right now. If you are interested in the subject, I'd be glad to recommend some more. But I don't think it would serve anyone for me to throw 50 books in your direction if you're not really interested.
The two books I recommend are Scottish History for Dummies by William Knox, PhD and A History of Britain Volume 1 and 2 by Simon Schama. Both are very well written and make entertaining reads. But with A History of Britain, make heavy use of the index. Despite its name, it's more a history of England. Scotland is mentioned when it comes into conflict with England, and The Covenanters, The English Civil War, and the Jacobian Rebellions do get heavy mention. But I'm pretty sure if you're just looking for information about Scotland, you don't want to hear the writer go on and on and on about the Tudors or the Hanover Kings. No sense putting you through what would be unnecessary.
If this does spark an interest with you, let me know. I'll be glad to supply you with other titles. Personally, I've always found Scottish history to be fascinating. But I also know that history in general is not everyone's cup of tea.
You're likely at least half Gaelic. "British & Irish" on 23andMe could confirm it.
I found out my father was originally from England and moved to the US in the 1960s. But since my last name of Lauritzen was such an odd name I looked it up and found that it originally came from Norway. I'm not quite sure if I have any Irish ancestry in my family but I have always loved Celtic music and wanting to visit Highlands of Scotland. It just seemed like such a surreal place to me. Thank you for sharing your potential heritage with us. 🥰
Simple explanation, Northern Ireland was resettled by Protestant Scots by the English crown. If your family is from Northern Ireland, that's likely where the Scottish comes from (although Western gaelic Scots came from Northern Ireland at the end of the Roman era).
Billy Connolly, the Scottish comedian for those those two people down the back there who don't know who he is, once described Scotland as being the land where all the crazy Irish moved to.
They were crazy because they moved from a wet country where it rain a lot to a cold wet country where it rains constantly.
I know quite a few Scottish people and as an Irish man I have to say the Scots are completely nuts but absolutely brilliant people for it.
We have a weird sense of humor so we can laugh at ourselves and not take life too seriously which is good.
Serious people are dull and when they die they'll be seriously dead.
Who want to be buried beside a dull person for Gods sake?
The Scots would be great to be buried beside because there'd be a party every night and the craic would be just brilliant.
The single great compliment I have ever received was over 30 years ago and it came from a few guys I worked with in England, they were all from the Caribbean as it happened .
They said if it wasn't for the fact I was white I'd have to be from the Caribbean, there was no where else I could be from.
Great guys every one of them.
It doesn't matter where you're from, what colour, or religion or culture you "belong" to, what matters is who you are, who you choose to be and how you treat people.
Your culture is you.
Go with whatever makes you feel good about who you are and where you fit in the world.
Just remember to laugh a little every now and then....Personally I find that if you do it randomly in the middle of the street people will wonder what's wrong with you and make more room for you 😁
When I did mine, I came back 75% "Irish, Scottish, Welsh". Made me feel good in my heart to be from somewhere. I don't know my father, and as far as I can tell on my mother's father's side, that bit of the family never touches Ireland, so I'm hopeful one day, my Isle heritage might help me find him.
The Scots influence could be reflected in your Northern Irish heritage since the N.I. settlers mostly came from Scotland. Do keep digging -- genealogy is an interesting rabbit hole to go down.
Just stopping by to say this. Have a look at recent genetic studies of UK population - encompssing NI and Scotland, for the time being ;-) - and you'll see the genetic links between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
My Irish ancestors are originally Scottish. Irish is from County Antrim. We are considered Orangeman because they were not Catholic.
The percent of ethnicity can vary from sibling to sibling. I did both the Ancestry and the 23andMe and I think its regional breakdown was more detailed in the 23andMe plus it also gets into the deep ancestry and early migrations.
Ur a celt viking. Ur grand 😊❤️from Dublin
58% Irish, 17% Scottish. Born and raised in Virginia. My dad’s side is very Irish. I always comeback to watching ancestry videos.
What happened to the other 25%?
Yesterday I found out I was 57% Irish I've never been to Ireland or really known anybody Irish its a shock to say the least I was adopted when I was born.
Love finding out family history
Had a friend who did that. He learnt that his mother's parents were siblings. Warned me against ever doing it, I asked why. That's when he told me.
@@DG-mg9yn Were they from Alabama? XD
My paternal grandmother was a Coughlin, we know her great great grandfather came over during the famine. My genetics show very little irish but a large percentage of scottish. So I think there's a lot of Ulster Scots in there.
There's also a load of western Scots with a large percentage of irish genetics, for the same reason. I live in Western Scotland now, growing up in Southern Appalachia, because I fell in love with a Scot. It's a running joke of my partner that my lifelong love of Irish and Scottish music and culture played a big part in that, but it truly didn't. It was just a bonus 😆
Sounds fairly similar to my experience. My dad's super into genealogy so we've always had a decent knowledge of where we're from, at least a handful of generations back. But we're mutts through and through. I flat out, look the most Irish of my immediate family and I'm also in that relatively small percentage group (13%). With a whole lot of other things mixed in (the Irish is actually my second highest percentage). My biggest percentage is French because my dad is French Canadian and almost 100% French himself. My mom is all over the map. But long story short, if I don't talk, and don't act like a tourist, I can blend in quite easily.
I am 45% Irish, according to Ancestry. I also have Welsh, Scottish, some English, & easter & western Europe (?), French & some German. That about covers it all, literally! Have fun Malinda.
Hi Melinda. I'm born and raised in Ireland, and we are a mixture of races going back in time. The Irish an Scottish are of the same Celtic origin (the Celts were a mixture of tribes). So whether you are from the Republic of Ireland like me, or Northern Ireland, we share the same Celtic genetics (despite the political tensions which are not almost nonexistent). Add to that a mixture of Viking genetics (Norway, Sweden and Denmark). Many Irish people today have Viking heritage too, not to mention Norman heritage, and then there are a lot of people around Dublin in particular who are descended from English and Welsh, as well as Scottish occupier soldiers. There's no pure Irishness genetically speaking. Its more of a cultural identity that we take on, so I agree with you.
Add to that, nowadays we have lots of people who identify as Irish and who are Irish, whose parents and grandparents came from all around the world. At least 15% of our population (new census results due this year) were not born here, but came from all around the world. Its good for the gene pool. 🙂
This is a beautiful video... I did wince when you said England but showed the United Kingdom's flag though.
I did a 23 and Me test last year and found out some pretty cool stuff about my heritage. I have always felt a very strong pull from my Scottish side and have been trying (emphasis added on trying) to learn Gaelic. It is a difficult language but I am trying.
I would love to learn Irish but it seems so difficult.i feel proud for you,keep it up.good luck.☮️
@@johngarrabrant8180 It can be incredibly difficult. Good luck, friend!
Scotland is superb! Welcome!
Malinda, you have such an amazing voice for Celtic music! And girl wherever you sing has awesome acoustics (Trøllenbundin)!!! I play guitar a little bit, but not as good as I used to be, however you've inspired me to learn how to play Irish Celtic music on guitar as well as to check my Irish ancestry. I know how much is in my soul, yet how much is in my blood? That's the question for me now that I've seen this video. Well, a little history of mine if you care to read it or get around to reading it... My name is Albert, but my family has called me "Riley" most of my life. I'm not sure how much Irish I have in my blood, but this I know, that my Dad's mother was a Murphy, my mother was a McConnell and my Dad and I are Childress. Taylor is my dad's adopted last name so I have it as well. It would be awesome to meet you on video chat sometime, but I feel like the odds of that happening are probably slim to none, so I'll say this; absolutely proud to be Irish, you truly have a Beautiful Irish soul 🥲... And nothing can take the Irish out of us!
You're so pretty ! 🤗🌹 I did DNA test in Ancestry DNA too and my results showed me that I'm :
70% Balkan ( genetic group Bulgaria ) , 16% Greece & Albania , 8% Eastern Europe & Russia , 3% Anatolia ( Turkey ) & The Caucasus , 2% Baltics and 1% Southern India .
Best Regards : Romy from Bulgaria 💌
I'm from Chile, my mother tongue is Spanish, yet Irish music always made me cry easily. It's like having memories that are not mine... a big hug for you 🤗
Belfast person here, and you've got a higher percentage of Irish than I do. Apparently I'm mostly of Scottish heritage, but that's just because Northern Ireland and Scotland have had migration back and forth for centuries. We're a odd lot in the north!
I'm Portuguese but I found I have a small percentage of Irish DNA on my test now I'm just binging as many Ireland related videos I can find to "connect" with the culture 😂
iberia/portugal are linked very closely to welsh and irish due to how they inhabited one another.
You'll have a lot of Scottish from the Northern Irish Protestants (Scottish settlers in Ulster). I am Irish and all my ancestors are from the island for the last 400 years, and I'm 2/3 Scottish!
I can definitely see the Scottish in you :) you're a lovely lady and it's always fun to find out more about yourself via DNA. I want to do a test but they're expensive lol.
And she loves to dance with the Gardiner brothers , wonderful
Just guessing here, from what I know of medieval history: the Danes moved south (Belgium, northern France) and also moved into northeastern England (Northumbria) and Scotland as well as Ireland (the reason red hair like yours is more prevalent in Ireland and parts of Scotland). So, lots of Scandanavian connections through Scotland. Then lots and lots of Scots got forcibly moved by the English in the Ulster Plantation times, and some number of them (like my wife's ancestors) were moved to Ireland via Wales. Basically, I would say: add up the Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and England numbers and that's most likely all a part of how your kin got to Ireland.
Just guessing :)
I've always wondered where the idea that having red hair in Ireland in commonplace comes from. Maybe its a percentage thing I don't know just how rare it is elsewhere, sure there are some folks here with red hair but I would say the vast majority of us have brown or black hair. I always tend to think of red hair being more prominent in Scotland but I could be completely wrong in that.
@@boomzdaydevice Northern Scotland and western Ireland were both targets of the earliest Viking raids, as was what is now Northumbria in England, so red hair is quite strong in those areas (Ireland, Scotland, and north England), ESPECIALLY compared to the rest of the world. We have a lot of it in the US as well, and that's mostly due to the huge numbers of Irish who fled the UK in the potato famine + the Scots who fled the UK before and after the Battle of Culloden + all the other Scandinavian English / Scots / Irish / Danes / Swedes / Norwegians who immigrated here for any number of reasons over the past 300+ years.
There aren't any redheads in my immediate family lines, but every story I see about how "redheads will disappear in X number of years" seems to miss just how many there are in the US
LOL
@@jasonfisher8529 It's funny though I tend to think of Scandinavians as mostly blonde haired more so than as red heads. BTW Re-reading my original comment I realise that it might look like it was of an anti-red hair persuasion to some, just wanted to confirm that's certainly not the case. 🙂
@@boomzdaydevice No worries, I did not think there was any anti-ness there at all! and, yes, I totally agree that blonde is what I think of from Scandinavia as well. Most of my childhood was spent in northern Minnesota ... so Scandinavian = blonde was a default assumption. It was only when I got into medieval European history in high school and college that I realized the few redheaded lines we get in the world mostly came from those same blonde cultures. People and cultures are weird and cool and (usually) way more complex than "my great-grandma came from X"!
@@jasonfisher8529 100% dude, people can sometimes put so much weight on something like that, but one thing humans have always done from the dawn of time is move around, so whilst someone's great-grandma came from X, their great-grandma's great-grandma came from Y and her great-granda came from Z lol
In regards to Sweden and Denmark, I'd say you're a descendant of the Vikings
One of the great Mexican icons, Chavela Vargas, was actually born in Costa Rica, and famously said, "Los mexicanos nacemos donde nos da la rechingada gana." -- "Mexicans are born wherever we f´cking want." There's much more pith and 'spice' in the orignial Spanish.
a lot of irish are just scottish genetically don't know if people told you this most of all northern ireland even through alot of irish names are from people who came from scotland or england. i have a southern irish last name yet i'm only 9% irish and 40% scottish because people of ireland are very scottish due to history and migration and i do have a lot of northern ireland in me no one from scotland at all but half my family comes from northern ireland. most of my irish ancestors were born in northern ireland for over 100s and 100s of years but doesn't change genetics people of ireland are heavily scottish by genetics
Your Irish and northern Irish is the same.
I was always told I was 3/4 Scottish and 1/4 English. Ancestry DNS says I'm 56% English and 37% Scottish. That must explain my big ears.
This is what cultural appropriation ACTUALLY is. It's not disrespectful, or something to earn you negative woke points (or positive for shaming people over). It's about respect, enthusiasm, keeping traditions alive, and sharing connections using something you love. So all the haters out there can keep their "cultural appropriation accusations" to themselves, cause people like us just consider it a high compliment.
that’s.. not what appropriation is
i agree with the message but i think you meant appreciation because literally means
**the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.
"the appropriation of parish funds"**
@@sillygoosetaur The problem is, no one actually uses the term correctly in its historical context, and it's more modern context has been corrupted beyond all useful meaning. So I treat it as synonymous with appreciation, because that's effectively what everyone uses it for, even if they mean to use it more negatively.
The term is actually cultural appreciation, appropriation is when stuff like this is handled harmfully and disrespectfully but yes
@@PmpknHead did you miss the point of the message? That’s the “woke” definition
@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072Cultural appropriation is not up to you if you're not part of the culture you're stealing from. You and all the people with extreme cognitive dissonance who can't grasp that Eurocentrism isn't appreciated around the globe. Insisting that everyone has to make you and other Eurocentrics comfortable because you're entitled doesn't make you the final word. Considering that there is a war going on in Europe right now in 2023 means that even Europeans don't always get along. Jfc
I've been doing a lot of genealogy stuff for my family (Northern Irish, through and through), I can only get so far as so much was destroyed during the troubles but all my family connections are in Belfast, Ballymena (Dad's side), and then throughout Derry and Donegal (mum's side). Never done a dna test but I wouldn't be surprised if there was Scots, Scandinavian or other things thrown in there as Northern Ireland (and Ireland in general) has a long history of invasion, immigration and integration so your mix of heritage doesn't surprise me at all. Also, I'd bet your Scots side comes from the Belfast connection as "Ulster Scots" is a strong identity in several of the communities, especially on the North and East coast
Makes me laugh when Americans go on about their “iRiSh hErItAgE” but turn out to be much more English 😂
Lmao so true. Then they jump through so many hoops and mental gymnastics to try and explain it away. As an englishman I ended this video with a wry smile, watching a plastic paddy get told they are actually English is too delicious.
Welcome 🇮🇪☘️🍀💚
We’re proud of you…xx
Belfast is irish as much as dublin or Cork. Welcome to the tribe.🤟