DNA testing services...

[sawfly1]

Sister did test. Turned out pretty much as expected.
England Scotland northern European.a few smaller slices of southern Europe. And a trace of neanderthal.
My grandmas, both born 1888 one direct from Scotland, about 13 years old.
The other of English decent from Montreal to be born in winnipeg . Her dad was a vetranarian for the army / mounted police sent west
To quell the rebellions.
Fathers ,side, a pair of bros. And families Went to New York .from there one went to Australia. The other being
An empire loyalist , moved to nova Scotia.then decendands came west thru states on carts to winnipeg. The same time the railroad reached there. Farmed on the east side of winnipeg.
Grandpa moved to farm west of Biggar around 1911, my father was 2. Leading to a dozen kids and the dirty 30s.
Not the best move or timing.

[sk_wheatking]

Ok my 2 cents worth. My parents family came here relatively late compared to some of yours, 1930 ish. What I dont get is why people feel the need to call me Ukrainian? I'm not. I was brought up in that lifestyle for sure with the language, food and work ethic but I'm canadian! I have never told my kids anything else either. A couple years back my wife and I were on a trip and my mom was looking after the two kids. They had a culture day at school and asked the kids to bring examples of what they were, regionally. My mom sent them to school with a Canadian flag and maple syrup. Everyone else came with things from every region of the world you could think of. When they were leaving the principal quietly came over and thanked my mom, the kids came as canadians. I have first hand knowledge of the "old country" I asked my baba one day if she ever thought of going back to visit family, she almost got angry when she said NEVER!!

One more thing, this may be controversial but I can tell you from experience, if the eastern European people hadn't come here to develop our great nation we would still be in the stone age. My dido lived in an upside down grain cart his first winter here, my neighbors told me that! They cleared bush by hand and broke the land we call home now. They faced hardships that will never be known to any other generation for the benefit of all if us now. Now everyone has their hand out and expects something for free. Immigrants and refugees today will never know, understand or care who built this country or what the personal cost was to do it, they just want to get here for the "easy life"

[farmaholic]

Like... Sk_wheatking.
It's what binds us to our forefather's land.
Maybe not always a smart business move but definitely an emotional decision.

[sumdumguy]

Identical twins sent their DNA to several companies. The results were inconsistent. Genetists commented that the results should be identical. So maybe take the information with a grain of salivasalt. JMHO

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Sk_Wheatking, my Dad would have agree with you. He insisted that we were Canadian, and would get into heated arguments with StatsCan about our nationality, when they wouldn't accept Canadian.

Of course, we also don't know where his Dad's family came from. None of them knew, or wanted to admit what their heritage was. And a lot of searching by one of Dad's cousins still couldn't solve the mystery. The best conclusion, and suggested by Grandpas youngest brother was "Pennsylvania Dutch" which basically means German at a time when it wasn't very popular to be German.

We know my Grandma's side all the way back to almost the Mayflower, and Grandpa's mother side back to Scandinavian Kings.

[wd9]

Marketplace did a great show on DNA testing. Conclusion, it looks sciency, but what you are buying is entertainment. Its not tracing your heritage.

They sampled the host and her identical twin, very interesting.

[bucket]

Marketplace did a great show on DNA testing. Conclusion, it looks sciency, but what you are buying is entertainment. Its not tracing your heritage.

They sampled the host and her identical twin, very interesting.

Awhile back there were reports that someone sent in their dogs saliva in and had results .....to the human species....that has to be accurate alright....but then again there are a lot of dog****ers in society...lol...

[farmaholic]

This is the only picture of my Great Grandfather and his mother we could find.

[bucket]

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This is the only picture of my Great Grandfather and his mother we could find.

the one on the left look like your avatar....lmao...

[farmaholic]

Proof of bucket's theory.....