Shortly
before Christmas Brian, Kevin and Jana had their DNA done through
Ancestry. This was my idea so I paid for
the tests. We have received Brian’s
results. There is not as much Irish in
his DNA as was expected. That could be
because Jim’s father’s side is mostly German along with my German
heritage. At least I guess that is the
reason.
When
I received my results I was connected to several distant cousins who turned out
to be related through my grandparents families.
It looks like Brian (and Kevin) are going to be related to numerous
people through Jim’s father’s side. I
haven’t found anyone related to Jim’s mother’s side. I really wish I would have done Jim’s DNA
before he died. I would love to see the
comparisons. Looks like I am going to be
sending a lot of emails, and doing more research.
I
have started a spreadsheet to make our comparisons easier.
This
past week I ordered some trees through the Arbor Society, and some wisteria for
the bee area. They will all be sent when
due to be planted. The trees are the
ones they send when you either complete their survey or join their
organization. I am really looking
forward to spring this year. We have so
many plans, and since I am feeling better I will be able to help.
Okay,
winter hasn’t been listening to me. It
was in the teens this morning and will be again tomorrow morning. If the wind wasn’t blowing so hard it might
not feel as bad. Sure has made my
fibromyalgia flare up. Today is a lazy
day because of it. Jana still has a
pretty bad cough but it is getting better.
I
sure wish I knew bird species better.
Jana and I had my bird book out today trying to figure out what birds
are on my quilt. There are several I am
guessing about. I do know most of them
though. Ginger – I sure could use your
help and expertise.
Yesterday
Jana and I spent the day catching up on errands. In order we went to the bank, Ollie’s (didn’t
buy anything), Target (bought a few things), and Kroger (bought a lot of
things). In between Ollie’s and Target
we had lunch at Outback. Sure was good!
When
we arrived home the wisteria that I ordered for Kevin had arrived. He put them over in his garage and we will
plant them on Saturday. I also checked
my email and found that Kevin’s DNA results were sent to me. This is getting interesting.
We
then spent the afternoon putting everything away that we had bought. We had a
very light supper. Watched some
television. Then went to bed. We were tired!
4 comments:
I ordered some trees from them also! Glad you are still feeling good!
I would love to do the DNA testing...if I only wasn't such a cheapskate! Haha! I also feel like I wouldn't learn anything that I don't already know...but there is always that chance. I spoke with a lady at Bible Study the other night who had her's done and was expecting Native American results, but it wasn't in the results.
Wish I could help with the bird id's. I looked at the picture again, and figured you probably figured out the ones I could ID.
My DNA contained no surprises. I was 98% Western European. Makes sense considering all the German and French heritage. The surprise was 19% of that 98% was Scandinavian, Kara says someone owes us longer thigh bones! There were over 40 distant 4th cousins listed but I have not pursued it.
We ordered trees about 9 years ago, when we moved to our new house. They were sticks when they arrived! But half (6 of them) have survived and are doing great.
I am late reading this blog!
Love, Arlene and Bob
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