I have been wanting to do Ancestry’s DNA test for awhile now. I’m not sure why I was hesitant. I do love a good family history story. Around Thanksgiving, I decided to get an early Christmas present for me (and Steve). Not even a month later I received the results for both of us. It was amazing! Ethnicities you didn’t know about, ones that were missing that you thought for sure would be there. And then the probable relative matches. I can remember  getting Steve’s results first and seeing 66 4th cousins or closer. I thought that was incredible. When mine came, I had over 1,000 4th cousins or closer! 

Ancestry recommends having the oldest living relative take the test. I didn’t fathom there could be something drastic compared to mine, so I asked my 90 year old grandmother to “take the spit test”. Needless to say I was shocked when I got her results last night. One of her trace regions is Africa North!

Here are her ethnicities:

I highly recommend having an AncestryDNA test done. I can’t wait to do the other people in my family tree and Steve’s to see what kind of tree roots I dig up!