My Living DNA Has Been Updated!

Yesterday I received an email from Living DNA announcing that a free update was available for my 2017 ancestry results.* So I followed the link, requested my update and was told that it was in process and would be complete in less than 48 hours. The confirming email arrived early this morning.

And here it is:**

[Living DNA Recent Ancestry]

According to their data, my recent DNA heritage is 100% European--5.7% from my 2X great grandmother Delilah Grove (1845-1925) and the remaining 94.3% Great Britain and Ireland from everyone else.

[Living DNA Recent Ancestry]

Of the more exotic traces claimed by my previous results only Orkney remains (with the addition of the Shetland Islands). My alleged connections to the Iberian Peninsula, Scandinavia, and the Kurds and Pashtuns have disappeared.



*See my previous results here.
**Sadly the company has chosen to show everything in a low contrast format so you may find it hard to read.. And I've emailed them about that.


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Sunday Drive: Tyninghame, East Lothian, Scotland - 2013

Shortly after my arrival in France Bonnie and I flew off to Edinburgh for the start of our 17-day visit to the United Kingdom. Carolyn and Peter, our kind hosts in Scotland, welcomed us to their home, the Grade B listed, early 19th century Dovecot, a farm building on the estate of Tyninghame House. 

[Road on the estate]

It was springtime and the flowers were in glorious bloom. Having checked on typical Scottish weather (a warm May day there equals a cold winter's day in San Diego) I came prepared but fortunately it was comparatively temperate and I never had to break out those silk long johns.

[The Dovecot]

[Blooming fruit tree in front of The Dovecot]

[View of the pasture from The Dovecot's front yard]

[Contented cows in the estate pasture

All photos from my personal collection]

We had a wonderful time in Scotland. Peter and Carolyn not only ferried us around, they also served us some traditional Scottish food. (Neeps and tatties anyone? And we realized that haggis tastes pretty good!)


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