I succumbed to the temptation to send off my DNA for profile analysis with Ancestry.com. No surprises but it is nice to know that our family stories of origins and names are reasonably accurate (72% Scots - I wonder whether that would earn me a Scottish passport in an independent Scotland?). I was surprised that the (supposed) French Huguenots were not better represented (Sellons) but perhaps their DNA was not typical of their regions either and it was quite a long time ago. Following mitochondrial DNA links back, ie. the maternal line, I have arrived 8 generations back to Hampshire - no searching of records yet, just good family information and an interest in past relations. That would account for the small 'English' bit.
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