Lee decided this past Christmas she would send away for an Ancestry.com DNA Testing Kit.
Family history is in our DNA. We are going to discover Lee's ethnicity. Lee's father always said the family was from Sweden. Lee's mother said she was related to the Queen of England. Lee always did a silent Bawheheeee and rolled her eyes when she heard that. Lee's mother had mental illness and was always on antidepressants or psychogentic medication. It was a Prozac World for her mother.
Lee is the last of her line and has no close relatives at all.
So we are going to research and see what Lee's DNA has to say.
This picture was taken in the early 1900s of some family members.
I, Sweet William The Scot, did a DNA Gentic Test also. Two years ago a call went out to us Scottish Terriers. To look into markers that might stop some diseases in dogs, Scottish Terriers in particular since we are dying younger and younger. I know a lot of the Scottie Bloggers filled out all the questions we were asked. As far as I know I was the only one chosen to be in the testing.
Yep my kit came from the Van Andel Research Institute.
Have you researched your ancestry????
Do you want to follow us on our journey to find our roots??
We would like to tell you about how the samples are taken and some of the questions I had to answers. You would be appalled at how my grandparents were treated and amazed at a few things.
We would post from time to time about the information we find out about us if you would be interested.
( My eyes are O.K. the red eye setting on our camera is acting funky.)
Thanks for being a friend
Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of mine
Signing Off
Sweet William The Scot
Psssss ~ DJ Rockin Wills The Music Professor and Love Doctor will be hitting the air waves on Valentine's Day.
So keep your radio tuned to your Non Serious Radio easy listening station. HOWL 469.5
Oh Lee if you're related to the Queen, we might be related 'cos I'm a Princess you know!
ReplyDeletePlease. please please let us know what you find out, it'll be like 'Who Do You Think You Are' but more funs 'cos its you!
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
OMD are we going to have to start calling Lee, Princess Lee. BOL
ReplyDeleteAroo to you,
Sully
It would be so fun to follow along with you. So yes please.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to have all the others in my house DNA'd. I suspect that a lot of Martian would show up.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like it will be a lot of fun to follow you on your trail.
ReplyDeleteBentley
Do indeed tell us all you find out. We all will be very interested to hear more. Have a marvellous Monday.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
Oh yes that would be fascinating. I hope you put in lots of the science-y stuff about how they do it and how accurate they think the results are etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteToodle pip!
Bertie (Director of Scientific Affairs for Blogville).
there are not many of English ancestor that don't claim to be of royal descent. Even our Mom's family :) Good luck - it will be interesting to see what results you get
ReplyDeleteooh! we'd be very interested to hear!
ReplyDeleteEdgar and his mum
of course! William that would be great! my mom would like to do that too, maybe now she has the time to find out more about her roots!
ReplyDeleteEasy Rider
YESsssssssssssssssss we would be MOST interested in the whole pawcedure and the findings...
ReplyDeleteLove that last picture of you Sw. Wm.
Can't wait fur you to hit the Air Waves on ♥ day...
Sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteSo cool..... I can't wait to read all about both of your findings.
ReplyDeleteWags,
Ranger
SHE did a bit of family history...but couldn't go back very far. The DNA testing sounds interest. Bella arrived with her DNA report....we can't figure out any of it except that she's healthy.
ReplyDeleteThe Mormon church has just opened access of its files to the public. They have the biggest source of ancestry data.
ReplyDeleteWe are playing catch up since we have been working on the Heart 2 Heart Dance!
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
I'm a King of my castle ya know. How exciting to find out
ReplyDeleteEdward (& Lily)
we think it would be very interesting to hear how it all goes
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Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
You betcha...that would be very interesting....finding ones roots is rewarding to know.
ReplyDeleteThe Mad Scots
Ooooooo! That DNA stuff sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteWe would love to follow you along on your DNA journey!
ReplyDeleteLove ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
Oh, that would be pawsome SW!!! Nows, do I need to start Curtsying in front of Lee??? I'll have to work on that....
ReplyDeleteKisses,
Ruby ♥♥
pees: can't wait to hear you at the VDay dance!!!
That would be super interesting..my mum also has lived a life of antipsychotics..making or interesting times Sweet William! as I am sure Lee could vouch for! I know my dads mum was a scot and came with her husband a Welshman here to Australia..what a shock that must have been! I think I have Spanish pirates somewhere too and who knows what else! so we would love to see what you find out :) loves Fozziemum xxxxx
ReplyDeleteWe are very excited to hear what you and Lee found!
ReplyDeleteDat would be way cool.
ReplyDeleteYep, that sounds pretty cool Sweet William!!
ReplyDeletewags
Oreo
Pawppy loves Scotties...his family raised several litters when he was a child, and they were a 'hotel' for Fallah (the dog acting as/standing in fur him in the movie about the late president)and pawppy even has a pic of himself with said doggy when pawppy was about 5, I think...
ReplyDeleteAnyways, pawppy says his Dad said they were Scottish, even though they (and we now carry it) had German/Danish surnames, BOL!
Some relatives in the past history were ship builders.
Growlmy is a Canadian...her claim to being related to Her Majesty?? But her pawrents came from The Netherlands. Hmmm...they have a king now, they had several queens before him.
(And there are some late-uncles of growlmy who were of the Order of Orange, which is like being a knight...OMD, I shall get a swelled head!)
Well, anyways its all furry interesting to know ones heritage.
You are royalty too, William is a furry noble name of kings and others.
Have a great time with DNA!
And pawleased to meet you, by the way!
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Yer Dad could still be Scottish, Freckles... lots of Vikings came ovfur, ya know?
DeleteWe gots da Scots Irish names... but lotsa Viking DNA!
Do ya think?? He would be dancing in his grave if he knew he was, BOL!
DeleteYes, the Viking peeps even had some influence in the mainland Europe area.
But um...if'n we were of that Danish/German heritage and Dutch as well, well, Denmark is a Viking area I do think?
Crikey ...... Yes ...... I would love to hear all about it. I don't think we'll be doing it out here though. I think our family's full of convicts not Princess's or Princes.
ReplyDeleteNuthin' wrong wiff dat, Charlie... lotsa of Americans were folks seekin' a fresh start, too...
DeleteAnd heck, dey usta throw people in jail fur bein' poor and havin' debts...
OOOH! This is right up mom's alley! She LOVES stuff like this. She says that one day when she has more time she would like to do a study of her family. Apparently we had some witches on Grandpa's side of the family. We're not sure if people are referring to the Salem kind or the Bee with an itch kind though *BOL*
ReplyDeleteWe look forward to finding out more about you and Lee's ancestry.
Wally & Sammy
We did out DNA because we (and our pawrents) wanted to know just what we were. We would love to hear about what your and Lee's results say.
ReplyDeleteWe can't wait to hear your results!
ReplyDeleteWe didn't even know you can do something like this! We can't wait to hear the results!!!
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Daisy
Mommy has always wanted to do this and just hasn't taken the time. It would be really cool to learn things about your family trees. I wonder if the trees have lots of pee-mail on them.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for DJ Rockin Wills
Loveys Sasha
OMD this iz funtaztix, wez didn't noze you could do thiz. Can't wait to see'z result'z.
ReplyDeleteBig Hug'z and Lub'z xxoxx
Mollie and Alfie
We'd luv to hear all 'bout yer testin' and whut ya find out.
ReplyDeleteMomma's uncle did da DNA thing a few years ago-- both sides of da family (and Dad's too) were inta da geneology thing back 'fore it got popular... so we've been traced back to England and Scotland and Ireland (mostly)....
Well, Momma's uncle showed up a good percentage Viking... well, dat are not a surprise considerin' da history of dem raidin' da British Isles...
We would love to hear about the results! Thanks for offering to take us along on your journey to ancestors past! Much love, The Scottie Mom.
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