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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1287628, member: 2844&quot;]From what I read on Dutch genealogy forums, most people who have done the test here in the Netherlands had results with significant percentages of British and Scandinavian. Some who thought they were pure Dutch (whatever that is), had over 50% British dna.</p><p>It seems to be due to the fact that very few Dutch people have actually had their dna tested. The early migrations from here to Britain could lead to us being lumped in with the Brits. Besides, however diverse the Germanic peoples are now, and have been for 1000-2000 years, they share a common ancestry.</p><p>Strangely, some of the Dutch people on the forums get a small percentage of Indian <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /> in their results, but no North African. Scientific research shows that &#039;Native&#039; Dutch have the highest percentage of North African dna of Northern Europe. The commercial tests not picking up on that could be because not many North Africans have had themselves tested.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recent research shows the Celtic tribes were also Germanic, which could be why people from Austria, Switzerland and other (part) Celtic regions test as Germanic.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Dutch ancestors from my mother&#039;s side are all from mixed Celtic-Frankish regions here, so maybe we test as having a lot of French and British dna.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Sites like Ancestry have been saying that Dutch people should have themselves tested so Ancestry etc can collect more data. But I guess the Dutch being Dutch, many don&#039;t want to pay before more Dutch dna data is available.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> Maybe our North African cousins think the same.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I will volunteer when they offer it for free.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cool.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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