This discussion just goes to show how inane and ridiculous the discussion about ethnicity?. I don't get it. People who don't give a rats about genealogy, will test for ethnicity. And ethnicity, especially for Europeans is a joke. Invasions, migrations, wars.
What is an Englishman? He is a hodgepodge of ethnicities. Norse, Dane, Saxon, Celtic and each of those are a hodgepodge of ethnicities.
What is a German? Romans had different names for different persons, and German was used in a macro geographical sense.
Certainly there are dominant DNA haplogroups in each country or region.
The British Isles, especially England is evidence of his.
I guess his begs he question of "what is an ethnicity" or how do we define an ethnicity.?
Arab is an ethnicity based on the native tongue and self identity of the speaker.
Although Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs are all Slavs (which are themselves of varied ancestry), they define themselves (basically) by religion or they accept the definition given them based on name attributed to their country/region.
Bosnians are descended from Bogomil Christians who converted to Islam after the Turks invaded. Croatians are Reman Catholics as they were under the rule of Romans. Serbs are Greek Orthodox for their were under the rule of Constantinople.
As regards Amerindian ancestry. I have to choke back when folk who would die if it was revealed that they had African DNA, proudly claim (and often falsely) that they AmerIndian ancestry, and this is most often a quality found amongst those who live below the Mason Dixon line.
Yet many of us are "victims" of tall tales handed down in the family. Sometimes to explain how a family of blue eyes, shows up with a child or line of brown eyes or some other characteristic or mixture. A tactic to cover up the "milkman".
Sometimes pure fantasy for "bragging rights", a claim that the family has roots in this continent that predate the Anglo Saxon invasion, and subsequent genocide or near genocide (no genocide is complete).
And when it comes to AmerIndian Ancestry. Subject is muddled by politics, history and economics.
Kim Tallbear says Tribal Culture can't be bottled. While true. The subject is not Tribal Culture. Whites have married into native Tribes for centuries and their descendants, living in those tribes, identify with that tribe ex:Quanah Parker.
But a person who has not been raised in an Ameriiandian culture cannot claim to be AmerIndian as they have endured the hardships nor enjoyed the blessings of being of a Native American tribe. And as regards NA culture, there isn't one, but many and the one thing they have in common is mistreatment , persecution, theft and murder by the caucasoids who pushed them off their land
I agree that ancestry testing is stupid use of science, not necessarily stupid science as an indigenous resarcher said here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/dna-testing-indigenous-ancestry-1.4705797
Considering that the vast majority of humans are (for lack of a better word) mongrels. Then why pursue the subject.
Hint: "you are probably "entitled" to wear a lederhosen as well as a kilt, and a wide range of so called national or ethnic garb.
Any Greeks want to wear this costume?
In my not so humble opinion, testing for ethnicity is a stupid waste of time and money. I for one am not in the least bit interested.
I might have a snippet of DNA that is commonly found in this or that group of people, but it is only a snippet. As regards my ethnicity, well that is North American. For it is the traditions, values, cultures dialects or accents, histories (plural on purpose), in which I was raised and amongst which I have lived.
Unfortunately people who have their own motives (racial, religous, political) present us with forms that have forced choices.
If a person has a German mother and an Irish father are they German or Irish, but how about a person with a black father and a white mother
Like these adorable twins Lucy and Marie Aylmer
https://www.quora.com/Can-a-baby-with-a-black-dad-and-white-mom-appear-completely-Caucasian-with-light-straight-hair-blue-eyes-and-pale-skin-with-no-mixed-look-to-it