

Rebekka Gilbert
Honor Code SignatorySigned 2 Jul 2023 | 1,057 contributions | 41 thank-yous | 442 connections
Just someone with a love for history. Maybe one day I can do genealogy research for a living and not just a hobby.
Reason for Reseaching In early January 2021, Stepma bought the family 23andMe tests. This test revealed that my dad is not my sister's biological father as well as some interesting genetic information. This test (and others!) revealed how my direct maternal great-grandmother's parents emigrated from Transylvania in the 1910s and '20s, proved the insane amount of German heritage on my father's side, and showed a hint of some Maltese ancestry on my maternal grandfather's side somewhere. Including the biggest surprises of all: Polish, Russian, Middle Eastern Jewish, Finnish, and New France on Dad's side, and several nobility ties on my maternal side!
DNA Results
23andMe Results French & German 67.3% -Bavaria, Germany British & Irish 24.6% - All included regions Broadly Northwestern European 2.3% Eastern European 2.8% Greek & Balkan 1.7% -Sibiu, Romania -Bihor County, Romania Italian 0.4% Broadly European 0.8% Unassigned 0.1%
Ancestry Results England & Northwestern Europe 42% Germanic Europe 29% Scotland 17% Sweden & Denmark 10% Scotland 8% Central & Eastern European 4% France 3% Wales 3% Norway 2%
MyHeritage Results English 52.3% East European 26.8% Scandinavian 8.9% -Sweden (Västra Götaland) Finnish 7.1% Italian 3.6% Greek and South Italian 1.3%
FamilyTreeDNA Results England, Wales, and Scotland 69% Central Europe 20% Scandinavia 5% Baltic 4% Finland <1% East Slavic <1% Greece & Balkans <1% Arabian Peninsula <1%
mtDNA Full Sequence: V
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