FIGURING OUT YOUR DNA ANCESTRY
There are probably very few Americans whose DNA would show only one ethnicity. With the lineage of both the LAREW and the CHURCHWELL sides dating back to Colonial days, when asked about my heritage I would always say I am “Heinz 57” – a little bit of everything. But how does one calculate the percentages of their ethnicity? I could say I am half French and have English, but that’s just going off of my last name and my mother’s maiden name. If you know who your ancestors are going back several generations, you can figure out your percentages. Take my husband Craig for example. He would say he’s half German and half Polish, and he would be partly correct. His mother, Theresa SZCZESNY, was 100% Polish, so he is 50%, which means our daughters are 25%. But he is not 50% German since his dad, William HOFFMANN, was not 100% German; his maternal gr...