[CoTyroneMailingList] age difference

If I am searching for a James Quigley, and I find a spread of 7 to 15 years -would this be the person I am looking for? ___ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Change Your Preferences:

[CoTyroneMailingList] Ancestry- Spite test

I did the spite test for Ancestry, and it came back, that I had a lot of Irish Ancestry in me, which I knew already. It also said I had 2% Norway heritage - I thought they made a mistake.Then I realized, when I was in Ireland, 3 years ago, the Vikings invaded Ireland. Donald Patrick Quigley-

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Ancestry- Spite test

AND if your full-blooded brother or sister did the same test you could find totally different results. Y-DNA and mtDNA are the only meaningful tests which are reliable. Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 8:29 PM Don 1 via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com>

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Ancestry- Spite test

I got the 2% Norway heritage too. The rest is Ireland and Scotland. I wonder if they just factor that in when they see Irish or Scottish heritage? On May 31, 2020, at 5:29 PM, Don 1 via CoTyroneList wrote: I did the spite test for Ancestry, and it came back, that I had a lot of Irish

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] age difference

Don, don't rely on 'ages' to infer 'correct' dob. Birth dates were not generally recorded with accuracy, except on actual birth records, nor were birthdays celebrated much, as too many children didn't live long enough for it to matter. Many people just didn't know their year of birth or the