Ethnicity
 Origins
Occupiers of English Isles came from Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Scandanavia, France, and Germany at different times.
Our ethnicity is very difficult to determine. There were so many waves of occupiers of England after the ice age - about 10,000 BC. Which wave included our ancestors?
  • First there were the Iberians perhaps in the range of 2300 to 1200 BC (so we could be Spanish).
  • England (about 900 to about 100 BC) was a land of many Celtic tribes from the Alps area of Europe (so we could be Celtic).
  • The conquering Romans came in 43 AD (so we could be Italian).
  • The migrating Angles, Saxons, and Jutes defeated the Romans in 450 AD (so we could be Danish or German).
  • In the 600s the "Yarnall area" was part of three different kingdoms; Briton Celts, Hwicce Saxons, and Mercian Angles.
  • Next the foraging Vikings came in 793 AD (so we could be Scandinavian).
  • Then the conquering Normans in 1066 AD who were Norsemen who occupied a section of France (so we could be French).
  • When King Philip of France conquered the Normans in 1204, the folks in England were able to become a unique culture derived from many sources.
DNA Test Results Pattern DNA Test Results Percentages
With all of the possibilities for my ethnic origin depicted above by the various invasions and migrations, I sent my saliva for a DNA evaluation to see what the probability was for my most likely ethnic origin. Below is the analysis.

The percentages reflect my most likely ancestral origin. The Yarnall men after arriving in America married Irish women so that could have influenced the results to show Ireland at 44%. Many of my mother's ancestors were from Germany so that might influence the Europe 20% indicator. The Viking and Danish influence of 16% might show that the original Yarnall folks were some of the Scandinavian invaders that stayed in England. Perhaps the early Roman occupation of England caused the 11% to be part of my DNA. It was surprising to see the low 6% for Great Britain, but it might mean that very few Yarnall folks descend from any original tribe in England.
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