Originally Posted by
bearisgray
I was watching one of those commercials - i was wondering how specific the results are ."NativeAmerican" for example - Are they able to narrow it to a certain group or groups.
Russia is/was a big country - do the people from the southeast end and the northwest have different characteristics?
The results aren't super specific. The results are broken down by %, totaling 100%. For example, my "top"% was 26% Irish, which is Ireland, Wales and Scotland, with France and English. Knowing my family roots, that made sense. As the % gets smaller, the range got wider. 5% Scandinavian is Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Great Britain, France and 5 other countries. I showed no Native American. (Which runs against family stories). When you look at the criteria they use for Native American, they break it down by areas, as in North, Central, and South American. They then break that down to regions. It wasn't life changing, but sure was fun to do, and did have a couple of "Really???!!" moments. As far as Russia, they distinguished between Northwestern, Eastern, and many, many countries I associate with Russia.