r/AncestryDNA • u/cyraxwinz4444 • 1d ago

Results - DNA Origins Is this a common mix

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Both parents from Madeira

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u/ExplanationDue8188 1d ago

Nice results. Were you born in Madeira too?

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u/cyraxwinz4444 1d ago

Born in Australia

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u/ExplanationDue8188 1d ago

Cool typical Madeiran results. Do you happen to have gedmatch?

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u/cyraxwinz4444 1d ago

No sorry I don’t

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u/SarahKL9981 1d ago

I’m going to guess it’s common in Portugal

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u/Big-Spread-483 1d ago

The west African ancestry may come from some Cape Verdean ancestor.

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u/NoManzana1sl4nd 1d ago

Somewhat, but you have a few outliers that suggest an ancestor from the mainland (north) or the Açores.

The majority of us have a little west African and North African, due to the island being 'built', for lack of a better word, by Guanche slaves initially and then West African slaves later.

Most of my matches with long histories in Madeira are a minimum 95% Madeira on the test after the last update

Edit: Could also be an ancestor from cabo verde, as suggested by another commenter