My mom got me one those DNA tests from Ancestry.com and here are my results. Anyone else taken one of these tests? Results you'd care to share?
Scandinavia 31%
Iberian Peninsula 27%
Native American 14%
New Mexico From your regions: Native American, Iberian Peninsula, Europe South
Great Britain 6%
Europe West 5%
Ireland/Scotland/Wales 5%
Europe South 4%
Caucasus 3%
Asia Central 2%
Middle East 1%
Europe East 1%
Nigeria 1%
The Scandinavia is from my father's side. They came from Norway to the US in 1906 and changed their last name from Gunderson to Sanda. My father's side wasn't very accepting of my mother so we aren't very close and I've never felt any connection to the Norwegian side so I don't know much about them. I was basically raised to believe I was American of Mexican descent.
The Iberian Peninsula (Spain), Native American, Middle East and African regions are from my mother's side and are basically the Mexican make-up. They came from Spain to Mexico in the 1400's and settled in Northern Mexico which became New Mexico and intermingled with the indigenous people. The Ireland/Scotland/Wales comes from my grandma on my mom's side. Looking at our family tree the other family names were Salazar, Rodriguez, Espinoza, etc but she was a McKenzie and married my grandpa Espinoza.
The Nigerian does explain why people tell me I'm faster than I look.