23andMe DNA Results

 

my ethnicity estimate on 23andMe

My DNA Results 

100% Northwestern European: 

• 49.5% French & German 
• 42.5% British & Irish 
• 2.9% Scandinavian 
• 5.1% Broadly Northwestern European 

     

    23andMe breaks each country into regions showing which specific regions you share DNA matches with. 

 

screenshot from 23andMe app

So my French & German DNA results narrow down to

Switzerland: 

• Canton of Bern 
• Grisons

I have a close match to the Ticino and Grisons genetic group, the southeastern cantons in Switzerland.

France: 

• Brittany 
• Grand Est 
• Île-de-France  

Germany: 

• Rhineland-Palatinate 
  

 

screenshot from 23andMe app

My British & Irish results become 

United Kingdom: 

• Greater London 
• Glasgow City 
• Greater Manchester 
• Tyne and Wear 
• Merseyside 
• Lancashire 
• West Midlands 
• West Yorkshire 
• Belfast 
• Cumbria 

Republic of Ireland 

• County Dublin 
• County Mayo 
• County Galway 
• County Donegal 
• County Kerry 
• County Cork 
• County Limerick 
• County Longford 
• County Sligo 
• County Cavan 

I have very close matches to to several genetic groups including Central & Southern Ireland (Connacht, Leinster, and Munster), North East England (Durham, Northumberland, and Tyne & Wear), Northern England & Southern Scotland (Cumbria, Scottish Borders, Dumfries & Galloway), Northern Munster (Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford), as well as England. 

 

screenshot from the 23andMe app

As for my Scandinavian results, I have a very close match to the Oslofjord Lowlands genetic group, this is the eastern lowlands of Norway. 

Comparing DNA to Genealogy Research 

    In the Ancestry DNA post, I mentioned how the Magill family line went back to Ireland and Scotland while the Gunderson family line originated in Norway, and the Beucus line connected back to the Netherlands. So, this time I want to highlight some of the other places our ancestors lived that align with my 23andMe results. I do not currently have a subscription to Ancestry to be able to check the original sources for this first example, and I also don't speak French, so I probably wouldn't be able to read the documents even if I did. However, it is important to note that I have not personally researched these French ancestors. According to research done by other genealogists and family historians, my 10th great grandfather Isaac Baptiste Sarot was born in Avize, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France in 1605. He married Nicole Oudinot in about 1641 in Avize, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Their son and my 9th great grandfather Joseph Jacques Sarot was born on 14 September 1662 in Avize, Marne, Grand Est, France. He wed Katherine Moreland Short in Prince George's Maryland in British Colonial America sometime between 1695 and 1700. 

    Another example is my 9th great grandfather Johannes Werstler. He was born about 1681 in Stelzenberg, Pfalz, Germany. He married Maria Catharina Lutz in Herxheim Am Berg, Pfalz, Bavaria in 1709. My 8th great grandfather Johann Henrich Wörschler, son of Johannes Werstler and Maria Catharina Lutz, was baptized on 1 March 1729 in Trippstadt, Bayern, Deutschland. Johann Henrich Werstler wed Maria Catharina Schäffers on 21 June 1750 in Trippstadt, Bayern, Deutschland. Maria Catharina (Lutz) Woerschler was buried in Trippstadt, Bayern, Deutschland on 8 March 1752. Only a few days later, her husband Johannes Werschler was buried on 11 March 1752 in Trippstadt, Bayern, Germany. John Heinrich Werstler, son of Johann Henrich Werstler and Maria Catharina (Schäffers) Werstler, was baptized on 28 August 1757 in Hunting, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Johann Heinrich (Henry) Werschler died on 27 March 1814 in Stark County, Ohio. He is buried in Henry Warstler Cemetery in Plain, Stark County, Ohio. 

 

photo from Find a Grave by Susanpbsn 

With love, 

Autumn Rose Surratt 

The Ancestor Witch 

Sources 

• "Marne, France Births, 1501-1907", Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/collections/1311/records/151178858: added to FamilySearch by Craig Lamarr Zacharias on 13 February 2022). 
• "Geneanet Community Trees Index", Ancestry (from Jean Michault's family tree), Nicole OUDINOT. 
• "Marne, France Birth Index, 1528-1907', Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1311&h=1178858&indiv=try: added to FamilySearch by Rusty Sarrett on 15 March 2019). 
• "U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992", Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/collections/1629/records/3102635: added to FamilySearch by Craig Lamarr Zacharias on 13 February 2022), The National Archives in Washington DC, microfilm serial M1675, microfilm roll 106. 
• "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4BH-4NT: 29 April 2025), Johannes Wuerseler, 1709. 
• "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPN7-CV88: 29 April 2025), Johann Henrich Wörschler, 1 March 1729. 
• "Deutschland Tote und Beerdigungen, 1582-1958", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4ZW-W2Y: 29 April 2025), Maria Catharina Woerschler, 1752. 
• "Deutschland Tote und Beerdigungen, 1582-1958", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4ZW-W2B: 29 April 2025), Johannes Woerschler, 1752. 
• "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPN7-CXL2: 29 April 2025), Johann Henrich Wörschler and Maria Catharina Schäffers, 21 June 1750. 
• "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CT5-GGRX: 29 April 2025), John Heinrich Werstler and Heinrich Werstler, 28 August 1757. 
• "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVX-Z47F: 29 April 2025), Heinrich Werschler, memorial ID # 14023157.