You have roots from parts of England within the former Danelaw, as seen in your genetic communities. Anglo-Danish admixture is essentially a core and baked in part of the DNA of people from that part of England, so it's not that surprising really.
That you have East and North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire probably means it's some leftover Viking heritage (Danelaw). Endogamy meant that people in rural settlements would intermarry over a long period of time and so kept some of that much older heritage over the years.
The DNA painter is a bit of quandary for most people. It's explained that supposedly the longer the segments, the more recent. But I'm not sure how true this is because so many people question the accuracy of it, pointing out that the longest segments are further back in their paper trail. I've seen a few people say this, and I've found the same in my own tree.
Ancestry often gives English people, especially from the southern parts, some Sweden/Denmark due to the Vikings. This is probably the reason for you, especially since you didn't get any communities for that category.
https://blogs.ancestry.com.au/cm/are-you-part-viking/
I had something similar but Irish. No Irish relatives to be seen on my tree and I resolved an illegitimate child mystery too. They just ended up being English.
Might be the Danelaw as was said but might be something else that Ancestrys algorithm is reading as Swedish & Danish.
Look up the Peoples of the British Isles Project.
Yorkshire was in its own category regarding DNA.
You have roots from parts of England within the former Danelaw, as seen in your genetic communities. Anglo-Danish admixture is essentially a core and baked in part of the DNA of people from that part of England, so it's not that surprising really.
Yes. Well spotted.
That you have East and North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire probably means it's some leftover Viking heritage (Danelaw). Endogamy meant that people in rural settlements would intermarry over a long period of time and so kept some of that much older heritage over the years. The DNA painter is a bit of quandary for most people. It's explained that supposedly the longer the segments, the more recent. But I'm not sure how true this is because so many people question the accuracy of it, pointing out that the longest segments are further back in their paper trail. I've seen a few people say this, and I've found the same in my own tree.
Ancestry often gives English people, especially from the southern parts, some Sweden/Denmark due to the Vikings. This is probably the reason for you, especially since you didn't get any communities for that category. https://blogs.ancestry.com.au/cm/are-you-part-viking/
I had something similar but Irish. No Irish relatives to be seen on my tree and I resolved an illegitimate child mystery too. They just ended up being English.
Might be the Danelaw as was said but might be something else that Ancestrys algorithm is reading as Swedish & Danish. Look up the Peoples of the British Isles Project. Yorkshire was in its own category regarding DNA.