Did an Ancestry DNA test done and I'm European which is no surprise. Going by records my ancestors came from Netherlands, Prussia/Germany, Ireland, Scotland, and England 1600-1800's. Last 1st Immigrant to America came in 1850's.
Dutch ancestor DeFreese/De Forest came in 1600's from Leiden, Zuid-Holland.
Prussia/Germany ancestors came in 1700's (Arnold and Row from Wurttemberg; Schonemann from Eisleben, Saxony-Anhal; Kempf from Grosseifen, Rheinland; and Drushel/Trushel from Germany) and 1800's (Hartz from Harz Mountains, Langebartels from Hanover, Schumacher from Wurttemberg, Nolte from Hitzhausen, Lohse from Nelle).
Scotland/Scotch-Irish ancestors came in the 1700's (Todd from Forfar, Angus, Scotland; Campbell from Ireland rooted in Argyll, Scotland and McNair from Donegal, Ireland rooted in Argyll). Surname Killen is Scotch-Irish surname. Surname McCaffree is an Irish surname.
English ancestors came in 1600's (Stern from Nayland in Suffolk County) and 1700's (Brooke from Londonderry, Ireland originally from England and Hodgson from Doncaster in Yorkshire). These ancestors may have Viking roots: Stern is Danish, Brooke and Hodgson are Norman French names. Gardner is an English surname rooted in Oxford.
Though I can't explain the Slavic, Jewish, Russian 1% findings. Perhaps a maiden name I can't trace beyond America.
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