Heritage percentage thing?

Question

okay my great great grandpa and grandma were 100% swedish. then my grandma was not swedish at all. what would percentage would that make me?

my mother is 100% korean.

Answer 1

Lindsey has it broken down correctly: you are apparently 50% Korean, 25% Swedish, and 25% something else, or a mixture.

I grew up thinking I was Welsh (my dad had heard that growing up), but it turns out the Welsh we though we were, was English, and he married a Scot, so the only non-English blood I have is Scottish.   So according to what I've found, I'm 87.5% English and 12.5% Scottish.

My ex-wife is 50% English, 25% Swedish and 25% Norwegian... so our daughter is ... jeez, I dunno.  87.5% British and 12.5% Scandinavian.  

Sheesh!  

My gf is 50% Italian, 50% French Canadian.  Any kids we may have will be ... mixed up!

Answer 2

You did not provide enough information.

Answer 3

I suppose that you would be 50% Korean from your mother, then 25% Swedish from your grandfather (I am assuming his parents were Swedish because you said your grandmother wasn't) and then 25% whatever your grandmother's heritage is, creating the 50% that you received from your father. However, to be honest, I believe it is really what DNA and genes that you ended up with that determine how much of each you received. :)

Answer 4

Adair has it right.. you do not provide enough details.  You are 50/50 of your parents ancestry.  Mom works, since she is not 'mixed' with any other culture.

You need to define exactly what your father is (100%).  It may be 25% of 4 different things.. which automatically would work to 1/8th of each of those for you. (1/8th is the same as 1/2 of 25%, if you convert to fractions).

In order to come up with "your" 100%, you have to have all the pieces of the puzzle.

Answer 5

IF you are looking for percentages, forget it.  There is no such thing as "100.0%" any thing! Humans are mutts.  Read:  "Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes" by Steve Olson, who on pp. 46 - 47 says that everyone alive on earth today is descended from EVERYONE alive on earth a mere 1600 years ago; he further states that everyone alive today is descended from Nefertiti, Confucius, and Julius Caesar (not through Julia, but through his illegitimate children).

So, forget percentages: besides, the Swedes were back aways Vikings...And they got around!

IF you want to find out WHERE your ancestors came from, opt for a DNA test.  I used www.familytreedna.com, the best.

Answer 6

It is easier to use fractions.

You are 1/2 (each) of what your parents were.

If they were not "all" something, you are 1/4 of what your grandparents were.

If they were not "all" something, you are 1/8 of what your great-grandparents were. . . .

You can add fractions; if your mom was 3/8th Cherokee and your dad 1/4 Cherokee, you are 3/16th from her and 1/8 from him, for 5/16th total.

This ignores the fact that, for instance, "English" people can  be part Anglo, Saxon, Jute, Pict, Roman, Roman mercenary from a WIDE number of places, Viking, Norman (Normans tended to be Viking daddys and French Mommys) . . . .

The Swedes didn't get invaded as often (Who'd want to? Try to conquer a cold, harsh  land full of tall bearded types who would raise long, pointed objections?) bu they  roamed; as far as Constantinople. Some brought home wives or concubines, who added to the gene soup.

You are probably as slender as a willow with hair as sleek and black as a raven's wing. Enjoy it.