My father and I recently did DNA tests, and the results are fascinating. These are our heritage maps. My Results & Surprises My map broadly fits what I know about both my parents on my Anglo-Indian side being from South India, and on my Northumbrian side with stories of the Border Reivers. However, there were a few surprises. The results indicate a block of ancestry from Northwestern Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, in place of any Portuguese ancestry to match my grandmother’s maiden name D’Vaz. Fascinatingly, Parsi ancestry stands out in both of our results from an otherwise generally South Indian picture. Both sets of results also suggest the possibility of a remote ancestor from South China—perhaps via the Straits and Singapore connections to coastal India, or possibly through the Calcutta Chinese community (though neither of us has markers for Bengal). I know these results aren’t definitive, but that would be incredibly validating to a Hong Kong-raised boy like me! My Father’s Results My father’s more granular markers confirm our Goan ancestry, whether or not our family stories of a Portuguese ancestor are true. His map includes more Irish counties than mine, as well as Bavaria/Western Austria and Uttar Pradesh/Bihar, which fall off of my map. While I have a small imprint from the Pearl River & Lingnan Coast, he has a larger marker for the whole region of Guangdong, China. I know that for him, the confirmation of his Englishness specifically—even though he has ancestry from across Ireland as well as continental Europe—is deeply validating. Connecting Anglo-Indians and Eurasian Communities If you are Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Burmese, Sri Lankan Burgher, Macanese, or from another Eurasian community in East or Southeast Asia, or you are ‘mixed-race’ or Wasian and interested in discussing your heritage, I would love to hear about your experiences and feelings taking these tests and seeing your results. I have been contacted by British and Indian people who have discovered unexpected mixed ancestry of this kind that may be remote or have been concealed by earlier generations of your family l, so I am happy for you to get in touch if these themes resonate with you. I plan to write about this topic in the future. I will never publish anything you reveal to me privately without getting your explicit permission first, so please feel free to share openly. Direct message (DM) me here, and I will give you my email address if you would prefer to share your full percentage results privately. Note: Unfortunately, I cannot help you do research on your personal genealogy, but I highly recommend joining FIBIS (Families in British India Society) and seeking guidance from them if you want to explore the documentary records relating to your family. #AngloIndian #Eurasian #Wasian #Genealogy #DNAAncestry #DNA #History #FamilyHistory #Southasia #India #TamilNadu #Madras #Chennai #Bombay #Mumbai #Goa #Goan #Parsi #Kerala #Keralam #Bangalore #Bengaluru #EastAsia #China #HongKong

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