Ancestry rewrites Ireland's history

I don't normally read the region histories in the DNA section of Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), but for some reason I decided to do so today.

Most of us from Ireland know that identity is definitely an issue that many struggle with in some form or another, and certainly the recent DNA ethnicity (admixture) changes have kept a few of us talking!

But lads - honestly, we might need to talk. You can't just go rewriting the history of Ireland for the craic, you're only going to go and upset someone!

According to Ancestry, this is how Ireland was planted with settlers from Britain - sorry, England:

I'm not going to give the history lesson here. Suffice to say, Ancestry, you might wish to take another look.

And whilst you're at it, it might be worth taking a look at the Scotland bit also. I'm fairly sure we make and drink whisky here - whiskey is very much Ireland's take on it! 

UPDATE: And I've just been alerted to the fact that Merthyr Tydfil in Wales apparently became a Welsh city between 1850 and 1875....! 

Chris

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