A couple of years ago, I had my DNA tested on 23 and Me and found out that 94.8% of my ancestry is British and Irish. One of my first thoughts when I read that report, was, “Well, my ancestors were a pretty unadventurous lot. There they were, living on a couple of islands on the western edge of the European continent, and there they stayed, until some unexpected impulse, ambition, crime, or disaster sent them off to this New World.”
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