Thanks to my awesome mom, I was finally able to submit the DNA test through Ancestry. I chose their test because it gives results for the widest number of ancestors (although only back to about 6 or 8 generations), and it has the largest number of participants. Hopefully in addition to the information on geographical background we'll be able to connect with some distant cousins and maybe solve some mysteries.
My prediction is that it will show overwhelmingly central and western European. I have a Jewish line on my dad's side (Osterwise) so it's possible we'll see a little Middle Eastern. The question about native American ancestry on Grandma Wilson's line (see post on Mary "Polly" Guest) may or may not be answered. Not all DNA is passed to every generation, and the last full blooded native would have been her grandparent, which would put it at the limit of this particular test. If we don't see any native results I may ask my grandmother to submit a test to see if two generations closer might make a difference. Every family thinks they have native ancestry, but the addition of "Arkansas" as one of my great, great grandmother's names makes me think there might be something to it.
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