As most Americans are...I am a lovable mix of many different and diverse backgrounds. A breed unto my very own. A few of my predictions were right: Ireland made the list as did France. No big surprise there. I was a bit taken back by Scandinavia...those blue eyes/blonde hair genes apparently didn't make the cut for this girl. However, hailing from the "North Men" or Vikings is something to be intrigued by. The greatest joy in this process is seeing Italy/Greece. It may be a small percentage...but it is there! My love of all things mediterranean runs deep...all the way to my DNA it seems.
The ironic and magical twist in my results is that I've actually been to 90% of these regions. Scandinavia may still be on the travel map BUT my feet have literally touched each and every other region. From Ireland, to the Highlands of Scotland, to the moors and hills of England, to the beaches of Normandy and the streets of Paris, to the mountains of Germany and Switzerland. My feet, my journey, carried me back to these lands. The parts of this earth where generations ago my ancestors once lived. I cannot help but begin to imagine their lives now. In a way I feel connected to these unknown faces in time. Now, because of these results, I feel even more in tune with who I authentically am.
We all are a sum, a detailed building of many different parts. The beauty in knowing these parts is that it reminds us just how connected we really are to each other. Not only to those here in this present time but to the ones who've come before...to the ones who will come after us. A complex, intertwined collection of data that traces itself back to the very beginning and extends itself throughout the course of time. A living cord which tells a single story of immeasurable truth: we are one creation.
-Authentically Me
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