Just this week I got back the results of some DNA tests, and ever since have been wanting to buy a kilt. Seems I'm 33% Scots-Irish.

There's this site, which claims that the Sharp surname originated in Peeblesshire [houseofnames.com], but the family crests being offered for sale there don't exactly fill me with a great deal of confidence in their reputation for being serious researchers.

Wikipedia does list the Sharp surname as being of Scottish origin [en.m.wikipedia.org]. (The "e" at the end of Sharpe is a recent adaptation. Prior to my great grandfather, our name was always spelled "Sharp", as all our relatives on the other side of that divide still do.)

The sequencing is also done at GENO 2.0, so shortly I should know how much Neanderthal genetic material is encoded in my genes, if any.

My favorite result shows me to be a mutant. I feel like a regular X-Man:

You have to keep in mind that there are no specific DNA markers that identify heritage. They use a database that identifies certain markers in high concentrations from various regions of the world, and it's in that way they provide a "probability" that you may originate from those regions.
I had mine done by Ancestry and it came out pretty much as I expected.
If you can download your data in raw form, you can upload it to a web site called Prometheas that will give you a very detailed report regarding health factors. It's pretty interesting. I think their report cost me five bucks.

Yes, and the results were fascinating and unexpected. I discovered that my ancestry is not what I thought, and I am 99% Northern European while I thought that there was Cherokee ancestry as well. No matter. What I REALLY found fascinating was the health aspects of the results. I discovered a solution to a long-standing health niggle that has plagued me since childhood and found that it is due to a genetic mutation and there are supplements that offset the effects. I have ended up feeling better and losing a few extra pounds with just one small addition to my diet. I used GenesForGood, which is a free program being done by the University of Michigan.

I wasn't sure what I expected - the results were amazing - I was born in the UK to a Scottish mother and an Irish father but only have 2%English and brilliantly 12 % Icelandic

For those who are thinking about it, but have not had DNA testing done, there is an article that gives a good explanation and description of the "big three" DNA testing companies:

[myfamilydnatest.com]

Yep it was super interesting. 98% European but the other 2% was cool. 1% Asian+1% African. Like 40% Slavic, 20% German, 17% English, 10% Greek, 3% Scandinavian, to name a few. Apparently vaguely related to Meryl Streep. Will admit that I did expect were the German and Slavic.

I have, and the results were about what I expected. Being as pale as they come, I was 100% European. At least in the sense of European ancestry it was fairly diverse, albeit concentrated in northern Europe. I also got a really neat breakdown of how my mitochondrial DNA relates back to the ancestors that migrated out of Africa, their migration paths, my neanderthal dna (I had quite a lot), and how my DNA may impact my health.

I haven't, but I'd like to...I probably will at some point.

The thought of discovering who I am makes me want to be curious. However I am dubious of these different services. While, I think, they can only come to present conclusions only by accumulating a large database of former clients, is the old inputted data really that valid enough to give valid present conclusions? For example, does anyone ever report Neanderthal in any report? Or Denisovan? Or how's about the myriad tribes across Asia, or Africa, or the Pacific? With some of these combinations possible in my DNA mix, I wonder what my report would look like. I wonder a lot! LOL

My results

I keep thinking that my sister and I should have our DNA tested and compared. Why?

I am adopted. We understand that one of the two boys in my family who were adopted (my father and one of my uncles doing said adoptions) were actually a son of one of the adoptive fathers. Everyone in the family is convinced that I am the only candidate: I look like my father, I laugh like him... at his funeral, everyone walked past my sister, up to me and asked if I were one of his brothers! We were both a bit put off by this. It would put that question to rest but, we will never know the full story.

I will not. For a number of reasons. Only one of which is that I have no desire to spend money on such a thing. I'm also not that interested in my ancestry beyond what I already know. It doesn't matter to me at all.

My youngest daughter and I had our dna tested recently. She is the family member who is most interested in genealogy. Her mother (my first wife) pasted away several years ago, and we think the difference between my DNA and my daughters will give us some idea of her moms. My largest group was scandinavian and I have a great granddad from Denmark, and a great grandmother from Sweden. The family story is about the number of ancestors that were German, and that is one of the small groups.,

Nope. And I never will. All it does is generate a bunch of abstract relationships.

I’m 73% Gaelic, 7% Italian, 20% northwest European.