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What origins do i have?

Can you tell ethnic percentages by your grandparents last name? My grandparents last names are:

Finley-celtic, scotish
May-English?
Long-English?
Bentz-German

Would this make me 50% english, 25% german, and 25% celtic/scottish?

Also i heard that your ethnicity is mainly determined by your fathers DNA. So if my dad has the celtic last name of Finley does that make me predominantly Celtic?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey Mushkin,

You did the percents correct. Your ethnicity is all of those backgrounds. DNA has a paternal test, where we as humans are only knowledgeable enough to determine the Surname lineage. There are Maternal tests too. You are predominanatly English if the grandparents contributions are correct.

I put some DNA web sites for you to read more.