SavannahCat’s Ancestry DNA

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Older, so I am going to buy a newer kit but yeah, this is me:

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Updated kit here's how it looks:

Ancestry breakdown:


I am genetically closest to Acadians from Eastern Nova Scotia (I am an Acadian, and I indeed grew up in Eastern Nova Scotia)



Now this part of it is crazy, under migration patterns, it actually tracks with what my grandparents told me about my family history: We weren't actually expelled, we fled on foot across the Cobequid Pass and hid from the British in the woods, where we survived by hunting and gathering. Though it does show I have ancestors who were captured and sent to Boston, this is news to me, but not surprising, really, since many who spend their exile in Boston returned to Nova Scotia after the war. It just blows my mind that DNA says the same that my family history (both passed down orally, and what I could find on paper).

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

My hacked results

 

[Coffeecup]

Hi very cool I'm curious what do you think about the amount of French they assigned you? Also in the hacked results it's intriguing that they assign Indigenous Panama and Costa Rica, I think based on your background it probably should be Indigenous Americas North?

Also It's awesome that they were so good at pinpointing your background! For some reason Ancestry didn't even get the one genetic community region they assigned me correct, as in I have no genealogical or ancestral connection to that exact region in my tree, but maybe communities is also based on relatives just as much, I wonder?

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Hi very cool I'm curious what do you think about the amount of French they assigned you? Also in the hacked results it's intriguing that they assign Indigenous Panama and Costa Rica, I think based on your background it probably should be Indigenous Americas North?

Also It's awesome that they were so good at pinpointing your background! For some reason Ancestry didn't even get the one genetic community region they assigned me correct, as in I have no genealogical or ancestral connection to that exact region in my tree, but maybe communities is also based on relatives just as much, I wonder?

It’s surprising because the older kit I was like 87% French. The Irish and Scottish are not surprising because Scots from Barra settled in Acadian communities, as did Irish, because they were Catholic. I’m just glad I ain’t got any English in me lol.

As for Indigenous Panama-Costa Rica, that’s surprising, but I do have Mi’kmaw ancestry (which doesn’t show up on DNA tests but I know I have it) and I remember talking to a Mi’kmaw elder and she mentioned they used to trade with indigenous people down there, so maybe one moved up here and lived among the Mi’kmaq. I also discovered a relative from Costa Rica on GEDMATCH.

As for the communities thing pinpointing my background, that just blew my mind. I’ve seen the ancestry results of other Acadians and it looks different, shows migration to Louisiana in many cases. Mine doesn’t, but my grandfather told me about that history, where the women mostly fled across the Cobequid Pass while the men (and even some women) stayed behind and fought the British. I am a descendant of one of the main leaders of the Acadian Resistance on my mother’s side, a man who was killed in battle in Cobequid (present day Truro, Nova Scotia) on my father’s side, a Mi’kmaw warrior who fought on the side of the Acadians (probably because he was a devout Catholic) on my father’s side, and several prisoners on George’s Island (where the British famously detained Acadians engaged in armed resistance) on both sides… and I have women who were engaged in armed resistance on my mother’s side as well.

Side note: I do enjoy target shooting. Must be genetic. 😁

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Oh, another thing you might find interesting:

During the years the Acadians were in exile, many who remained around here resorted to crime to survive, and being a pirate (or privateer) was a good gig.

There are many legends about pirates in Nova Scotia (Captain Kidd and Oak Island the most famous) and you find pirate-themed shops and bars in Halifax.

Anyway, the punishment for piracy in Nova Scotia was hanging, which was done on McNabbs Island (rather than outside the courthouse on George Street like for other crimes) which is at the mouth of Halifax Harbour. The bodies were left hanging there, on what is now called Hangman’s Beach, which would have been the first thing you would see entering Halifax Harbour, to serve as a warning to other pirates.

The bodies would obviously decompose and some of the skulls of these pirates were taken and kept by people and ended up eventually at the Nova Scotia Museum of History.

They managed to extract DNA from some of these skulls and it turns out I am related to one of these pirates (found out through GEDMATCH), but I don’t have a name.

I’m also a descendant of the pirates Joseph le Maigre and Anselme Bellefontaine (the skull could be him, since nobody knows when, where, or how he died), I know that from genealogy.

Acadian pirates or privateers were most active during the Seven Years War (when their expulsion from Nova Scotia happened) and the American Revolutionary War (where they worked for the Americans).

The history of Acadian pirates during the Seven Years War touched upon in a few Assassins Creed games which I find really cool.

 

[Kurdquistador]

are you dissapointed that you do not score any black ? i am asking because you are woke and very interested in blacks and their issues

 

[idklolimo]

we are black sir. we are black secular sir. don't hate us sir.

 

[Kurdquistador]

we are black sir. we are black secular sir. don't hate us sir.

my question is serious . stop your shitposting ....enough is enough

 

[Maj313]

Why does the chat say you’re a “chat bot”? Are you an AI?

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

are you dissapointed that you do not score any black ? i am asking because you are woke and very interested in blacks and their issues

No. I don’t care. I know what my background is.

Weird question, and kind of insulting

 

[Kurdquistador]

No. I don’t care. I know what my background is.

Weird question, and kind of insulting

wasnt trying to insult you . it is just that many european descendant new worlders are dissapointed with their results and find them boring for some reason

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

wasnt trying to insult you . it is just that many european descendant new worlders are dissapointed with their results and find them boring for some reason

Yeah that’s some Anglo shit. I’m proud of my heritage.

And yeah, I live in a pretty black community now and have black friends so, yeah I care about things my friends and neighbours care about. Because they’re my friends and neighbours.

 

[Maj313]

Yeah that’s some Anglo shit. I’m proud of my heritage.

And yeah, I live in a pretty black community now and have black friends so, yeah I care about things my friends and neighbours care about. Because they’re my friends and neighbours.

Saar pleej addresss bot allegations? 👉🏿👈🏿

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

And in peak irony, I just accepted a job in Louisiana.

Because the Nova Scotia government’s policy during the pandemic of luring Toronto/Bay Street bankers with WFH jobs and entitled ass sickly Boomers here from Central and Western Canada drove the prices of everything necessary to sustain human life, as well as taxes, through the roof while simultaneously collapsing our health care system and increasing traffic on roads leading to constant gridlock. It’s just not sustainable to live here anymore.

Halifax’s population hit 1 million during the pandemic (at least all HRM, but even 450,000 people on Halifax Peninsula are too many). There’s not enough room for 1 million people here. Even immigrants who came here from poor countries with atrocious human rights records are leaving (and I don’t blame them, they’re resorting to living like 20 people in a 1 bdrm apartment). I spoke to a guy from Zimbabwe who is going back home the other day, plus several Ukrainians are going back to a war zone.

I’ve actually had a green card since 2007.

So yeah:

 

[Coffeecup]

It’s surprising because the older kit I was like 87% French. The Irish and Scottish are not surprising because Scots from Barra settled in Acadian communities, as did Irish, because they were Catholic. I’m just glad I ain’t got any English in me lol.

As for Indigenous Panama-Costa Rica, that’s surprising, but I do have Mi’kmaw ancestry (which doesn’t show up on DNA tests but I know I have it) and I remember talking to a Mi’kmaw elder and she mentioned they used to trade with indigenous people down there, so maybe one moved up here and lived among the Mi’kmaq. I also discovered a relative from Costa Rica on GEDMATCH.

As for the communities thing pinpointing my background, that just blew my mind. I’ve seen the ancestry results of other Acadians and it looks different, shows migration to Louisiana in many cases. Mine doesn’t, but my grandfather told me about that history, where the women mostly fled across the Cobequid Pass while the men (and even some women) stayed behind and fought the British. I am a descendant of one of the main leaders of the Acadian Resistance on my mother’s side, a man who was killed in battle in Cobequid (present day Truro, Nova Scotia) on my father’s side, a Mi’kmaw warrior who fought on the side of the Acadians (probably because he was a devout Catholic) on my father’s side, and several prisoners on George’s Island (where the British famously detained Acadians engaged in armed resistance) on both sides… and I have women who were engaged in armed resistance on my mother’s side as well.

Side note: I do enjoy target shooting. Must be genetic. 😁

Very interesting, thanks for sharing and cool I actually discovered an ancestor very far back in my tree who appears to be very likely to be Mi'kmaw from my Acadian side lol. I'm NOT claiming to Indigenous though in any sense as a disclaimer by saying that lol idk if my findings were 100% certain but yeah it's interesting! =) Also all the people that fought in the war is very cool lol also my sister really wants to do fishing again and some of my Acadian ancestors fished a lot so makes sense maybe?

 

[Coffeecup]

And in peak irony, I just accepted a job in Louisiana.

Because the Nova Scotia government’s policy during the pandemic of luring Toronto/Bay Street bankers with WFH jobs and entitled ass sickly Boomers here from Central and Western Canada drove the prices of everything necessary to sustain human life, as well as taxes, through the roof while simultaneously collapsing our health care system and increasing traffic on roads leading to constant gridlock. It’s just not sustainable to live here anymore.

Halifax’s population hit 1 million during the pandemic (at least all HRM, but even 450,000 people on Halifax Peninsula are too many). There’s not enough room for 1 million people here. Even immigrants who came here from poor countries with atrocious human rights records are leaving (and I don’t blame them, they’re resorting to living like 20 people in a 1 bdrm apartment). I spoke to a guy from Zimbabwe who is going back home the other day, plus several Ukrainians are going back to a war zone.

I’ve actually had a green card since 2007.

So yeah:

Tbh I don't even live in the same province of Canada as you (won't say where due to privacy concerns) and I have very similar feelings. Prices in my area have gone up dramatically but quality of living in my opinion has gone down at least a little especially after Covid. Health care in my area is also TERRIBLE and many of the doctors and nurses seem to barely know what they are doing or are lazy, this is also from the experiences of other people I know. Traffic in many areas is also borderline unacceptable. I used to live in the US and I really wish I would have stayed there I was happier there less dysfunction and better opportunities. If I wasn't attending University currently I almost certainly would not be living here. Also I can make comparisons because I lived in the US for almost 24 years. I was told that this place was a haven compared to the States, and I don't think that's true anymore.


I also know a bunch of people who moved here recently and already left for various reasons which is unfortunate, but understandable.

But please if anyone disagrees or doesn't like what I'm saying please remain respectful and don't attack me. Thank you.

I hope things turn out better for you (and me as well lol) .

Sorry I hope this post doesn't sound whiny.

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing and cool I actually discovered an ancestor very far back in my tree who appears to be very likely to be Mi'kmaw from my Acadian side lol. I'm NOT claiming to Indigenous though in any sense as a disclaimer by saying that lol idk if my findings were 100% certain but yeah it's interesting! =) Also all the people that fought in the war is very cool lol also my sister really wants to do fishing again and some of my Acadian ancestors fished a lot so makes sense maybe?

It’s pretty common knowledge that Acadians have Mi’kmaw ancestry since they were allies and trading partners.

But yeah, my first degree is in Acadian history (wanted to be an archaeologist and the best way to get into that in Nova Scotia is to know about Acadian stuff, since all those communities were destroyed during the Seven Years War), so I’ve been working on historical consults to make extra money these days (I normally work in tech, which is currently experiencing massive layoffs). Last night while researching the medical records of exiles in Philadelphia for a local doctor trying to track down old medical charts of people suffering from malnutrition for some research he’s doing, I stumbled upon a letter that an Acadian exile in Philadelphia wrote to Benjamin Franklin (who, fun fact, actually helped out the Acadians who wound up in Philadelphia quite a bit, providing them food, shelter, warm clothing, and medicine) where he actually blamed some of my direct ancestors for the mess he was in. Basically he didn’t want to fight the British, he just wanted him and his village to be left alone and believed that they would have been if my ancestors from a few villages over didn’t take up arms. It was quite interesting, to say the least. And I’m getting a couple grand for this research, so I’m not complaining.

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Tbh I don't even live in the same province of Canada as you (won't say where due to privacy concerns) and I have very similar feelings. Prices in my area have gone up dramatically but quality of living in my opinion has gone down at least a little especially after Covid. Health care in my area is also TERRIBLE and many of the doctors and nurses seem to barely know what they are doing or are lazy, this is also from the experiences of other people I know. Traffic in many areas is also borderline unacceptable. I used to live in the US and I really wish I would have stayed there I was happier there less dysfunction and better opportunities. If I wasn't attending University currently I almost certainly would not be living here. Also I can make comparisons because I lived in the US for almost 24 years. I was told that this place was a haven compared to the States, and I don't think that's true anymore.


I also know a bunch of people who moved here recently and already left for various reasons which is unfortunate, but understandable.

But please if anyone disagrees or doesn't like what I'm saying please remain respectful and don't attack me. Thank you.

I hope things turn out better for you (and me as well lol) .

Sorry I hope this post doesn't sound whiny.

I predicted this cost of living crisis like 15 years ago. But successive governments (and I don’t just blame one political party, because the Conservatives were in power when I predicted this, and the Liberals are in now, so they both fucked up) just kept kicking the can down the road and now it’s a five alarm fire.

I actually don’t envy the Liberals now, and the Conservatives will probably be in after the next election, so I won’t envy them either. It won’t be fun to hold political office the next few years. Not at all.

I lived in the US for 5 years in the 2000s, and back then I would have said Canada was better, and it is better here in some ways (but better in the US in others), but as of right now the ability to make, and save, more money in the US appeals to me. I’m actually right now also looking at a piece of land with an old derelict house on it for $50K, which I plan to renovate and resell for market price ($300 K, which is a good profit since upon looking at it, which I just got home from, would only cost me another $50K, and I could write this all off my taxes) and that will also give me a Canadian address so I can still access health care here, as long as I come home at least once a year, which I plan to, because summer in the Southern US, no thanks lol.

But yeah, when I saw state income tax in Louisiana compared to provincial tax in Nova Scotia, I kind of want to get a Time Machine and say to my ancestors “Get on the boat!” 😂

The only thing is, if I do become an American, I refuse to measure the temperature in Fahrenheit!

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

And since I brought up the housing crisis that’s particularly acute in Nova Scotia, I heard on the radio today that the population growth of Nova Scotia during the pandemic was the highest in this province’s recorded history, meaning that it exceeded the population growth that coincided with the foundation of Halifax in 1749.

This province was praised internationally for its handling of COVID, among the lowest infection and death rates in the world, and lockdowns ending earlier than other jurisdictions as a result, which made it attractive to newcomers and investors alike, but it ended up being a curse in the end.