So I have not touched on this before…And it comes up every so often. I have an aunt who did my maternal family tree all the way back to 500 AD. She did it before the internet was a place.
So I have a fascination with my ancestors.
I only have vague information about both sides (as I was not allowed to see the huge tree. )
I found myself contacted on ancestry by a cousin on my father’s side. She invited me to a Facebook group for a common ancestor who came over to the Americas in 1647. I also have been told that I am an eighth Cherokee on my father’s side.
I know I am a mixing pot of cultures. The families come from all over the place. (well mostly European, lol) But I know that there’s English, German, indigenous, Norse, French, Irish, and a few more I am not sure about.
I have been thinking about doing one of the various DNA tests but I am not sure if it is safe to do it.
Pattimouse 
I’ve been fascinated with my ancestry as well.
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I don’t have much information on my family tree, really, none farther back than arrival in North America. My maternal grandfather did a tree and traced his paternal line back to, “one of nine brothers who arrived from Scotland sometime before 1790”, but not which one. I know less about my German ancestors beyond grandparents.
As interesting as a DNA analysis would be, I can’t trust the security of that data.
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