Where do I come from?

Our grandson who is in grade six told us that he knew that he was Australian but what other countries can be found in his DNA.

Members of my family have been in Australia for more than two hundred years. On one side of the family my grandson's ancestry dates back to the First Fleet when two of his 6 x great grandparents (William Roberts and George Guest) arrived in Australia in January 1788. William married Kezia Brown while George married Mary Bateman who both arrived in Australia on ships in the Second Fleet. By 1808 twelve members of my family had arrived in Australia as convicts.

Most of these convicts came from different parts of England though two were transported from Ireland. Other members of the family arrived in Australia as free settlers between the 1830s and 1870s. These settlers came from England, Scotland and Ireland. My Ancestry DNA shows that most of my family roots are from England and Scotland with a small percentage from Ireland, Wales and Sweden & Denmark.

However my husband was born in England and his parents were born in Wales. His Ancestry DNA shows that most of his family roots are from Wales, England and Northwestern Europe plus Norway, Scotland Sweden and Denmark.

My grandson's mother's family also came from England and Ireland plus some from Scotland, Norway and Wales. One of his 3 x great grandparents on his mother's side of the family was born in England while the rest were born in Australia.