So, I wrote on 28th May that I'd just sent off my Ancestry.com DNA kit but would have to wait 6 to 8 weeks for the results. Well, the results arrived in my email this morning! That's not even two weeks!!! Maybe the take-up isn't high and that's why they keep having cheap offers?!?!
Anyway, according to Ancestry.com, my ethnicity results are as follows:
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe: 62%
Norway: 13%
Ireland & Scotland: 8%
Germanic Europe: 8%
Sweden: 7%
France: 2%
The Norway & Sweden results are interesting, my maternal grandmother came from Essex, maybe that coast received a lot of attention from the Vikings? I haven't researched her forebears very thoroughly, her maiden name was 'Smith'!!!
The France result is interesting too, I guess William of Normandy's associates didn't fancy too many of my female ancestors!
The test results also include a long list of possible cousins, 2nd cousins or higher, but I didn't find any reference to Elizabeth Windsor!!