Ancestry DNA

I took the Ancestry DNA test and sent in just after Christmas 2016. I finally got the results yesterday. Here is where my DNA shows me to be from:

I am apparently very British. Here is the map that goes with the results:

This makes sense, as my paternal grandma was Welsh. I don't know of any connection to the Iberian Peninsula, but I also don't really know what time period that  I would be seeing results from. Maybe my connection to that region is via an immigration I am not aware of. There are a lot of maternal branches of my tree that I have not fully researched, as women in history can be harder to track as a result of their name changing when they marry. I am surprised that I don't really have a definite French or German connection, but I do have something else interesting.

Through DNA testing, they were able to determine that I have a background in colonial Canada. My genealogical research shows that I have French settlers along the St. Lawrence on both my maternal and paternal sides. Maybe that is why I don't show a dominant link to France.

I did upload my raw DNA results to a site that determines any health concerns, and I am still learning how to understand those results. It is very interesting reading.

I am also working on how to connect with the people that have been DNA linked with me on Ancestry. Should I just go down the list and connect everyone and see what happens? We'll see.

EDIT: 4/9/2017

I have been reading about the best ways to contact DNA genealogy matches and came across gedmatch.com

I am also reading through the blogs at http://www.dnaexplain.com and learning more about what I can find out from my DNA test. I plan on adding more DNA links here as I find more useful information.

about gedmatch: http://moodle.dnagedcom.com/MoodleClass/DNAadoption/UsingGEDMATCHRevised3-2014.pdf