Here's my latest watercolour effort; a painting of the moon phases over the sea. I added some gold metallic marker and white gel pen to give it some detail. This idea came from a Skillshare class.
In other news, I got my DNA ancestry results back! I've been waiting a long time for this. I already know I have some Scottish ancestry and a little bit of Irish.
Here's the results:
So that's 45% England & Northwestern Europe (on the website this is narrowed down to Yorkshire and the surrounding areas), 44% Scotland, 9% Ireland, and 2% Sweden and Denmark.
One big surprise is that there's so much Scottish in there, considering I only have one Scottish grandparent. This means I must have more genes from my Grandad than from my Grandma on that side. It's also possible that there's a little on my Dad's side contributing, as many English people apparently have a bit of Scottish ancestry without knowing it. So now I know why I've always felt such a strong pull to Scotland, despite only being (as I thought) about 25% Scottish. I feel a little more legitimate now in celebrating my Scottish heritage.
The Irish part is more than I'd imagined - I was thinking maybe 5% - and I have no idea where the Swedish & Denmark bit comes from. Still, I'm glad to have a bit of Norse.
This is super relevant to Druidry, which involves reverance of ancestors and even seeing them as spirit guides. Now when I call on them, I have a better idea of who they are.
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