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Should I pay money to get a 23andMe test done?.. because it says I am 0% Iberian, which I know I am atleast partially Iberian, because my mom's maiden name is Silva!!!!!!
Since you question the results of the first test, getting a second one done by a different company will either: a) provide reassurance that the first test was incorrect or b) confirm that it was correct. The question to ask yourself, in order to determine whether you should do it is, are you going to feel that answer B was a waste of money?
Anybody who might know better can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can end up getting a significantly bigger share of one parent's DNA or the other during the meiosis stage of infant development, right after the egg and sperm meet. The chromosomes are sort of randomized during that stage. That could account for having more English and Irish ancestry then you expected.
Portugal was England's oldest historic ally and as a result they had an intensive trade relationship throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Because of this, port cities like Lisbon and Oporto had large British diasporas made up mostly of merchants. For example Port wine was created largely for the English export market and has always been dominated by families with English surnames. It is possible that your Portuguese heritage has a lot of British expat stock in it.
45% British
34% Irish
10% European Jewish
6% Western European
3% Italian/Greek
2% West Asian / North African
Vanessa Williams lists her ancestry
23% from Ghana,
17% from the British Isles,
15% from Cameroon,
12% Finnish,
11% Southern European,
7% Togo,
6% Benin,
5% Senegal and
4% Portuguese.
Which tells me that Ancestry.com uses Portuguese as a specific result (not just Western European).
So to answer your original question is it possible? Yes it is possible, but it seems improbable.
But rather than test yourself again with a different company, ask your mother specifically to take her own test. Preferably both parents, but your mother is of more interest.
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