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Ancestry refers to the lineage or descent of a person, family, or group, tracing back through generations to identify their origins, heritage, and familial connections. It encompasses the genetic, cultural, and historical ties that link individuals to their forebears, shaping their identity and sense of belonging. Ancestry is a multifaceted concept, intertwining biology, genealogy, history, and culture, and it plays a significant role in how people understand themselves and their place in the world.

At its core, ancestry is rooted in genetics. Each individual inherits a unique combination of DNA from their parents, who in turn inherited their DNA from their own ancestors. This genetic material carries information about physical traits, predispositions to certain health conditions, and even behavioral tendencies. Advances in genetic testing, such as DNA analysis, have made it possible for individuals to trace their biological ancestry with remarkable precision. Companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA offer services that analyze genetic markers to provide insights into a person's ethnic composition and geographic origins, often revealing surprising connections to distant relatives or previously unknown heritage.

Beyond genetics, ancestry is deeply tied to genealogy, the study of family history and lineage. Genealogical research involves constructing family trees, documenting relationships, and uncovering historical records such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, census data, and immigration documents. This process often reveals stories of migration, resilience, and adaptation, offering a window into the lives of ancestors and the challenges they faced. For many, genealogy is a way to honor their forebears and preserve their legacy for future generations.

Cultural ancestry is another critical dimension, encompassing the traditions, languages, customs, and values passed down through generations. It connects individuals to their ethnic or national heritage, shaping their cultural identity and worldview. For example, someone with Irish ancestry might celebrate St. Patrick's Day, learn traditional Irish dance, or explore the Gaelic language, while someone with Japanese ancestry might practice tea ceremonies, study calligraphy, or observe Obon festivals. Cultural ancestry fosters a sense of continuity and belonging, linking individuals to a broader community with shared experiences and values.

Historical ancestry delves into the broader context of a family's or group's past, including significant events, social conditions, and historical movements that shaped their lives. For instance, the transatlantic slave trade, the Irish Potato Famine, or the Jewish diaspora have profoundly influenced the ancestry of millions of people, leaving lasting imprints on their descendants' identities. Understanding historical ancestry often involves grappling with complex narratives of triumph and tragedy, resilience and oppression, and the interplay of individual and collective experiences.

Ancestry also has a deeply personal and emotional dimension. For many, exploring their ancestry is a journey of self-discovery, offering insights into who they are and where they come from. It can foster a sense of pride, connection, and continuity, as well as a deeper appreciation for the struggles and achievements of those who came before. At the same time, it can raise questions about identity, belonging, and the complexities of heritage, particularly for individuals with mixed or multicultural backgrounds.

In a globalized world, ancestry serves as a bridge between the past and the present, connecting individuals to their roots while also highlighting the interconnectedness of human history. It underscores the diversity and richness of human experience, reminding us that every person's story is part of a larger tapestry woven over centuries. Whether through genetic testing, genealogical research, cultural practices, or historical exploration, ancestry offers a profound way to understand ourselves and our place in the world.

A diversification score measures the diversity of ancestries in the county. As the value appoaches 100, ancestry diversity decreases and therefore increasing the risk of a lack of cultural diversity. The ancestry diversification score for this county is:

Most common ancestry not including "Unknown" is:

Ancestry Report Part I
Description	Total Population	American	Native American	Hawaiian	Caribbean (Latino)	Mexican	Central American	South American	Other Hispanic	African American	Sub- Saharan	Caribbean (Black)

Grand Isle County	7,499	635	45	0	86	40	6	10	6	34	5	3
Vermont (in 000's)	652	43	2	0	5	5	1	3	2	4	3	1
National (in 000's)	343,251	13,890	2,213	626	11,327	38,879	6,181	4,644	3,687	25,893	7,852	7,174
Chittenden County	171,839	7,089	273	50	1,857	1,007	367	1,263	359	2,035	1,869	655
Clinton County	78,391	4,565	211	18	1,348	467	282	148	502	1,371	572	576
Franklin County	51,112	6,324	460	17	407	261	30	183	84	139	38	54

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Grand Isle County	10.24	8.47	0.60	0.00	1.15	0.53	0.08	0.13	0.08	0.45	0.07	0.04
Vermont	10.19	6.60	0.28	0.02	0.84	0.72	0.17	0.44	0.29	0.61	0.42	0.22
National	7.83	4.05	0.64	0.18	3.30	11.33	1.80	1.35	1.07	7.54	2.29	2.09
Chittenden County	8.92	4.13	0.16	0.03	1.08	0.59	0.21	0.73	0.21	1.18	1.09	0.38
Clinton County	12.26	5.82	0.27	0.02	1.72	0.60	0.36	0.19	0.64	1.75	0.73	0.73
Franklin County	11.63	12.37	0.90	0.03	0.80	0.51	0.06	0.36	0.16	0.27	0.07	0.11

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Grand Isle County		128.25	216.58	0.00	137.31	74.34	46.56	30.03	27.90	73.88	15.91	17.85
Vermont		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		61.29	232.71	738.79	395.10	1,578.53	1,048.02	304.72	374.58	1,229.24	545.97	932.47
Chittenden County		62.48	57.34	117.80	129.39	81.67	124.29	165.54	72.86	192.98	259.59	170.06
Clinton County		88.20	97.14	92.96	205.89	83.02	209.36	42.52	223.33	284.99	174.15	327.81
Franklin County		187.40	324.82	134.65	95.34	71.17	34.16	80.64	57.31	44.32	17.74	47.13

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Grand Isle County		209.25	93.07	0.00	34.75	4.71	4.44	9.86	7.45	6.01	2.91	1.91
Vermont		163.16	42.97	13.54	25.31	6.34	9.54	32.82	26.70	8.14	18.32	10.72
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Chittenden County		101.94	24.64	15.94	32.75	5.17	11.86	54.32	19.45	15.70	47.55	18.24
Clinton County		143.91	41.74	12.58	52.11	5.26	19.98	13.95	59.62	23.18	31.90	35.16
Franklin County		305.75	139.58	18.23	24.13	4.51	3.26	26.46	15.30	3.61	3.25	5.05

Ancestry Report Part II
Description	Total Population	Canadian	British	Dutch	French	German	Italian	Polish	Scandinavian	Scotish/ Irish	Spanish	Other European

Grand Isle County	7,499	633	924	28	816	438	250	92	100	960	54	288
Vermont (in 000's)	652	38	85	4	42	39	28	13	14	85	2	26
National (in 000's)	343,251	1,350	18,069	1,828	3,642	24,708	9,027	4,667	5,969	20,625	1,140	9,563
Chittenden County	171,839	9,957	18,695	1,078	9,994	11,386	7,872	3,508	3,622	21,697	589	9,205
Clinton County	78,391	5,134	5,525	481	8,808	3,705	2,928	1,168	734	8,137	118	1,318
Franklin County	51,112	5,054	4,697	104	5,075	2,153	1,278	409	605	5,237	35	1,123

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Grand Isle County	10.24	8.44	12.32	0.37	10.88	5.84	3.33	1.23	1.33	12.80	0.72	3.84
Vermont	10.19	5.76	13.03	0.68	6.52	6.03	4.34	2.05	2.22	13.04	0.31	3.96
National	7.83	0.39	5.26	0.53	1.06	7.20	2.63	1.36	1.74	6.01	0.33	2.79
Chittenden County	8.92	5.79	10.88	0.63	5.82	6.63	4.58	2.04	2.11	12.63	0.34	5.36
Clinton County	12.26	6.55	7.05	0.61	11.24	4.73	3.74	1.49	0.94	10.38	0.15	1.68
Franklin County	11.63	9.89	9.19	0.20	9.93	4.21	2.50	0.80	1.18	10.25	0.07	2.20

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Grand Isle County		146.66	94.59	54.79	166.92	96.86	76.77	59.84	60.02	98.17	230.31	96.98
Vermont		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		6.83	40.41	78.15	16.28	119.37	60.56	66.31	78.27	46.08	106.24	70.36
Chittenden County		100.68	83.52	92.05	89.22	109.88	105.49	99.57	94.87	96.82	109.63	135.27
Clinton County		113.79	54.11	90.04	172.36	78.38	86.01	72.67	42.15	79.60	48.14	42.46
Franklin County		171.80	70.55	29.86	152.32	69.85	57.58	39.03	53.28	78.57	21.90	55.48

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Grand Isle County		2,145.99	234.07	70.11	1,025.61	81.14	126.76	90.23	76.69	213.05	216.77	137.84
Vermont		1,463.23	247.45	127.97	614.42	83.77	165.12	150.80	127.77	217.03	94.12	142.13
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Chittenden County		1,473.11	206.67	117.80	548.17	92.05	174.19	150.15	121.22	210.14	103.18	192.26
Clinton County		1,665.01	133.89	115.22	1,059.03	65.66	142.02	109.59	53.85	172.75	45.31	60.35
Franklin County		2,513.86	174.57	38.21	935.86	58.52	95.07	58.86	68.07	170.52	20.61	78.86

Ancestry Report Part III
Description	Total Population	Chinese	Filipino	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	South Central Asian	South East Asian	Other Asian	Middle Eastern	Other Ancestry	Unknown

Grand Isle County	7,499	6	11	0	5	0	4	3	0	12	748	1,257
Vermont (in 000's)	652	3	1	0	1	1	3	1	1	3	64	127
National (in 000's)	343,251	4,461	3,010	793	1,541	1,913	5,452	1,643	1,229	1,931	47,322	51,000
Chittenden County	171,839	1,472	469	173	453	692	2,630	823	293	1,408	20,332	28,667
Clinton County	78,391	260	265	84	55	17	249	34	88	217	8,181	20,825
Franklin County	51,112	13	60	10	105	9	26	8	61	84	6,195	10,774

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Grand Isle County	10.24	0.08	0.15	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.05	0.04	0.00	0.16	9.97	16.76
Vermont	10.19	0.39	0.16	0.06	0.15	0.14	0.51	0.19	0.11	0.41	9.82	19.50
National	7.83	1.30	0.88	0.23	0.45	0.56	1.59	0.48	0.36	0.56	13.79	14.86
Chittenden County	8.92	0.86	0.27	0.10	0.26	0.40	1.53	0.48	0.17	0.82	11.83	16.68
Clinton County	12.26	0.33	0.34	0.11	0.07	0.02	0.32	0.04	0.11	0.28	10.44	26.57
Franklin County	11.63	0.03	0.12	0.02	0.21	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.12	0.16	12.12	21.08

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Grand Isle County		20.68	89.69	0.00	45.56	0.00	10.39	21.18	0.00	38.75	101.53	85.97
Vermont		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		335.89	536.25	386.05	306.80	408.14	309.41	253.43	315.91	136.19	140.33	76.20
Chittenden County		221.39	166.88	168.26	180.11	294.93	298.15	253.59	150.39	198.39	120.43	85.56
Clinton County		85.72	206.70	179.09	47.94	15.88	61.88	22.97	99.01	67.03	106.23	136.25
Franklin County		6.57	71.78	32.70	140.36	12.90	9.91	8.29	105.26	39.79	123.37	108.11

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Grand Isle County		6.16	16.73	0.00	14.85	0.00	3.36	8.36	0.00	28.45	72.35	112.82
Vermont		29.77	18.65	25.90	32.59	24.50	32.32	39.46	31.65	73.43	71.26	131.23
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Chittenden County		65.91	31.12	43.59	58.71	72.26	96.36	100.06	47.61	145.68	85.82	112.28
Clinton County		25.52	38.55	46.39	15.62	3.89	20.00	9.06	31.34	49.22	75.70	178.80
Franklin County		1.96	13.39	8.47	45.75	3.16	3.20	3.27	33.32	29.22	87.92	141.87

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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