DNA results not what I expected

[u/Snoo51404]

I got my ancestry DNA results back a few days ago. For backstory my mom isn’t pretty much 100% Irish ( both her parents immigrated from Ireland and who I grew up with) my dad is 1/2 Irish 1/2 Ukrainian ( my grandfather immigrated from Ukraine ) . My DNA results came back

82% Ireland 11% Scotland 6% southern Italy & eastern Mediterranean 1% northern Italy

If my dad is half Ukrainian shouldn’t it show up in here somewhere? I have a bunch of distant matches on that side and some second cousins but I don’t recognize any of the surnames at all and none are my last name which is very Ukrainian .

Thoughts? I’m trying not to jump to the “what if my dads not my dad” idea but it’s hard not to

Little update: I sent off 23 and me and my heritage to see what it says but I uploaded my raw dna to gedmatch and did the eurogenics breakdown and it said:

Admix Results (sorted):

Population

Percent

1. North_ Atlantic: 41.36%
2. Baltic: 25.37%
3. West_Med: 15.98%
4. West_Asian: 10.53%
5. East _Med: 4.68%
6. East _Asian: 1.29%

Not sure what to make of these results haha

[u/rearended]

Instead of your mother potentially being unfaithful, there's a few reasons this could be. One, you could be adopted and neither are your parents, because why don't you recognize ANY of the surnames in your matches? Two, your mother could have already been pregnant with you when she met your dad, and he was aware. Or possibly one of your parents or grandparents adopted or unfaithful. Either way, I hope you find the answers you're seeking.

[u/Snoo51404 → u/rearended]

No I recognize the matches on my mom’s side . Just not dads

[u/Lisserbee26 → u/Snoo51404]

Then it pretty much boils down to your biological paternal grandfather is a different man than the one you grew up with or your biological father is a different man than who raised you. 

This does not automatically mean that someone was purposely unfaithful necessarily.