Ancestry changes

[Phoenix]

Apparently, in a few weeks time, our reported DNA ethnicities won't be quite so inaccurate. Not holding my breath.

[Mary from Italy]

Me neither :)

My latest ones were just awful.

[marquette]

Nor I.

Although, maybe if Dad's supposedly 4% Scottish DNA is revised to something else, then maybe I will take more notice. I think its just remnant DNA from his Celtic ancestors.

Perhaps a larger Reference Panel will help with minority groupings.

[kiterunner]

People are saying this will be appearing in the next couple of days.

[kiterunner]

Apparently some people have received this update today (I haven't yet) and there is a glitch with the names of some countries and regions being replaced by rubbish, but hopefully they are sorting that out.

[kiterunner]

Oh, I stand corrected - I have got the update, but I didn't see anything to say so until I clicked through to view my ethnicity estimage.

[kiterunner]

Hmm, now apparently I have 2% Ireland but it comes from my mother? That is definitely wrong! I do have some from my father.

[maggie_4_7]

Mine has changed so little I actually didn't think it had changed at all so had to go back and check April's update

Just 1% moved from Ireland to Scotland, so Ireland from 21% to 20% and Scotland from 44% to 45% :d

[Mary from Italy]

Apparently some people have received this update today (I haven't yet) and there is a glitch with the names of some countries and regions being replaced by rubbish, but hopefully they are sorting that out.

I got the glitch with the rubbish.

[HarrysMum]

Mine went from 45% Scottish and 3% German to 36% Irish and 19% Sweden and Norway. I can’t find any Scandinavian at all in my tree, unless you go back to pre 1066 when the Hubands were supposed to be Vikings. My great grandmother comes from a long line of Germans, all southern Germany.

[KiwiChris]

Mine has hardly changed, Scotland has gone from 42% to 40% and English from 28% to 30%. I still have 5% Welsh but have no idea who in my tree that might be. They have put it on my mothers side and it is about twice as much as the English on that side, and I know who her two English great grandparents were, one from Lincolnshire and one from Yorkshire. No sign of any Welsh a couple of generations back from them.

[maggie_4_7]

I have 2% Wales on my father's side, no idea where it comes from he had Northern Irish and Scottish ancestors way way back, perhaps the Welsh is another celtic connection the same as Ireland and Scotland!

[Mary from Italy]

Mine's showing the latest update in July '22; should there be a later one, or is that it?

[kiterunner]

I think that's it, Mary.

[Phoenix]

I keep hoping that my smidgeon of Irish ancestry will be re-acknowledged. Meanwhile, I have mysteriously gained some German ethnicity, while my cousin has lost hers.

[Mary from Italy]

IMeanwhile, I have mysteriously gained some German ethnicity

Me too. And my huge amount of non-existent Scottish ethnicity is still there.

[Phoenix]

One of my Norfolk ancestors had the surname Daglas. Allegedly a Scots drover who stayed. But with the huge lump of Scots dna attributed to me, an awful lot of Scots must have got friendly with Norfolk girls a very long time ago.

[Mary from Italy]

I had an email from Ancestry today, with the heading "Update: One of your ethnicity regions changed to 27%".

Needless to say, none of them shows 27%. One has been reduced to 28%; maybe that's the one they mean.

The date of the update is still July.

[Kit]

My Dad has gained French ethnicity. :eek::rolleyes::confused::confused:

OH and Mum are suspected to have French Hugenots but no hint of French for them.

I do like that we can now label our Parent 1 and 2, if we know which is which.