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Offline HughC

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Re: How reliable is MyHeritage?
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 18 October 23 09:14 BST (UK) »
Aghadowey, you have said yourself that "ethnicity" results are just guesswork,
and that has been confirmed by others.
So why take any notice of them?  Not a very scientific approach to genealogy,
nor a good reason for taking a DNA test.
Bagwell of Kilmore & Lisronagh, Co. Tipperary;  Beatty from Enniskillen;  Brown from Preston, Lancs.;  Burke of Ballydugan, Co. Galway;  Casement in the IoM and Co. Antrim;  Davison of Knockboy, Broughshane;  Frobisher;  Guillemard;  Harrison in Co. Antrim and Dublin;  Jones around Burton Pedwardine, Lincs.;  Lindesay of Loughry;  Newcomen of Camlagh, Co. Roscommon;  Shield;  Watson from Kidderminster;  Wilkinson from Leeds

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Re: How reliable is MyHeritage?
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 18 October 23 09:18 BST (UK) »
Nowhere did I say that I took a DNA test to confirm ethnicity and nowhere in my latest post did I indicate I changed my opinion about ethnicity estimates. After uploading the second DNA test to My Heritage I was merely curious to see how the two tests would compare.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: How reliable is MyHeritage?
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 18 October 23 09:19 BST (UK) »
As others have said, don’t take much notice of the ethnicity percentages.

In defence of My Heritage, I have found some very good matches, including a few from my English/Irish side.

Ancestry hasn’t been as useful for me, and since I haven’t renewed my subscription I now can’t see anyone’s Ancestry trees. (I was aware that this would be the case)

I guess there is some luck involved.

Just to add: recent contact with a not particularly close match on MH has led to reuniting two branches of a family in different continents which had lost contact in the 1920s.
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