Ancestry's latest Ethnicity update to Ancestral Regions

[sarra]

Have just checked my husband's -

The Irish are still there they have gone up by 9%

Cornwall has been added (8%) wasn't there before.

He has lost Sweden & Denmark.

Wales not there anymore.

Scotland still there.

France is there for the first time.

Sarra

[DianaCanada]

Well, I now have 5% Spain, 5% Wales, neither which have popped up before. 

I prefer the Living DNA results, which match the paper trail - 97% English, and 3%Irish.

[Nova67]

I had one of my DNA regions as Scottish Highlands which is

"Also found in:

Channel Islands, England, Faroe Islands, France, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland"

That is why I wondered about what had happened to my Scottish Borders, which of course was more of a journey

Apparently, my given name was "Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 22 September 2004". Lucky!

[Nova67]

I think the DNA database for Living DNA is around 300,000 versus Ancestry's 25 million, so fewer people to compare with.

I know with the previous round on Ancestry, it started picking up indigenous heritage which previously showed as Melanesian. Now it shows as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. So that part of the database is growing. It is definitely getting more specific and diversified for cultural groups that are non-European.

It is also reflecting deep ancestry and not always the more immediate paper trail, although we all expect it to show that as well.

[Cell]

Mine is  showing very much the same ethnicities as before the update , except for the shift of some of the percentages , which is mainly on my mum's  side.   And also with the  one  exception  that I've newly  acquired   a *little Danish from somewhere on my dad's  sides (* although he may not be so "little", he maybe a tall Danish man -  who knows  lol)  I'm  feeling left out that I haven't  any Icelandic  or German in the new update , will 5 % Danish do? Lol

My dad is Welsh ,  and  my mum is N Irish:

 My maternal two ethnicities ( which  is  and was nothing but Irish & Scottish ethnicities in all the updates) have shifted the most dramatically in the %'s , It's now the complete  opposite  what it used to be.
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My mum and her all her   lines are all from the North of Ireland  for a good few centuries (as far back as I can possibly trace back  - with 100% proof) , but I should be showing majority Scottish as my own Irish families  are originally from Scottish  immigrants that moved  into  Ireland sometime  ( probably around the 1600s sometime)

I used to be showing Scottish as the majority ethnicity from  my  mum's 50% side of me through  all previous updates, - until now .  Off memory,  I was something  like 37% Scottish  and  only 13%  Irish. 
Now with this update, Irish is  by far the majority on this side  of my 50% ,it is  now 30% Irish  and only 20% Scottish (  my scottish bit has  a sub category of  from the  highlands ).
I don't  know if I am coming or going ( I don't think  any of my families  knew  if they were coming or going either lol)

And it gets worse,   my son is 35% Scottish -  from me!  LOL .How has he got  far more Scottish so called  ethnicity than I have ? I think I'll buy him a kilt for Christmas.

 My  Welsh Dad  and his sides(, but he does have one set of grandparents who were from England) are pretty  much the same as before the  latest update. That 50% of me is  showing majority Welsh , and a little splattering  of English ( which is correct)  . Except  that I have now gained 5% Danish from somewhere in dad's lot lol.  I think before the update, I seem to recall  I had  a very small percentage  of Scottish  from my dad on the wheel thingy  , but now his Scottish  must have changed  into Danish  - abracadabra lol

Oh well , at least Ancestry's guesses  are far  better than myheritage  guesses , where according to them  I am a half Scandinavian and a quarter  Iberian  lol


Kind regards




 
 
 

[Nova67]

I like the humour, Cell.

I do have this on my bookshelf:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Promise-Iceland-Kari-Gislason/dp/0702239062

I remember someone at work having a destination wedding from Adelaide to the Isle of Skye and then honeymooned in Iceland.  Fancy.  Sounded great.  $$$ though.

[Cell]

I like the humour, Cell.

I do have this on my bookshelf:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Promise-Iceland-Kari-Gislason/dp/0702239062

I remember someone at work having a destination wedding from Adelaide to the Isle of Skye and then honeymooned in Iceland.  Fancy.  Sounded great.  $$$ though.

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Sounds fantastic , but  far too cold for me . I  always get my jumpers and jackets  out when it drops below 21 c  here in Brissie lol  - I feel the cold,  and I was brought up in  the cold  ( in the uk)  . I  swear  I must  have a long lost ancestor from the tropics somewhere and not all  from the UK and Ireland.
 

Kind regards

[rvchrr]

I've been researching my background for more than 30 years with several lines back to the 1600s so I have a reasonable idea of where my earlier origins lie.  DNA profiles have reflected this in a general way.  However the previous Ancestry update very much moved in a negative direction as far as my profile was concerned.  Rather than refine my profile it seemed to do just the opposite becoming much vaguer and less informative.

This latest profile though has done much better.  It has now taken it back to what I considered more likely before the previous update and refined it rather further - in particular the splits between paternal and maternal now look pretty realistic based on what I know and can speculate on.   

Clearly their reference sets keep changing and presumably depending on who that includes not always in any balanced and positive direction...after all it's not a comprehensive DNA census of all living humans.  I always download a copy of the profile to ensure it doesn't get lost in the next update.

[DianaCanada]

I like the humour, Cell.

I do have this on my bookshelf:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Promise-Iceland-Kari-Gislason/dp/0702239062

I remember someone at work having a destination wedding from Adelaide to the Isle of Skye and then honeymooned in Iceland.  Fancy.  Sounded great.  $$$ though.

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Sounds fantastic , but  far too cold for me . I  always get my jumpers and jackets  out when it drops below 21 c  here in Brissie lol  - I feel the cold,  and I was brought up in  the cold  ( in the uk)  . I  swear  I must  have a long lost ancestor from the tropics somewhere and not all  from the UK and Ireland.
 

Kind regards

I always wonder how feeling the heat or the cold has to do with genetics or growing up in certain climates.

I certainly don’t consider the UK “cold”, but I would prefer their summers to ours.

I find anything over 23 or 24 too warm, and do find it affects my functioning.

My Sussex born mother came to Canada’s very cold winters when she was 22 and thoroughly enjoyed them.  Genetics must play a part.