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did anyone else get an updated, revised DNA results statement from Ancestry where they reconfigure your percentages? Mine just changed a lot--my Norwegian got added to my Swedish, so I'm more Swedish than I thought. But my Irish disappeared completely and now they are saying 33% Scottish. Since I have ancestors who came from Ireland, I figure they were Scots Irish and went to Ireland first then the US.
That's a lot more Scottish than I thought and no more Irish. And no Norwegian at all, just Swedish. But they did add in the Shetland Islands on my map, and the islands between Sweden and Latvia, so that is pretty cool.
happystuff
9-16-20, 1:00pm
did anyone else get an updated, revised DNA results statement from Ancestry where they reconfigure your percentages? Mine just changed a lot--my Norwegian got added to my Swedish, so I'm more Swedish than I thought. But my Irish disappeared completely and now they are saying 33% Scottish. Since I have ancestors who came from Ireland, I figure they were Scots Irish and went to Ireland first then the US.
That's a lot more Scottish than I thought and no more Irish. And no Norwegian at all, just Swedish. But they did add in the Shetland Islands on my map, and the islands between Sweden and Latvia, so that is pretty cool.
Did you do another test or is this just a free "re-do" based on the information they saved on you? Interesting.
No other test; periodically they revise their results and say they are "more precise."
I think they correlate genetic strands with areas, and the more people who take the test, the more they can find the areas.
Teacher Terry
9-16-20, 1:29pm
23 and me does the same thing so my percentages have changed.
Did you lose any whole areas?
Teacher Terry
9-16-20, 1:55pm
No I didn’t lose entire areas.
My English went away, and now I'm 61% Irish and 32% Scottish, 5% European Jew and 2% Norwegian. Also I have a lot of New England settlers--MA, ME, VT, CT.
iris lilies
9-16-20, 2:46pm
This post pushed me to buy a 23 and me kit. My brother and my cousins have had this analysis and they sent me the results and that’s been good enough for me. But since I’m sitting around in covert time with not much else to do, I can do this.
Catherine, that is amazing, that your English went away and you are 61% Irish! I don't know how much you were before, but wow. Maybe you got my Norwegian, haha. It's funny Terry's didn't change that much--I did Ancestry, and she did 23 and me, though. Maybe that's a difference there? IL, will you do 23 and me and not Ancestry? I don't know which one is better. I can vouch for Ancestry's accuracy though because all these cousins turned up and we share ancestors I know about, so it was reliable--it shows how close a cousin it is, and it has been right about that, too.
Teacher Terry
9-16-20, 3:43pm
Ancestry has a bigger following so more people do it. I didn’t have big changes.
This thread has prompted me to check in at Ancestry again.
I'm now 49% England & Northwestern Europe, 23% Ireland, 22% Scotland, 3% Wales and 3% Norway. My tribe seems to be primarily concentrated in Tennessee & Southern States Settlers.
So Ancestry.com tells you where most of your DNA connections now reside? I hadn't known about that.
So Ancestry.com tells you where most of your DNA connections now reside? I hadn't known about that.
No, not quite. They show migration patterns, where your people went. So most of my people that they know about the connections (mostly on Mom's side, settled in Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas.)
Not so many cousins on Dad's side have taken the test, so they don't show that a lot of my ancestors were in New England.
iris lilies
9-16-20, 4:58pm
I bought the 23 and Me kit. They do Y analysis and I don’t think Ancestry does.
I read a review of the top DNA analysis companies and Ancestry is on there as is 23 and me.
edited to add: The third company in the review was what I have not heard of.
mschrisgo2
9-17-20, 1:26am
Ancestry.com also made pretty big changes for me. Ireland is up to 42% from 19%, Scotland is now 33%, and England is down to 21%. No mention of Africa anymore, but added Germanic Europe and Sweden, at 2% each.
However, my biggest surprise was the discovery, through 23andMe, of 3 first cousins that are half Vietnamese... my dad’s brother who served in the Army there was their father.
However, my biggest surprise was the discovery, through 23andMe, of 3 first cousins that are half Vietnamese... my dad’s brother who served in the Army there was their father.
Dang! Three???
Ancestry.com also made pretty big changes for me. Ireland is up to 42% from 19%, Scotland is now 33%, and England is down to 21%. No mention of Africa anymore, but added Germanic Europe and Sweden, at 2% each.
However, my biggest surprise was the discovery, through 23andMe, of 3 first cousins that are half Vietnamese... my dad’s brother who served in the Army there was their father.
That is cool, to have three new cousins! I had one 2-3rd cousin show up who was adopted, and wanted to know who he was related to, but I couldn't figure it out.
iris lilies
9-17-20, 9:58am
That is cool, to have three new cousins! I had one 2-3rd cousin show up who was adopted, and wanted to know who he was related to, but I couldn't figure it out.
Interesting! A mystery to be solved.
iris lilies
9-17-20, 12:38pm
Ancestry.com also made pretty big changes for me. Ireland is up to 42% from 19%, Scotland is now 33%, and England is down to 21%. No mention of Africa anymore, but added Germanic Europe and Sweden, at 2% each.
However, my biggest surprise was the discovery, through 23andMe, of 3 first cousins that are half Vietnamese... my dad’s brother who served in the Army there was their father.
My cousin on the Scots side wrote yesterday to let me know that Ancestry analysis has been revised. My brother and I are now 48% Scots whereas my cousin is only 38% Scots. In my little group of cousins, having Scots anything is good social capital. My brother and I are quite rich today! I can thank the Camerons on my mom’s side for this.I think I can also thank them for the giant schnozes.
Interesting! A mystery to be solved.
Where's CeCe Moore when you need her...
Thats a big jump, Iris! We should all meet up at Grandfather Mountain!
I got a revision and my results changed a lot. Original showed mostly Scots Irish, which I knew, a little English but a lot of French, which made no sense, and only about 15% Italian, which was also odd since my maternal grandparents were both from the same small town in Abruzzo going back generations. Small amount of Balkan and Greek.
Revised version showed about the same amount of Scots Irish, no English and no French, and over 40% Italian, which is more like it. Still a little Balkan but no Greek.
I'm taking the whole thing with a grain of salt, pending the next revision they send me.
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