Mortimers Ancestry DNA Update 2023

[Mortimer]

This deserves a own thread, because I think Im the one with the most changes.

They introduced a new Roma-Worldregion, my DNA Regions got reduced from 11 Worldregions to 5 Regions only. The Roma covers up most of my former regions. I think it is awesome update, first company who has roma as a seperate category, i think thats good because they have jewish too.

[kingmob]

Zero Greece+Turkey, oh noes.

There goes the larp.

[Mortimer]

Zero Greece+Turkey, oh noes.

There goes the larp.

Which larp? Seems like a stupid comment. I never claimed to be a Turk or Greek. I maybe said, that Roma have anatolian/greek and indian ancestry. Which is true they do not have only Indian ancestry. That is covered already by the roma component.

[Mortimer]

I think the test is very good this time because I can calculate whether it's true. Of 16 great-great-grandparents, I have 6 from the Balkans and 1 from Russia, which corresponds almost exactly to the percentages, but as far as I know they are Serbs and not Croatians, but they are so similar that I'll forgive it, I know that on Ancestry many Serbs got Croatia as a "group".

[MandM]

Nice results! Does even Serbia exist as an category on AncestryDNA ?

[Mr.G]

This is really interesting, Mortimer. Thanks for sharing, and kudos to Ancestry for continuing to innovate.

[Pathfinder]

lost tribe of israel right here

[Mortimer]