View Full Version : Which DNA testing services are most, and least, conservative for minor non-European input?
Sikeliot
02-06-2019, 09:55 PM
I have found that for myself, my mother, and my grandmother (even though her FTDNA is still uploading, I sense it'll give her the most generous African), that in order:
FTDNA
Myheritage
23andme
AncestryDNA
in that order are most to least generous with minor non-European input for predominantly European people, with AncestryDNA the most conservative/least likely to assign it.
Do others agree?
Morena
02-06-2019, 11:19 PM
I actually think that 23andMe is more conservative than Ancestry. My mother's and father's scores on Ancestry mean that I would have scored a higher North African and even West Asian (from my mother) on there than what I got on 23andMe. I got about one percent (if that) of North African on it. But in Ancestry, averaging my paretn's scores, I probably would have gotten about 4 - 5 %.
Smitty
02-07-2019, 03:07 AM
I actually think that 23andMe is more conservative than Ancestry. My mother's and father's scores on Ancestry mean that I would have scored a higher North African and even West Asian (from my mother) on there than what I got on 23andMe. I got about one percent (if that) of North African on it. But in Ancestry, averaging my paretn's scores, I probably would have gotten about 4 - 5 %.
Yeah, Ancestry seems to hand out Middle Eastern and North African pretty freely. A lot of white people get those components, even to the point of confusion. You're more likely to get 100% European on 23andme. However, 23andme seems more willing to give straight-up non-Caucasoid components (SSA, East Asian, Amerindian, etc.) than Ancestry.
Iloko
02-07-2019, 03:09 AM
where would you rank McDonald's test
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