View Full Version : Canadian average autosomal breakdown -AncestryDNA.
Voskos
03-07-2020, 09:30 AM
https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/canada-dna.jpg
Thambi
03-08-2020, 06:02 AM
wow why is east european so high? rest of the percentages make sense.
J. Ketch
03-08-2020, 06:07 AM
Inaccurate.
That's from 2017 before their regional updates, anyway it's not an average Canadian result and was put together by Adna for Canada's 150th birthday
https://blogs.ancestry.ca/cm/canada-dn-eh-diversity-is-in-our-genes-amu/
Babak
03-08-2020, 06:40 AM
3% for asia? Expecting more like 15 lmao
J. Ketch
03-08-2020, 06:41 AM
wow why is east european so high? rest of the percentages make sense.
It's based on Ancestry's old pre-2018 references which were relatively few and made for poorly defined categories and inaccurate results.
For example, mine and my mother's old results:
Ireland & Scotland 60% (Range: 44%—73%)
Europe West 28% (Range: 7%—49%)
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 9% (Range: 0%—27%)
Scandinavia 3% (Range: 0%—12%)
Europe West 41% (Range: 12%—69%)
Ireland/Scotland/Wales 40% (Range: 23%—57%)
Scandinavia 8% (Range: 0%—24%)
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 6% (Range: 0%—23%)
Finland/Northwest Russia 3% (Range: 0%—7%)
Europe South 2% (Range: 0%—7%)
Europe West supposedly represents France and Germany but we don't have any continental ancestry, and England/Wales/NW Europe was actually the Great Britain category which we both got less than 10% despite being 50% and 100% in reality.
Results after the 2018 update by contrast
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 53% (Range: 52%—58%)
Ireland & Scotland 47% (Range: 43%—53%)
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 100% (Range: 96%—100%)
J. Ketch
03-08-2020, 07:25 AM
The same results for the UK with the old Ancestry categories as a comparison with Canada:
The UK
British (36.94%), Irish (21.59%), Europe West (19.91%), Scandinavia (9.20%), Iberian Peninsula (3.05%), Italy/Greece (1.98%), Eastern Europe (1.84%), European Jewish (1.46%), Finland/Northwest Russia (1%)
England
British (37.61%), Europe West (20.45%), Irish (20%), Scandinavia (9.39%), Iberian Peninsula (3.09%), Italy/Greece (2.01%), Eastern Europe (1.85%), European Jewish (1.51%)
Scotland
Irish (43.84%), British (26.18%), Europe West (13.05%), Scandinavia (7.19%), Iberian Peninsula (2.30%), Eastern Europe (1.68%), Italy/Greece (1.63%), Finland/Northwest Russia (1.31%)
Wales
British (36.15%), Irish (31.99%), Europe West (14.70%), Scandinavia (6.64%), Iberian Peninsula (3.24%), Eastern Europe (1.85%), Italy/Greece (1.50%), European Jewish (1%)
Northern Ireland
Irish (48.49%), British (23.64%), Europe West (12.11%), Scandinavia (6.19%), Iberian Peninsula (2.07%), Italy/Greece (1.24%), Eastern Europe (1.10%)
https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/international/press-releases/DNA-of-the-nation-revealedand-were-not-as-British-as-we-think
Nice. A truly post-national nation
https://i.insider.com/5a8fe95daae6051d008b4592?width=1100&format=jpeg&auto=webp
FilhoV
03-08-2020, 05:27 PM
I was expecting the Iberian Peninsula to be high considering the large number of Portuguese there
Rædwald
03-08-2020, 05:30 PM
wow why is east european so high? rest of the percentages make sense.
There were a lot of Ukrainian and other eastern European Settlements on the prairies for a long time.
Rædwald
03-08-2020, 05:31 PM
I'm surprised Amerindian is so low though, they're a pretty significant population still.
Thambi
03-08-2020, 05:33 PM
3% for asia? Expecting more like 15 lmao
Haha not all of canada is like brampton or vancouver haha, but i know what you mean though lol. There are shit ton of chinese and punjabis in canada.
Rgvgjhvv
03-08-2020, 05:36 PM
wow why is east european so high? rest of the percentages make sense.
Prairie provinces have an incredibly large number of ethnic Ukrainians
Rgvgjhvv
03-08-2020, 05:50 PM
I was expecting the Iberian Peninsula to be high considering the large number of Portuguese there
They only live in a specific region.
Peterski
03-08-2020, 07:04 PM
wow why is east european so high?
Central Canada is ~20-35% Slavic-Canadian:
(and nationwide Slavic-Canadians are >10%)
This map shows world countries with >10% Slavic population:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Slavic_World_updated.png/1280px-Slavic_World_updated.png
This map shows combined % of Slavic ancestries by region:
https://i.imgur.com/a7KJqnY.png
Haha not all of canada is like brampton or vancouver haha, but i know what you mean though lol. There are shit ton of chinese and punjabis in canada.
They have nicknames for a reason. Vancouver=Hongcouver. Brampton=Bramladesh
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