View Full Version : which one is more accurate ftdna or MyHeritage
mashail
03-18-2020, 06:04 PM
in ftdna I am 4% Moroccan/ Algerian/Tunisian. but when I uploaded my raw data to MyHeritage it says I am almost 14% North African Moroccan Tunisian Algerian .
so which one is more accurate.
plus both my parents are shocked about the Berber origin since they are from Iraq. but I find it very cool because I like moroccan culture and food.
please share your thoughts with me
Just for the updates from both companies.
nittionia
03-18-2020, 06:27 PM
MyHeritage was better for me, ftdna was way off.. but still both arent comparable to 23andme. Im also waiting for their updates
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Wegner
03-19-2020, 12:10 AM
MyHeritage doesn't list any Finnish ancestry for me. Yet 23andme, Ancestry, and FamilyTreeDNA all do--and I have a HUGE number of Finnish matches.
MyHeritage also seems to grossly overestimate my English ancestry at 55%, and grossly underestimate my Scandinavian ancestry at 2%. Yet of the origins of my grandparents, 2 of them were from Germany, 1 of them was born in the USA to parents from Denmark and Sweden (I think this is where my Finnish ancestry comes from), and 1 of them was born in the USA to parents from Germany and the USA (with English/Irish ancestry).
So:
Grandparent #1 = 50% Danish / 50% Swedish
Grandparent #2 = 100% German
Grandparent #3 = 100% German
Grandparent #4 = 50% German, 50% English/Irish
And this equals 55% English and 2% Scandinavian? It also says 13.4% for North and West European and 28.5% for East European (which I do believe that my German ancestors do have some East European ancestry, as the other sites show that too). And, just to really confuse things, 0.9% Middle Eastern.
gixajo
03-19-2020, 12:22 AM
My DnaLand, MyHeritage and LivingDna results were pretty similar between them, with some surprise.
FTDNA was quite different.
When all this of covid-19 ends, I have pendig make the 23andMe test.
I donīt know which is better, but just now is 3 against FTDNA
Results were:
https://i.imgur.com/sJQVIEL.png
https://i.imgur.com/IWVcFLw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IWRShsP.jpg
And disident FTDNA:
https://i.imgur.com/UTnFAM7.jpg
I donīt know if this helps you.
mashail
03-19-2020, 07:14 PM
MyHeritage doesn't list any Finnish ancestry for me. Yet 23andme, Ancestry, and FamilyTreeDNA all do--and I have a HUGE number of Finnish matches.
MyHeritage also seems to grossly overestimate my English ancestry at 55%, and grossly underestimate my Scandinavian ancestry at 2%. Yet of the origins of my grandparents, 2 of them were from Germany, 1 of them was born in the USA to parents from Denmark and Sweden (I think this is where my Finnish ancestry comes from), and 1 of them was born in the USA to parents from Germany and the USA (with English/Irish ancestry).
So:
Grandparent #1 = 50% Danish / 50% Swedish
Grandparent #2 = 100% German
Grandparent #3 = 100% German
Grandparent #4 = 50% German, 50% English/Irish
And this equals 55% English and 2% Scandinavian? It also says 13.4% for North and West European and 28.5% for East European (which I do believe that my German ancestors do have some East European ancestry, as the other sites show that too). And, just to really confuse things, 0.9% Middle Eastern.
yeah you got ur finnish from your grandparents parents since they are Scandinavians but i think 2% is really low i dont think myheritage is accurate at all it gave me very off results but ftdna was more accurate.
14% berber that means its recent and my pearnts would know about it but 4% has to be ancient thats why my peanrts are not awaer of it.
mashail
03-20-2020, 05:22 PM
My DnaLand, MyHeritage and LivingDna results were pretty similar between them, with some surprise.
FTDNA was quite different.
When all this of covid-19 ends, I have pendig make the 23andMe test.
I donīt know which is better, but just now is 3 against FTDNA
Results were:
https://i.imgur.com/sJQVIEL.png
https://i.imgur.com/IWVcFLw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IWRShsP.jpg
And disident FTDNA:
https://i.imgur.com/UTnFAM7.jpg
I donīt know if this helps you.
yours most of the results were similar except ftdna its kinda weird! well, mine was more accurate with ftdna and very off with myheritage I will wait for both updates I hope it will make more sense.
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