AncestryDNA Communities Update

[Ion Basescul]

Seems like the boys are rolling a new update to the genetic communities.
Surely this cannot be real though? These are all my communities now.

Northeast Poland

Plock County
Lodz Province & Surrounding Area
Central Poland
Northeast Poland
Central & Northeast Poland
Eastern Lomza & Grajewo Counties
Northeast Poland & Southwest Lithuania
Southeast Poland

Lesser Poland
Northeastern Lesser Poland
Northern Subcarpathia
Central Transcarpathia
Slovakia & Hungary

South Poland, Slovakia & North Hungary
Western Slovakia & Central Hungary
Central Hungary & Central Slovakia
Western Prešov & Košice & Central Northern Hungary
Western Košice & Central Northern Hungary
Ukrainians in Eastern Europe

Ukraine & Northeast Romania
Ukraine & Moldova
Lviv & Ternopil
Southeast Poland & Northwest Ukraine
Romania & Southwest Ukraine
Przemysl & Jaroslaw
Central Poland

West Central Poland
Eastern Czechia

Western Slovakia
Northeastern Hungary & Eastern Slovakia

Eastern Zemplín & Northwestern Transcarpathia
Northwest Transcarpathia
Northwest Transcarpathia & Eastern Szabolcs
Eastern Zemplín
Prešov & Košice
Northwest Poland
Russians in Eastern Europe

Southern Russia & the Caucasus
Southern Poland & Eastern Slovakia

Przemysl County
Southern Lesko & Bieszczady Counties
Southern Poland & Northeast Slovakia
Eastern Slovakia
Western Czechia

Western South Bohemia

[Ion Basescul]

lol

https://i.imgur.com/xYM2LeV.png?1

[Carpatz]

I got new Eastern Euro regions too

https://i.postimg.cc/W4LMykRz/regionsupdate1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/KYPnh8FN/regionsupdate2.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/W3s0Nc1P/regionsupdate3.jpg

[Ion Basescul]

I got new Eastern Euro regions too



https://i.postimg.cc/W3s0Nc1P/regionsupdate3.jpg

>Eastern Szabo
From what I understand, the issue is that they are very generous with the community assignment right now. It will likely get fixed soon.

[Carpatz]

>Eastern Szabo

I'm too Romanian so they had to make up regions for me

[Ion Basescul]

I'm too Romanian so they had to make up regions for me

Irrefutable proof that Hungarians with that region have Romanian ancestry

[Ion Basescul]

lol


On the phone it is presented better, since the main view shows only the main communities, omitting the sub-groups.
I looked at all communities by the way, and this update is mainly targeting East and West Slavs.
The Balkans communities are still the same old and Moldova is nowhere to be seen.

https://i.imgur.com/YJm81WD.jpg

[Gergő Marosvári]

After that genetic community update i am more impatient to receive my results lol.
They said it should be ready on the 10th of December.

[Gergő Marosvári]

>Eastern Szabo
From what I understand, the issue is that they are very generous with the community assignment right now. It will likely get fixed soon.

Actually, the county name is Szabolcs Szatmár Bereg, so they should show the whole name of the region.

[Coastal Elite]

I got one new community, "Romania and Southwest Ukraine"

https://i.imgur.com/XIMbRor.jpg

[Ion Basescul]

I got one new community, "Romanian and Southwest Ukraine"

https://i.imgur.com/XIMbRor.jpg

Not Romanian, but Romania.. that's not an ethnic Romanian group, but for people with Ukrainian ancestry from Romania. The parent community of it is called "Ukrainians in Eastern Europe".

[Coastal Elite]

Not Romanian, but Romania.. that's not an ethnic Romanian group, but for people with Ukrainian ancestry from Romania. The parent community of it is called "Ukrainians in Eastern Europe".

I understand and the typo has been corrected.

[rothaer]

I got new Eastern Euro regions too


Could well be applicable imo.

[rothaer]

Seems like the boys are rolling a new update to the genetic communities.
Surely this cannot be real though? These are all my communities now.

Northeast Poland

Plock County
Lodz Province & Surrounding Area
Central Poland
Northeast Poland
Central & Northeast Poland
Eastern Lomza & Grajewo Counties
Northeast Poland & Southwest Lithuania
Southeast Poland

Lesser Poland
Northeastern Lesser Poland
Northern Subcarpathia
Central Transcarpathia
Slovakia & Hungary

South Poland, Slovakia & North Hungary
Western Slovakia & Central Hungary
Central Hungary & Central Slovakia
Western Prešov & Košice & Central Northern Hungary
Western Košice & Central Northern Hungary
Ukrainians in Eastern Europe

Ukraine & Northeast Romania
Ukraine & Moldova
Lviv & Ternopil
Southeast Poland & Northwest Ukraine
Romania & Southwest Ukraine
Przemysl & Jaroslaw
Central Poland

West Central Poland
Eastern Czechia

Western Slovakia
Northeastern Hungary & Eastern Slovakia

Eastern Zemplín & Northwestern Transcarpathia
Northwest Transcarpathia
Northwest Transcarpathia & Eastern Szabolcs
Eastern Zemplín
Prešov & Košice
Northwest Poland
Russians in Eastern Europe

Southern Russia & the Caucasus
Southern Poland & Eastern Slovakia

Przemysl County
Southern Lesko & Bieszczady Counties
Southern Poland & Northeast Slovakia
Eastern Slovakia
Western Czechia

Western South Bohemia

This looks very buggish to me. I know one more individual with such buggish results.

Have a look at which DNA matches you are said to share the regions with. Normally you get three depicted out of these. But the buggish results often show just two, one or even zero!

[Dirdepo]

They give me this:

Northern Subcarpathia

[E1b1b]

Xoxols in Eastern Europe. Nothing new.

[Dirdepo]

Xoxols in Eastern Europe. Nothing new.

Fat bastard gypsy boy your armpits getting sweaty or what

[E1b1b]

Fat bastard gypsy boy your armpits getting sweaty or what

Always.

[Dirdepo]

Always.

This not real workout, what happened in my one side family they E1b skinny af runners what happened you E1b

[E1b1b]

This not real workout, what happened in my one side family they E1b skinny af runners what happened you E1b

E1b has many looks. West Africans and aboriginal maghrebis were robust and jacked. Not no gracile runners like ethiopians who cant lift sheeit.

[Dirdepo]

E1b has many looks. West Africans and aboriginal maghrebis were robust and jacked. Not no gracile runners like ethiopians who cant lift sheeit.

My people are worlds strongest man too tho, we can lift better than Gypsy

[Lemgrant]

After many years they finally got it right.
https://i.imgur.com/PM0WziC.png

[Ion Basescul]

This looks very buggish to me. I know one more individual with such buggish results.

Have a look at which DNA matches you are said to share the regions with. Normally you get three depicted out of these. But the buggish results often show just two, one or even zero!

Some have three, others two, others one and some none. I guess that's expected considering that the average that I see here and on Anthrogenica is about 2.
But this match of mine has a comparable amount, just one less than me. Maybe he even has more, but we don't share them, and as a result they are hidden from me.

https://i.ibb.co/cNJpWRm/image.png

I don't know how many more are like this, because I don't want to research. I view it as a bug, and expect that once they adjust their confidence filter, most will disappear. Most of them are weak at possible level anyway, and only two are likely.

[Dirdepo]

Some have three, others two, others one and some none. I guess that's expected considering that the average that I see here and on Anthrogenica is about 2.
But this match of mine has a comparable amount, just one less than me. Maybe he even has more, but we don't share them, and as a result they are hidden from me.

https://i.ibb.co/cNJpWRm/image.png

I don't know how many more are like this, because I don't want to research. I view it as a bug, and expect that once they adjust their confidence filter, most will disappear. Most of them are weak at possible level anyway, and only two are likely.

23andme for me is similar, is not that serious. You are probably hybridized very proportional they cannot pinpoint just 1 ethnic group because you fit in many

[vlrs-2]

It detects my Romanian side as "Romania & Southwest Ukraine" which is incorrect, should be SW Romania. Although this region might encompass the entire country not only the northern Carpathians.

[Ion Basescul]

It detects my Romanian side as "Romania & Southwest Ukraine" which is incorrect, should be SW Romania. Although this region might encompass the entire country not only the northern Carpathians.

It doesn't detect squat, unless you are Ukrainian. Romania & SW Ukraine refers to Ukrainians in Ukraine, Romania and Moldova. This is the subregion of the Ukrainians in Eastern Europe community.
Samples come from mainly Western Ukraine, and their Ukrainian descendants then settled in Eastern Ukraine, Romania (Maramrues, Suceava, Botosani, Iasi area) and Moldova (Floresti, Chisinau, Tiraspol).

Community History
Ukraine is often called the breadbasket of Europe. Gentle hills, rich black soil, and a mild continental climate are perfect for producing wheat, rye, sunflowers, beets, and various other agricultural goods. This area of Eastern Europe is a melting pot of diverse ethnic groups, including Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, Poles, Tartars, and Germans. Ukrainians are traditionally Christian, and most belong to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine or the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (which blends Catholicism and Orthodoxy). They speak Ukrainian, a Slavic language, and trace their roots to both Nordic and Slavic predecessors.


This shows that their communities are not well tuned yet, if people with no documented Ukrainian ancestry receive them.

1950 map
https://i.ibb.co/T0Ch8hX/image.png

1875 map
https://i.ibb.co/pyzcq2D/image.png

1825 map
https://i.ibb.co/MpgKsTj/image.png

[Dunai]

Did AncestryDNA used to allow before to upload your file from other companies, and do you think they might allow this once again? This regional thing looks quite detailed and interesting.

[Abriekman]

It doesn't detect squat, unless you are Ukrainian. Romania & SW Ukraine refers to Ukrainians in Ukraine, Romania and Moldova. This is the subregion of the Ukrainians in Eastern Europe community.
Samples come from mainly Western Ukraine, and their Ukrainian descendants then settled in Eastern Ukraine, Romania (Maramrues, Suceava, Botosani, Iasi area) and Moldova (Floresti, Chisinau, Tiraspol).

Community History
Ukraine is often called the breadbasket of Europe. Gentle hills, rich black soil, and a mild continental climate are perfect for producing wheat, rye, sunflowers, beets, and various other agricultural goods. This area of Eastern Europe is a melting pot of diverse ethnic groups, including Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, Poles, Tartars, and Germans. Ukrainians are traditionally Christian, and most belong to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine or the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (which blends Catholicism and Orthodoxy). They speak Ukrainian, a Slavic language, and trace their roots to both Nordic and Slavic predecessors.


This shows that their communities are not well tuned yet, if people with no documented Ukrainian ancestry receive them.

1950 map
https://i.ibb.co/T0Ch8hX/image.png

1875 map
https://i.ibb.co/pyzcq2D/image.png

1825 map
https://i.ibb.co/MpgKsTj/image.png

Half of my Polish matches on AncestryDNA got Ukrainians in East Europe community, obviously it is because many people in Western Ukraine have Polish ancestry. For Ukrainian community they should use central Ukrainian samples instead.

[Ion Basescul]

Half of my Polish matches on AncestryDNA got Ukrainians in East Europe community, obviously it is because many people in Western Ukraine have Polish ancestry. For Ukrainian community they should use central Ukrainian samples instead.

Ukrainians in East Europe is way larger than the maps that I am showing above, which are for just one sub-region within Ukrainians in East Europe.

But the group itself is not very stable. I've yet to meet one Romanian match (from Romania) who doesn't score it. It's a very generous community, and not really Ukrainian as they advertise.

[Ljubic]

Ive got like 25% Eastern European and zero Regions.
Balkan didnt get any updates at all.

[oszkar07]

I got this

Eastern Europe & Russia
31%
Your community with a connection to this ethnicity region
Slovakia & Hungary
South Poland, Slovakia & North Hungary
Western Slovakia & Central Hungary
Central Hungary & Central Slovakia

[Karol Klačansky]

my new results. Look pretty accurate for me, just they list western slovakia under "Eastern Czechia" lol what the flip.
Eastern Europe & Russia
52%
Your community with a connection to this ethnicity region
Eastern Czechia
-Western Slovakia
Germanic Europe
27%
England & Northwestern Europe
10%
Sweden & Denmark
4%
Ireland
2%
The Balkans
2%
Baltics
2%
Wales
1%

[Karol Klačansky]

After that genetic community update i am more impatient to receive my results lol.
They said it should be ready on the 10th of December.

where is your pca plot in your signiture thing from? No way western slovaks are that seperate from central ones genetically. From what ive seen western slovaks are pretty much indistinguishable from central ones and distant from czechs as a whole with the exception of moravia.

[vlrs-2]

Ukrainians in East Europe is way larger than the maps that I am showing above, which are for just one sub-region within Ukrainians in East Europe.

But the group itself is not very stable. I've yet to meet one Romanian match (from Romania) who doesn't score it. It's a very generous community, and not really Ukrainian as they advertise.

Thanks for the info, I had the feeling that this is a straightforward Romanian region more or less.

[Mortimer]

https://i.ibb.co/pRSm69q/Screenshot-20211118-153336-com-android-chrome.jpg (https://ibb.co/b2kfj8t)
https://i.ibb.co/qnx7HxK/Screenshot-20211118-153440-com-android-chrome.jpg (https://ibb.co/pPnbHnc)
https://i.ibb.co/khr7DQQ/Screenshot-20211118-153501-com-android-chrome.jpg (https://ibb.co/LCqFgnn)

[Luke35]

I only get one 1 genetic community:

- Devon & Cornwall, England

-----------------

My mother gets 3 genetic communities:

- Devon & Cornwall, England
- Central & Southwest Germany
- Ohio, Indiana, and Eastern Kentucky Settlers

Why AncestryDNA can only find England, and not a German community for me is mind-boggling. And still nothing for my Hungarian side..

[rothaer]

Stearsolinas results (was asked to post them):

https://i.imgur.com/d18HBge.jpg

She has a lineage from Vojvodina and Budapest that is not yet explored, but she is not aware of any north Slavic ancestry. Personally, I also here think that a bug is likely with so many and somewhat unrelated regions. AncestryDNA is informed and they will technically investigate that, as they told.
In contrast, the Western Transdanubia community under Germanic Europe does make sense, as it seems to be Danube Swabian connected and she is supposed to have such ancestry.

[rothaer]

Stears' results (posted on behalf of Stearsolina):

https://i.imgur.com/iuEHmRE.jpg

They seem to make sense and to be without any bug.

[Nomadian90']

She has a lineage from Vojvodina and Budapest that is not yet explored, but she is not aware of any north Slavic ancestry. Personally, I also here think that a bug is likely with so many and somewhat unrelated regions. AncestryDNA is informed and they will technically investigate that, as they told.

North Slavic?
Small groups of Croats in the Middle Ages came from Poland to the Balkans and integrated with the local population, who was give slavic language.
Nothing surprising in these results.

[rothaer]

My results:

https://i.imgur.com/Y5xqlpR.jpg

I lost Pomerania as a region and gained "Central Poland & Northwest Ukraine". Actually this region contains overwhelmingly German settlers (which is applicable to me btw.) But this is not visible at a first glance and also somewhat misleading, as one could think this has something to do with Poles or Ukrainians. My Eastern European, or by far most of it, is just East German.

[rothaer]

North Slavic?
Small groups of Croats in the Middle Ages came from Poland to the Balkans and integrated with the local population, who was give slavic language.
Nothing surprising in these results.

At AncestryDNA regions and genetic communities are determined by IBD segments. Therefore these things are also sometimes referred to as "recent ancestry". Any commonalities from the middle ages you refer to (will have been before 1000 AD) will have been fragmented too much for today yielding IBD segments that are judged to be recent ancestry. Actually it's even about matches that you have in your AncestryDNA matching list. Regularly 3 of them are shown as examples for your connection with a particular region (if you click on it). In a number of north Slavic regions there are in the case of Stearsolina just shown 2, 1 or even zero matches. This is what seems buggish to me. But there will be an answer from AncestryDNA on this topic within a few days.

[Leto]

Stearsolinas results (was asked to post them):


Stears' results (posted on behalf of Stearsolina):

Why the fuck did she ask to be banned only to ask other people to post on her behalf a day later? Sounds crazy to me.
She's gonna be back in a few days anyway. I'll be damned if she isn't.

[J. Ketch]

I only get one 1 genetic community:

- Devon & Cornwall, England

-----------------

My mother gets 3 genetic communities:

- Devon & Cornwall, England
- Central & Southwest Germany
- Ohio, Indiana, and Eastern Kentucky Settlers

Why AncestryDNA can only find England, and not a German community for me is mind-boggling. And still nothing for my Hungarian side..
I'd guess it's because the English communities have more people in them and so are easier to find matches than for the smaller German communities - Ancestry is more popular in Britain than in Continental Europe, where MyHeritage dominates.

Numbers of people in my Genetic communities:

The Midlands, England - 436,065 AncestryDNA members
Leinster, Ireland - 301,302 AncestryDNA members
Central Ireland - 368,702 AncestryDNA members

[rothaer]

Why the fuck did she ask to be banned only to ask other people to post on her behalf a day later? Sounds crazy to me.

Still a gain of time compared to being non stop at TA?

[Nomadian90']

At AncestryDNA regions and genetic communities are determined by IBD segments. Therefore these things are also sometimes referred to as "recent ancestry". Any commonalities from the middle ages you refer to (will have been before 1000 AD) will have been fragmented too much for today yielding IBD segments that are judged to be recent ancestry. Actually it's even about matches that you have in your AncestryDNA matching list. Regularly 3 of them are shown as examples for your connection with a particular region (if you click on it). In a number of north Slavic regions there are in the case of Stearsolina just shown 2, 1 or even zero matches. This is what seems buggish to me. But there will be an answer from AncestryDNA on this topic within a few days.

If so, ok.
I see that not only genealogy but even genetic results sometimes can raise questions.

[Peterski]

Previously I had:

- Pomerania

Now I have:

- West Central Poland
- Greater Poland
- Northern Greater Poland
- Lodz Province & Surrounding Area
- Central & Northeast Poland
- Central Poland

IMO, there is too much overlap between these communities in terms of the areas they cover.

[Gergő Marosvári]

where is your pca plot in your signiture thing from? No way western slovaks are that seperate from central ones genetically. From what ive seen western slovaks are pretty much indistinguishable from central ones and distant from czechs as a whole with the exception of moravia.

It is from Lukasz Macuga's Eurogenes K36 report.

[rothaer]

Previously I had:

- Pomerania

Now I have:

- West Central Poland
- Greater Poland
- Northern Greater Poland
- Lodz Province & Surrounding Area
- Central & Northeast Poland
- Central Poland

IMO, there is too much overlap between these communities in terms of the areas they cover.

Looks like "Pomerania" was dissolved then.

Could you have a look for if there are shown three examples of matches (and not less) that you do share the particular regions with?

[Peterski]

Could you have a look for if there are shown three examples of matches (and not less) that you do share the particular regions with?

Yes there are 3 examples.

One of them is my 2nd cousin, it turns out we share very recent ancestors (my great-grandparents appear in her family tree).

=====

BTW this is the extend of their "Northern Greater Poland" community:

https://i.imgur.com/OLQWMtD.png

[rothaer]

Yes there are 3 examples.

One of them is my 2nd cousin, it turns out we share very recent ancestors (my great-grandparents appear in her family tree).

Okay, thanks.

[Ion Basescul]

Stearsolinas results (was asked to post them):

https://i.imgur.com/d18HBge.jpg



Looks like the same problem as in my case

[Ion Basescul]

North Slavic?
Small groups of Croats in the Middle Ages came from Poland to the Balkans and integrated with the local population, who was give slavic language.
Nothing surprising in these results.

Wrong

"How do we determine your connection to communities?A community is a group of people who share DNA because their relatives recently lived in the same place at the same time. Communities are usually much smaller than ethnicity regions and they go back only about 50-300 years."

[Ion Basescul]

Why the fuck did she ask to be banned only to ask other people to post on her behalf a day later? Sounds crazy to me.
She's gonna be back in a few days anyway. I'll be damned if she isn't.

It's like laying off a cigarette. Maybe she was spending way more time here than she would have wanted. This is normal, but banning won't help. It's the habit that needs to change.

[Gorilla]

Why the fuck did she ask to be banned only to ask other people to post on her behalf a day later? Sounds crazy to me.
She's gonna be back in a few days anyway. I'll be damned if she isn't.

Which is more reliable in your opinion, 23andme or Gedmatch?

[Art23]

Everybody is Ukrainian now? :) The description Ancestry makes is ridiculous: Ukrainians were peasants who never travelled beyond their town market. What? My ancestors were not peasants and moved a lot.

https://i.ibb.co/9tm52ct/Capture.png (https://imgbb.com/)110961

[Gergő Marosvári]

Okay, i am seriously impressed how fast is the Ancestry DNA with my DNA sample!!! :cool:
After that huge Eastern European genetic community update, i am more excited and also more impatient to receive my results asap!

https://i.postimg.cc/V6tVWmcF/257647744-4554354444658677-5427929153036435401-n.jpg

[Abriekman]

Communities for my dad ( Polish from from Podolie region in Ukraine )

https://i.imgur.com/VvpUHAW.jpg


Father gets Ukrainian community, no known Ukrainian ancestry, it is possible, but in any case it should be distant. Likely they assigned it because of some southeast Polish ancestry similiarity to Western Ukrainians, who have Polish heritage. They should fix those Ukrainian communities for sure, my every second Polish-American match got this community as well.

[Nomadian90']

" Communities are usually much smaller than ethnicity regions and they go back only about 50-300 years."

Really max 300. The more i do not want to do such research.

[happycow]

I get Southern Lebanon and Northern Israel/Palestine
Beirut, Damascus and Sidon Triangle.

No other communities.

[Voskos]

Thank God I only got Crete.

[Gergő Marosvári]

Why Ancestry analyzing my DNA for THIRTEEN days!?!? Is that normal?
I can't believe why does this step takes so long.

[rurov0]

I got,
Eastern Europe & Russia
90%
Your communities:
Russians in Eastern Europe
Russia
Southern Russia & the Caucasus
Ukrainians in Eastern Europe
Ukraine & Northeast Romania
Baltics
9%
England & Northwestern Europe
1%

[Ion Basescul]

lol

https://i.imgur.com/xYM2LeV.png?1

In addition to these from above, I have just received 2 more communities and the first one ever in the Balkan category.

https://i.ibb.co/h2MSjqs/image.png

In Eastern Europe

https://i.ibb.co/88pJ7vb/image.png

[Ayetooey]

In addition to these from above, I have just received 2 more communities and the first one ever in the Balkan category.

https://i.ibb.co/h2MSjqs/image.png

In Eastern Europe

https://i.ibb.co/88pJ7vb/image.png

They’ve added “central Croatia, Dalmatia, Lika” under Croatia, western Croatia as a completely separate category, then Croatia proper and gorski kotar under East Euro. We only score “central Croatia” which seems to include north Dalmatia and parts of Bosnia on the map.

[Jana]

They’ve added “central Croatia, Dalmatia, Lika” under Croatia, western Croatia as a completely separate category, then Croatia proper and gorski kotar under East Euro. We only score “central Croatia” which seems to include north Dalmatia and parts of Bosnia on the map.

"Central Croatia" on the map is actually Lika, north Dalmatia and west Bosnia, yeah. "Croatia proper" community is actual central Croatia (Zagreb-Karlovac region)
I hope they do regions for Bosnia and Serbia soon.

[Jana]

My best friend update (from North Adriatic-Western Croatia)

https://i.imgur.com/kCF9DI3.png

My aunt update (her only ancestry from Croatia is Lika Serb as far as we know)
https://i.imgur.com/BwrCnWD.png

Hrvoje update (Croat/Slovenian)
https://i.imgur.com/7A37B0n.png?1

Stears got no changes in his results.

[Jana]

my new communities are spot on! My Croat ancestry is from Dalmatia and Croatia proper indeed, as well as from Slovenia border area. South Italy is a surprise, I have Italian ancestry from few centuries ago but it is Venetian.
https://i.imgur.com/ejP9IWF.png

[Gergő Marosvári]

Delete

[Gergő Marosvári]

They updated my results today! (again)

Before the update i had 30 regions from Eastern Europe and two from Croatia, but now "only" these five genetic communities remained.

I am speechless... (in a good way of course)
It's absolutely accurate for me, i am perfectly satisfied with the results currently. :)

https://i.postimg.cc/vH5PVxCP/Ancestry-DNA-eredm-nyem-friss-tett-2022-02-19.png

[Gergő Marosvári]

Delete

[Art23]

They updated my results today! (again)



Weird, how they put Hungarians together with Slovaks.

[Gergő Marosvári]

Stearsolina, Ion, what does your results look like currently?
I am sure you also have a less amount of genetic communities now.

[Ion Basescul]

They updated my results today! (again)

Before the update i had 30 regions from Eastern Europe and two from Croatia, but now "only" these five genetic communities remained.

I am speechless... (in a good way of course)
It's absolutely accurate for me, i am perfectly satisfied with the results currently. :)

https://i.postimg.cc/vH5PVxCP/Ancestry-DNA-eredm-nyem-friss-tett-2022-02-19.png

Very nice, mine have been cleaned up as well. They haven't added regions for Moldova yet though.

https://i.imgur.com/5BZkeLd.png

[Luke35]

Still nothing for Germany or Hungary for me, very disappointing.

[Gergő Marosvári]

Very nice, mine have been cleaned up as well. They haven't added regions for Moldova yet though.

https://i.imgur.com/5BZkeLd.png

Yours seems more accurate and better too my friend! :)
I hope Stearsolina's results are also better than before.

[Scandal]

Still nothing for Germany or Hungary for me, very disappointing.
https://c.tenor.com/Xye24JC_F5sAAAAC/panda-office.gif

[Luke35]

Mad Panda

Pretty good, but not quite.

My temper tantrums are more accurately represented as a combination of these two:


https://i.imgur.com/oURB2wF.gif
https://i.imgur.com/dyqsuHQ.gif

[Mortimer]

My communities updated today, instead of the "Northeast Italy, Bosnia and Croatia" now it says "Croatia - Central Croatia".

COMMUNITY
Croatia

Central Croatia

Community History
Croatia’s central Dalmatia includes historically significant port cities along the Adriatic Sea such as Split and Hvar. It also takes in some of the country’s largest islands and peninsulas, including Korčula, Brač, and Pelješac. Coastal areas retain a Mediterranean influence from many years as part of the Venetian Empire. Inland areas, known as the “Dalmatian Hinterland,” have their own cultures similar to rural peasant populations throughout central and southern Europe. Reliance on the land—whether for viticulture or grain farming—and religious faith shape daily life and culture.

1700–1725
Dalmatian Serfs under the Venetians
Until the 19th century, most inhabitants of central Dalmatia were feudal serfs under the Venetian Empire. They worked land owned by the wealthy and were forbidden from traveling outside their villages. Most communities were tight-knit and insular, with karst mountains separating one settlement from another. The Pelješac Peninsula was especially rocky, which kept populations in these settlements small. Residents made their living from the land and sea, keeping vineyards, raising livestock, fishing, and seafaring. Some newcomers arrived from the Neretva River valley in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most were Catholic or Orthodox Christians fleeing invasion by the Ottoman Empire.

1725–1750
Settling the Dalmatian Hinterland
The Venetians began granting farmland in the interior of this region, known as the “Hinterland,” to refugees from the Ottoman Empire. Relatively isolated by mountains on all sides, this area stayed rural, traditional, and patriarchal for some time. In lands like those around Vrgorac, men raised grain and herded animals. Women worked in the home, weaving woolen textiles to make clothing for their families. Oral tradition remained strong, and local clergy increased their influence in these communities by running schools and involving themselves in local politics.

1750–1800
Dalmatia in Decline, Hvar on the Rise
The Venetian Empire didn’t develop Dalmatia with locals in mind. Italian nobles built beautiful mansions along the Adriatic Sea, while local inhabitants lived in small stone houses in isolated villages. As population growth slowed in major cities like Zadar and Split, Hvar became one of the more prosperous cities. It was the center of wine and olive oil production and was also famous for its lavender, rosemary, boat building, and fishing. Rudimentary coal and iron mining began in the interior lands as the century came to a close, bringing economic relief to areas just inland from Hvar.

1800–1825
Turnover in the Pelješac Peninsula
The start of the 19th century was turbulent in Dalmatia, with warfare between the Venetian, French, and Habsburg Empires breaking out in rapid succession. Trade blockades impoverished people who depended on trading and transportation. This meant families had to rely even more on farming and fishing. Even after fighting ended in 1815, inhabitants of the Pelješac Peninsula were nearly wiped out by plague in 1815 and famine in 1817. These challenges led people to migrate within the region. The western side of the peninsula was gradually resettled by islanders from Hvar and Korčula and by people from inland towns like Makarska, Imotski, and Vrgorac.

1825–1875
A New Dalmatian Elite
By 1825, feudalism in Croatia had been abolished, and all citizens had been granted legal equality. This helped the fledgling middle class in cities like Split and Zadar develop a sense of national identity. This new class also started forming business associations and attending national universities for the first time. Although many members of the Dalmatian elite spoke Italian and Croatian, the first Croatian language newspaper in the country was founded in this period. This new media helped spur political activism and nationalism among a general public that was becoming more literate in Croatian.

1875–1900
Winemaking on Brač
In the late 19th century, Brač was an island covered in grapevines, with rocky hills adorned by terraced vineyards. Almost everyone worked in the wine industry, picking and crushing grapes or transporting them in baskets and on mules. Mediterranean flora and fauna also contributed to unique flavors of cheese, honey, meat, and brandy that locals traded and enjoyed. In winter months, inhabitants transported firewood and dry brush from the large surrounding forests to wealthier cities like Split and Hvar. In 1900, the island’s population peaked at almost 25,000 inhabitants, the highest it has ever been.

1900–1925
Mass Emigration & Political Strife
A decline in shipbuilding that followed the rise of the steamship, a Phylloxera epidemic that wiped out grape vines, and overpopulation in fertile lands fueled significant emigration from Dalmatia. World War I and the outbreak of the Spanish flu reduced populations even more, and in Split, a violent political crisis erupted between the city’s ethnic Croat majority and large Italian minority.

Fleeing this turmoil, immigrants to the United States often joined already-established Croatian communities around cities like Chicago and Pittsburgh. Others flocked to mining towns in western states. The concept of zadruga, which included cooperation among extended family, remained strong. Communities also relied on local Croatian Catholic churches, schools, saloons, boarding houses, and fraternal organizations.

1925–1950
War & Revival
Fueled by its successful shipbuilding industry, Split became the most important port in the region and expanded outside its old borders. But this revival was short lived: World War II and the fascist occupation of Dalmatia ruined Split’s main industry. Many island and coastal towns ceased to exist, after wartime devastation and emigration.

In the wake of World War II, most Croatian emigrants were refugees. Among them were minorities, former soldiers, and political refugees. Large groups settled in cities along Lake Michigan or rural towns in the American Midwest where they could farm and teach Croatian in their own parochial schools. Other emigrants joined communities in New Zealand, where Croatians played a major role in the winemaking industry.

1950–1975
Moving On
Yugoslavia’s new socialist leadership redistributed land to peasants. This initiative was welcomed in villages in the Dalmatian Hinterland. However, industrialization came to this region last, leaving inhabitants raising grain and livestock to make their living. Tourism gained a foothold in coastal towns, and by the 1960s, Yugoslavs enjoyed high standards of living, with access to global travel, modern homes and fashion trends, and rock music and movies.

Croatian Americans in major cities like Chicago eventually amassed enough wealth to move to the suburbs, where Croatian culture was kept alive by joining folk music groups and enjoying traditional foods like sarma (stuffed cabbage) and orehnjaca (walnut cake).

[Mortimer]

DNA Communities
Your DNA connects you to 3 genetic communities.
Communities form when we identify AncestryDNA members whose ancestors probably came from the same place or cultural group.


Eastern European Roma
1700—1975
Connected to your regions: Eastern Europe & Russia; The Balkans; Greece & Albania
Croatia
1700—1975
Connected to your regions: Eastern Europe & Russia; The Balkans
Central Croatia
Ukrainians in Eastern Europe
1800—1975
Connected to your region: Eastern Europe & Russia
Romania & Southwest Ukraine

[Gergő Marosvári]

DNA Communities
Your DNA connects you to 3 genetic communities.
Communities form when we identify AncestryDNA members whose ancestors probably came from the same place or cultural group.


Eastern European Roma
1700—1975
Connected to your regions: Eastern Europe & Russia; The Balkans; Greece & Albania
Croatia
1700—1975
Connected to your regions: Eastern Europe & Russia; The Balkans
Central Croatia
Ukrainians in Eastern Europe
1800—1975
Connected to your region: Eastern Europe & Russia
Romania & Southwest Ukraine

What does your percentages look like on Ancestry DNA?
I haven't really seen many Romani Ancestry results so far, i am curious what popped up in your results?

[Mortimer]

What does your percentages look like on Ancestry DNA?
I haven't really seen many Romani Ancestry results so far, i am curious what popped up in your results?
The Balkans 52%
Northern India 18%
Greece & Albania 8%
Anatolia & the Caucasus 7%
Aegean Islands 7%
Eastern Europe & Russia 5%
European Jewish 2%
Bengal 1%

[Jana]

my results cleared up, very nice

https://i.imgur.com/hZkb567.png

[Gergő Marosvári]

my results cleared up, very nice

https://i.imgur.com/hZkb567.png

Very accurate results in my opinion! Love it! :)

[Jana]

Stears results cleared up as well, they look really good now!

https://i.imgur.com/JuZW7fk.png

[rothaer]

my results cleared up, very nice

(...)

I'm happy for that bugfix to eventually have happened. Now AncestryDNA can be taken more serious again.

[Gergő Marosvári]

Stears results cleared up as well, they look really good now!

https://i.imgur.com/JuZW7fk.png

It seems very accurate for him too, i think Ancestry DNA did a great job with this update.

[Jana]

I'm happy for that bugfix to eventually have happened. Now AncestryDNA can be taken more serious again.


It seems very accurate for him too, i think Ancestry DNA did a great job with this update.

100% agree!

[Gergő Marosvári]

Ancestry DNA rolled out a new update and the results of mine became even more ACCURATE than before!
I can happily say this sentence: Ancestry DNA is DA BEST

https://i.postimg.cc/XYyVsJ70/image.png

[Celestia]

lol my family's results get worse and worse.

My mother's maiden name is German and literally gets 0 on here when it was 15% before.

Her new results:

England & Northwestern Europe 44%
Scotland 23%
Norway 22%
Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples 3%
Wales 3%
Ivory Coast & Ghana 2%
Mali 1%
Sardinia 1%
Spain 1%

[MCMXCV]

When I was deciding which DNA testing company to choose, at the end I chose 23andMe over AncestryDNA because of their regions. Maybe it was a mistake — albeit I don’t have any particular regrets — but if I look at the list of their available regions (https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/List-of-AncestryDNA-Regions), my country of Slovenia isn’t even listed, so I’m not sure how they would’ve showed it. Possibly split between other overlying and nearby regions they have?
However, later, they announced an update (https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/blog/ancestrydna-announces-updated-communities-members-ties-italy-croatia-and-slovenia) specifically for the part of Europe which is relevant to me, so maybe it’s better now, although I haven’t seen any examples and the new updated communities aren’t yet listed in the first link.

[J. Ketch]

Utah Settlers have been added to my genetic communities, my third American community.

https://i.postimg.cc/02mxd0zZ/utahsettlers.png

[Graham]

Anyone else in the beta testing, looked to see if a thread on it? They are going through the process of predicting your parents communities and dna matches? Has been going on a while and hopefully comes out.

[Selene]

https://i.ibb.co/jM6c0jK/Screenshot-20230602-101235-Chrome.jpg (https://ibb.co/G2xKYrw)

[calxpal]

Sadly I only have 1 community on Ancestry (I have a thread for my results) ): but if they add more I'll post here!