AncestryDNA Updated Communities

[nittionia]

Ancestry updated their communities, check your account. I still don’t have any :(

[Luke35]

Sorry you didn't get any communities, Nitti.

I was finally assigned communities for my Hungarian side. And my sister got even more than I did. They took away my English community, which was very distant, but correct.

Me:

http://i.imgur.com/pBivz9f.png (https://imgur.com/pBivz9f)


Sister:

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

[Melkiirs]

Both my father and I lost Ashkenazi Jews in Central & Eastern Europe, but kept Belarus & Ukraine within Ashkenazi Jews in Northeastern Europe. This makes sense because his side is predominantly Litvak except for one grandparent from Kiev which also had Polish Jewish influence in the resettled 19th century Jewish population. I gained Central Lithuania with Lithuania being the most recent immigrant ancestry on my maternal side:
https://i.ibb.co/sFcpy1k/Screenshot-2024-02-01-220603.png (https://ibb.co/19BY8Xh)

Hope this information helps with genealogical research on my great-grandparent with Lithuanian-born parents.

[J. Ketch]

They gave me more specific and numerous Irish and English communities but took away two American communities (Western Pennsylvania and Utah settlers) and my Australian one. Easy come, easy go.
https://i.postimg.cc/Sxt6CzkY/creoda-24.png

My mum still has a Pennsylvania GC though
https://i.postimg.cc/K8KkXph4/creodamum.png

[Laredo]

I don't have nothing new added, while I already have the locations of my native side I would like to know for my Spanish side.

[Jingle Bell]

I don't have nothing new added, while I already have the locations of my native side I would like to know for my Spanish side.

By Spanish imigration in Mexico is prob Andalusia > Castilla > País Basco/Galiza

[hazmatnik]

I lost Bulgaria and Western Balkan communities, now only have Croatia :rolleyes:
They went from accurate to place i dont have any recent ancestry. Paternal aunt lost them too, while maternal aunt still has Bulgaria, which is accurate.

[Coastal Elite]

I lost my Romanian community :( but gained a subcommunity under North Carolina Settlers called Buncombe County Settlers

https://i.imgur.com/mMS1xyh.jpeg

[hazmatnik]

They are introducing option to see communities by parent and to see the most common communities among your closest matches and this is already hillarious :rotfl:

Idk whats going on with Ancestry :rolleyes:

https://i.postimg.cc/15kdcR6v/Screenshot-20240201-211311-Chrome.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Rædwald]

https://i.postimg.cc/qv9CvYPh/Screenshot-2024-02-02-003552.png

Same as before, colonial af

[majevica]

Central Croatia and Western Balkans genetic groups disappeared. Now I'm just Dalmatian. And I see some features disappeared behind a paywall.

https://imgur.com/WddRogC.jpg

[Rædwald]

Central Croatia and Western Balkans genetic groups disappeared. Now I'm just Dalmatian. And I see some features disappeared behind a paywall.

Yeah, that was disappointing to see.

[Mortimer]

I lost all my communities, i had 3 communities, roma, croatian and ukranian, but now i have none, maybe i was not updated yet?

[hazmatnik]

I lost all my communities, i had 3 communities, roma, croatian and ukranian, but now i have none, maybe i was not updated yet?

I hope thats the case and that they will maybe introduce more Balkan communities.

[~Elizabeth~]

DNA communities
Your DNA connects you to 4 communities.
Communities form when we identify AncestryDNA members whose ancestors probably came from the same place or cultural group.

How this works
Delaware Valley, Chesapeake & Midwest Settlers
1700—1975
34 Possible Ancestor Stories Found
Connected to your regions: Germanic Europe; England & Northwestern Europe; Scotland
South Jersey Settlers
Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, Northern West Virginia & Maryland Settlers
1775—1975
58 Possible Ancestor Stories Found
Connected to your regions: Germanic Europe; England & Northwestern Europe; Scotland
Western & Central Pennsylvania Settlers
Allegheny & Butler County, Pennsylvania Settlers
Scottish Lowlands, Northern England & Northern Ireland
1700—1950
Connected to your regions: England & Northwestern Europe; Scotland; Ireland
Slovakia & Hungary
1700—1975
5 Possible Ancestor Stories Found
Connected to your regions: Eastern Europe & Russia; Germanic Europe
Northeastern Žilina

https://i.postimg.cc/B6fcqYr8/2024-Ancestry-DNA-communities.png

This is less accurate than the previous one. I have fewer communities this time.

I lost New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania Settlers
New Jersey Highlands Settlers

My father's mother's side were New Jersey Highland Settlers.

[Thracian]

I and my wife had same communities, Bulgaria and Albania, Northern Greece and North Macedonia.

Now I only have Bulgaria and she only has Albania, Northern Greece and Northern Macedonia.

I prefer previous version because my known ancestors are from Bulgaria and N Macedonia.

[Mortimer]

I hope thats the case and that they will maybe introduce more Balkan communities.

I read the descriptions of the regions only the roma regions says "that ethnicity has nothing to do with your genetics"... i suspect some who scored roma, complained about it that they are not, or some maybe complained it is racist because it will identify roma, or some wokes who said genetics has nothing to do with ethnicity... but no other region says that though, not jewish, not baltics, not balkan, not russia etc.


About this Region
The early Romani people left northern India in the 9th or 10th centuries and arrived in Europe some 400 years later. Many preserved their nomadic lifestyle, in part because of Europe’s distrust of outsiders and economic competition, since Romani men were recognized for being skilled livestock traders, metalworkers, woodworkers, and basket-weavers. Throughout the Middle Ages and into modern history, discrimination and legal persecution targeting the Romani persisted, and hundreds of thousands were killed in the Porajmos—the genocide of Romani people in Nazi concentration camps. Today, along with the Romani language, other symbols of Romani pride and identity are on the rise, including radio programs, magazines, and the adoption of the Romani flag in 1971.

Please note that your ethnicity results do not prove or disprove that you belong to a particular ethnic group. Identifying with, or being a member of, an ethnic or cultural group involves much more than genetics.

[~Elizabeth~]

I read the descriptions of the regions only the roma regions says "that ethnicity has nothing to do with your genetics"... i suspect some who scored roma, complained about it that they are not, or some maybe complained it is racist because it will identify roma, or some wokes who said genetics has nothing to do with ethnicity... but no other region says that though, not jewish, not baltics, not balkan, not russia etc.

I remember when the chef from the tv show "Lidia's Italy" had her DNA tested and found out she is mostly Eastern European, not Italian, but she identifies as Italian.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AncestryDNA/comments/10hxwu4/italians_from_croatia_dalmatia_istria/

"Italians from Croatia, Dalmatia, Istria
Discussion
I wonder what genetics of Italian-Croatian shows? We have a lot of Italians who escaped during the Yugoslav era but there are not many publicly exposed DNA results of these people. What I found out now is that Lidia Bastianich famous American chef is Italian from Croatia but her genetics show 63% of Eastern Europe, 28% Italy & Greece, 6% of Europe West, 3% Trace Region. These are data from 2016 when Italy & Greece cluster together but the question is what is left of it today? Italy & Greece cluster no longer exist as a common DNA group, at least as far as I know . It is possible that in this case ancestors of Lidia Bastianich are Croatian origin, probably Italianized throughout history. As for Istria itself she is dominant genetically Slavic, at least as far as the Y haplotype is concerned although there are many people with Italian names and surnames who live in Istria. If you have any genetic data, please post it here ." - reddit

[kingmob]

I only have this:


https://i.ibb.co/BnpCmxy/Screenshot-2024-02-02-at-08-15-39-DNA-Origins.png


Previously, if I remember, I also had Bulgaria but it doesn't seem to show up anymore.

[frankhammer]

Minor changes

https://i.imgur.com/M4fbZuo.png

https://i.imgur.com/LyD1bAc.png

[calxpal]

I'm not even gonna bother posting my communities update because it was extremely disappointing, they just assigned me 2 subregions within my 1 French Canadian community (whose region isn't even correct according to my genealogy/tree) so It's basically the same very lazy update..... I didn't get any communities yet in Europe still ): ugh. Also if you want to argue with me that the community must be right and my research/tree must be wrong this isn't the place for that, if so please fuck off thank you. I'm still surprised MyHeritage assigned me the right regions but Ancestry hasn't been able to yet. Well I'm trying to keep my hopes up still for a future update, but It's hard with all the paywall stuff.


Also see a bunch more features behind a paywall now ugh that fucking sucks.

[calxpal]

Ancestry updated their communities, check your account. I still don’t have any :(

I'm very sorry I also have had terrible luck with Ancestry's communities.

[Feiichy]

Stears got new communities
https://i.imgur.com/n392MSD.png

[Albannach]

I've lost communities, my Irish communities, Donegal, Inishowen, Lough Corrib & Lough Mask are gone, and Scottish Central Lowlands, Highlands & Islands, Argyll & Bute are also gone. I'm now left with no Scottish communities at all, which is pretty ridiculous. As it stands all I have left now is Connacht, Galway, North Connemara. I'm not impressed

[Grace O'Malley]

I've just come back to post on the Ancestry GCs update.

I've lost my GC to Central Ireland and have no GCs from my father's side but North Leinster could be from that side. I have a first cousin on Ancestry and they have the GCs from Roscommon. I'm getting my brother tested at Ancestry to see what GCs he gets.

I've kept all the GCs from my mother's side and also gained another one North Tipperary which is correct as that is where she is from.

https://i.imgur.com/1eUrfjF.png

My daughter has gained a baffling new GC so I'm presuming it is from her father's side. She has a first cousin from that side who doesn't have this GC so I'm not sure where it comes from yet.

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

https://i.imgur.com/c4x1fPJ.png

I'm a bit non-plussed about the Northern Ireland and Scotland GCs? I'm presuming from her father's side but their ancestry is Wexford and Dublin.

I have a first cousin on Ancestry on my father's side and his GCs are the following:

https://i.imgur.com/YolvfLt.png
https://i.imgur.com/xZeZmt4.png

I'm very interested to see if my brother will pick up some the of the GCs from my father's side which I've missed out on.

[Mopi The Dire Wolf]

Just looked at my updated Ancestry communities
How the fack am I part of a Russian one
Confused by this one

http://i.imgur.com/qQuRTXe.jpg (https://imgur.com/qQuRTXe)

http://i.imgur.com/VSD9D8m.jpg (https://imgur.com/VSD9D8m)

[nittionia]

Just looked at my updated Ancestry communities
How the fack am I part of a Russian one
Confused by this one


Are you getting drafted? :eek:

[Mopi The Dire Wolf]

Are you getting drafted? :eek:

да, любовь моя, сегодня вечером я уезжаю на фронт :p

[Melkiirs]

Just looked at my updated Ancestry communities
How the fack am I part of a Russian one
Confused by this one

http://i.imgur.com/qQuRTXe.jpg (https://imgur.com/qQuRTXe)

http://i.imgur.com/VSD9D8m.jpg (https://imgur.com/VSD9D8m)

Is the Russian community shared with any relatives? Although I would naturally assume no because it would be wasteful, did your twin brother ever test with Ancestry?

[Mopi The Dire Wolf]

Is the Russian community shared with any relatives? Although I would naturally assume no because it would be wasteful, did your twin brother ever test with Ancestry?

My twin brother has never tested with any of these companies tbh
I have 3 second cousins on Ancestry as close relatives, but that's it

It's a strange one as I don't score any eastern Euro ancestry

[Melkiirs]

My twin brother has never tested with any of these companies tbh
I have 3 second cousins on Ancestry as close relatives, but that's it

It's a strange one as I don't score any eastern Euro ancestry

Do any of those cousins get that community? Just curious if you are the only one with similar ancestry receiving that community.

[Abriekman]

I didn't have any specific communities and still don't have any except "Ukraine & Northeast Romania" broad region.

But my parent lost Polish community, and Ancestry gave him Lviv & Ternopil, no ancestors lived there, but I guess it may be based on just genetic closeness.

Overall shitty communities update like always

[Damião de Góis]

Nothing new for me. I only have one community, "central and southern Portugal", which while accurate seems a bit lazy to me. But at least it's better than 23andme where every portuguese person is azorean.

https://i.imgur.com/gp9wQ2v.png

[Gergő Marosvári]

https://i.postimg.cc/br4NzZ1R/424897145-7138842552876507-962941409336370609-n.jpg

I am disappointed...
They just removed my two most accurate genetic communities and I don't understand why... (Western Presov & Kosice and Central Northern Hungary, Western Kosice and Central Northern Hungary)
Those two were impressively accurate, and I no longer have them.
But they gave me a new one, the genetic community of Eastern Slovakia, which is OK, i know I have ancestry from this region, but still not as much, as I have from NE Hungary.

[Luke35]

I found this on the Ancestry website:

Why did my communities change?

"For our early 2024 communities by parent release, we updated our community reference panels and algorithms. This made our results more precise overall. And that means you may have new communities we couldn't connect you to before, but you may also lose communities you had a weaker genetic connection to."

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It seems Ancestry may have gotten too aggressive with algorithm, as I see that a number of people are losing correct regions.

[Mopi The Dire Wolf]

Do any of those cousins get that community? Just curious if you are the only one with similar ancestry receiving that community.

none of them get that community
however it says I get that community from parent 1 (my mother), and all those 2nd cousins of mine are my mother's 1st cousins (from her fathers side)

[Mopi The Dire Wolf]

Nothing new for me. I only have one community, "central and southern Portugal", which while accurate seems a bit lazy to me. But at least it's better than 23andme where every portuguese person is azorean.

https://i.imgur.com/gp9wQ2v.png

you get almost identical matches to me just different ratios

[Grace O'Malley]

Just looked at my updated Ancestry communities
How the fack am I part of a Russian one
Confused by this one

http://i.imgur.com/qQuRTXe.jpg (https://imgur.com/qQuRTXe)

http://i.imgur.com/VSD9D8m.jpg (https://imgur.com/VSD9D8m)

Also odd with your GCs is that you don't get a Spanish GC but get a Mexican one?? :) That's just strange.

[Duarte]

Pisans, I posted my results in another thread. I got Calabria and Northern Sicily.

[alnortedelsur]

bumper

[alnortedelsur]

I only had Venezuela in my communities, but now I got southern Italy, which confirms my distant Italian background (from an Italian paternal great grandfather). I'm surprised I don't get Spain yet, since my mom was a full Spaniard from Spain, and that's my main background, since my Venezuelan dad also had Spanish ancestry:

https://i4.imageban.ru/out/2024/02/03/1298eab85551579d26b198f528707dbe.jpg

https://i1.imageban.ru/out/2024/02/03/e3d98cb8ceca7cc6aa72154e3ffcbbfd.jpg

[Gergő Marosvári]

Sorry you didn't get any communities, Nitti.

I was finally assigned communities for my Hungarian side. And my sister got even more than I did. They took away my English community, which was very distant, but correct.

Me:

http://i.imgur.com/pBivz9f.png (https://imgur.com/pBivz9f)


Sister:

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

Yay, your sister also got the same Eastern Slovakian genetic community! Me and all of my family members got this one too.

[Luke35]

Yay, your sister also got the same Eastern Slovakian genetic community! Me and all of my family members got this one too.

Thank you, with my grandfather's family coming from Transcarpathia, I was somewhat bewildered why we did not have communities from the area. Also, the vast majority of my close matches have these NE Hungarian regions. My theory is that, with Ancestry now applying SideView phasing to the communities tool, the Hungarian cluster on my paternal side became clear. Previously it was "hidden" by overwhelming American matches (coming from my mother's side). Ironically, I think this may also be part of the issue with you, and others, losing regions. By isolating your familial sides, it weakens a connection that had been coming from both sides of the family, which was stronger when both sides were combined. I have the membership with the extra features, so I can see that Ancestry does have a "both" category, as far as community inheritance -- this should theoretically prevent the problem I describe, but perhaps it still needs some tweaking.

[Annie999]

I keep getting Finland or Scandinavia since day 1, could this be true? I find it unlikely to have ancestry from such a far away place. But who knows. And again France is overrepresented, I don't have that much French ancestry (paper trail), I assume it's likely my italian which is north-western that was taken as French, and maybe some Iberian too. The native american is from South America and not northern.

https://i.ibb.co/71zJBF2/Feb-2024.jpg

[calxpal]

Man this update was disappointing for me just like the last ): I wonder if I would have gotten better results if I would have tested around AncestryDNA's golden age well before they were bought by Blackstone and went down the extreme paywall everything route tbh. I wish I would have done a kit with them sooner rather than later tbh. Too bad I don't think things are looking good for them right now. I know people are worried about 23andme too though.

[nittionia]

Man this update was disappointing for me just like the last ): I wonder if I would have gotten better results if I would have tested around AncestryDNA's golden age well before they were bought by Blackstone and went down the extreme paywall everything route tbh. I wish I would have done a kit with them sooner rather than later tbh. Too bad I don't think things are looking good for them right now. I know people are worried about 23andme too though.

I got my AncestryDNA kit in like 2014 and I'm still disappointed, so don't feel too bad :p

[Melkiirs]

I got my AncestryDNA kit in like 2014 and I'm still disappointed, so don't feel too bad :p

Did either of your parents ever receive communities?

[nittionia]

Did either of your parents ever receive communities?

No and it's weird. 23andme gave us all communities that are quite accurate

[Kaspias]

Had only Bulgaria

https://i.ibb.co/3BfmKzd/Ads-z.png

[hazmatnik]

Since i do have membership, new communities by parent is very very bad at least in my case and case of my aunts. Here is one feature behind a paywall, "Common communities of your closest matches":

Maternal aunt, if somebody doesn't know her origins would think her father was some black slave from US :picard1:

https://i.postimg.cc/hGVSftKm/Untitled-irena.png (https://postimg.cc/jWdV1Kwq)

Paternal aunt leans toward Italy judging by communities of closest matches :picard1:

https://i.postimg.cc/rwXyc4kT/Untitled-Miki.png (https://postimg.cc/8j4gmjcX)

And i would be half US settler half Balkanite :confused:

https://i.postimg.cc/K8BWSkZd/Untitled.png (https://postimg.cc/HrWzbL82)

After all, all this mess deserve not to be paid for.

[Luke35]

These are the "common communities" of my closest paternal and maternal matches. Some are relevant and can give clues, obviously some communities I would have no connection too. These probably represent my American matches, for the most part.

Hungarian side:
https://i.imgur.com/w7QubKc.png


German/English side:
https://i.imgur.com/xPitzoW.png

[Purple Panther]

These are the "common communities" of my closest paternal and maternal matches. Some are relevant and can give clues, obviously some communities I would have no connection too. These probably represent my American matches, for the most part.

Hungarian side:
https://i.imgur.com/w7QubKc.png


German/English side:
https://i.imgur.com/xPitzoW.png

That was unexpected. Why do you think that you matched with the Western Irish and the Western Scottish (a new fellow Gael on the forum?).

[Luke35]

That was unexpected. Why do you think that you matched with the Western Irish and the Western Scottish (a new fellow Gael on the forum?).

So these are lists of communities that my close matches get (prob extends to 2nd or 3rd cousin level). These folks will have all sorts of ancestry that i dont have. As far as my father's side, I'm thinking I prob have some 1/2 Irish, 1/2 Slovak 3rd cousins, or something like that. So it's the Slovak part we share, related to my deeper Hungarian ancestry.

Now on my mother's side I do in fact have a 3x great grandparent born in Northern Ireland. Perhaps that is a possible real connection to the Irish communities listed. Although I have lots of cousins with Irish ancestry on that side. The Cornwall is 100% correct though.

Also, I think this tool is still in beta, so it probably has some kinks to be worked out. Just ask hazmatnik about that.

[Grace O'Malley]

I don't seem to have that feature that Mr G and hazmatnik are using.

I have to go into dna matches by parent and then look at common communities but it's not the list that you guys get.

Here is most common for my paternal side.

https://i.imgur.com/Dsp2iDi.png

Maternal side

https://i.imgur.com/6gpilJv.png

My brother's ancestry test has been posted in as I'm interested to see what GCs he gets.

[Luke35]

I don't seem to have that feature that Mr G and hazmatnik are using. My brother's ancestry test has been posted in as I'm interested to see what GCs he gets.

If you have a membership, than you should have this feature. I access it from the origins page, you need to click on community inheritance. Although I suppose it could be that the feature has only been released in the US, so far?

[Grace O'Malley]

If you have a membership, than you should have this feature. I access it from the origins page, you need to click on community inheritance. Although I suppose it could be that the feature has only been released in the US, so far?

Thank you for that. I do have it. I can also see that I have inherited no GCs from my father which is why I want my brother tested. So for people that have tested and have no GCs you might not inherit any from a parent which is odd.

I should be getting some of the Connacht communities especially the ones with Roscommon and North Connacht.

My daughter got Northern Ireland and Southwest Scotland so it's possibly from my father's side looking at the paternal side communities.

Here's the Common GCs.

https://i.imgur.com/VBGLjR0.png

https://i.imgur.com/7eS6T5B.png

https://i.imgur.com/N54GZoW.png

[Luke35]

Thank you for that. I do have it. I can also see that I have inherited no GCs from my father which is why I want my brother tested. So for people that have tested and have no GCs you might not inherit any from a parent which is odd.

I should be getting some of the Connacht communities especially the ones with Roscommon and North Connacht.

My daughter got Northern Ireland and Southwest Scotland so it's possibly from my father's side looking at the paternal side communities.

Oh good, glad you found the feature.

Yes, my mom gets Central and SW German, and also two US settler communities in her actual estimate - my sister and I get none of those in our actual estimates.

[Kiel]

Baden-Württemberg is new for me!
https://i.ibb.co/T8yJ6RW/IMG-0211.png

[Graham]

I'd question it, but this week I matched up to my dad's work partner who's parents are from the same village as Enya in Donegal. Stayed in his house in Gweedore for a couple of weeks too.

Got matches from Arranmore and other islands round there.

https://i.ibb.co/f2Hyfj4/image.png

[Grace O'Malley]

I'm waiting on my brother's results. They should be ready by March 15. I'm hoping that might be a day early. What I'm interested in is what GCs he gets and whether he will get any from my paternal side as for some reason I did not inherit any GCs from my paternal side.

[Grace O'Malley]

I've just come back to post on the Ancestry GCs update.

I've lost my GC to Central Ireland and have no GCs from my father's side but North Leinster could be from that side. I have a first cousin on Ancestry and they have the GCs from Roscommon. I'm getting my brother tested at Ancestry to see what GCs he gets.

I've kept all the GCs from my mother's side and also gained another one North Tipperary which is correct as that is where she is from.

https://i.imgur.com/1eUrfjF.png

My daughter has gained a baffling new GC so I'm presuming it is from her father's side. She has a first cousin from that side who doesn't have this GC so I'm not sure where it comes from yet.

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

https://i.imgur.com/c4x1fPJ.png

I'm a bit non-plussed about the Northern Ireland and Scotland GCs? I'm presuming from her father's side but their ancestry is Wexford and Dublin.

I have a first cousin on Ancestry on my father's side and his GCs are the following:

https://i.imgur.com/YolvfLt.png
https://i.imgur.com/xZeZmt4.png

I'm very interested to see if my brother will pick up some the of the GCs from my father's side which I've missed out on.

I've finally got my brother's results although officially they still aren't posted but I just changed the insights to origins and they are there. He has got a community from my father which I didn't get.

https://i.imgur.com/7uoxn9C.png

[Graham]

Looks like Communities has been updated for many. Got my Cumbrian, happy that Ancestry has taking a step forward, this reflects a large chunk of my ancestry.

https://i.ibb.co/5h62YK7/image.pnghttps://i.ibb.co/m9B1Kn3/image.png

[J. Ketch]

A couple of changes of nomenclature that reflects my ancestry. All of my English great great Grandparents (born 1840s-70s) were born in Staffordshire.
https://i.postimg.cc/6qvRfsCY/Screenshot-2024-03-21-175607.png
https://i.postimg.cc/gjqjdkD1/Screenshot-2024-03-21-175319.png
https://i.postimg.cc/c4CCPZ3k/Screenshot-2024-03-21-175448.png

[drb234]

boring as fuck
https://gcdnb.pbrd.co/images/gnArTZFDAAy8.png?o=1

[J. Ketch]

Ancestry's genetic community header images:

Central Ireland
https://i.postimg.cc/tqkD1C66/1-2-5-1-2-3-Central-Ireland.jpg

Leinster
https://i.postimg.cc/7qB2TGtw/1-2-6-Leinster.avif

English Midlands
https://i.postimg.cc/kG4dd1bg/Midlands-2024-Cropped.avif

New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania Settlers
https://i.postimg.cc/437DwHTm/Getty-Images-91000656-19th-Ghost-NJ.avif

[earthtube]

When they updated they got rid of my Cornish community, specific to the district of Kerrier in Cornwall. Now there is nothing to specifically suggest my ancestry there. This makes no sense as I have a paper trail that connects me to many recent ancestors who are all from Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, two cities both in what was Kerrier. I have verifiable genetic and written documentation of my ancestry there, and yet Ancestry no longer reflects this. My surprise is doubled by the fact that 23&Me did not trace me to their South West England region, and placed ancestry of mine in specific communities of southwestern Ireland and northwestern Wales where I have no recent ancestors reflected in any written documentation. It is puzzling also because Ancestry shows that I have comparatively little (7% and 5%) DNA from Ireland and Wales. And no the Cornish ancestors do not have any apparent Irish or Welsh admixture, I can trace back four centuries of documentation with ancestors all either in Cornwall or Devon, and other branches of my family do not lead to Ireland or Wales. Confusing and frustrating.

[J. Ketch]

When they updated they got rid of my Cornish community, specific to the district of Kerrier in Cornwall. Now there is nothing to specifically suggest my ancestry there. This makes no sense as I have a paper trail that connects me to many recent ancestors who are all from Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, two cities both in what was Kerrier. I have verifiable genetic and written documentation of my ancestry there, and yet Ancestry no longer reflects this. My surprise is doubled by the fact that 23&Me did not trace me to their South West England region, and placed ancestry of mine in specific communities of southwestern Ireland and northwestern Wales where I have no recent ancestors reflected in any written documentation. It is puzzling also because Ancestry shows that I have comparatively little (7% and 5%) DNA from Ireland and Wales. And no the Cornish ancestors do not have any apparent Irish or Welsh admixture, I can trace back four centuries of documentation with ancestors all either in Cornwall or Devon, and other branches of my family do not lead to Ireland or Wales. Confusing and frustrating.How far back is your Cornish ancestry? I believe that beyond your parents genetic inheritance is random, so you may not have inherited much Cornish blood, or as much as your paper trail says.

[earthtube]

It’s my great grandmother, but it is strange that the community would be so specific in its accuracy and then remove it. She was from Camborne, which is the center of the specific community of Kerrier where Ancestry traced my DNA to before the update. I also have a strong affinity to my grandfather’s DNA, so it makes sense that it would come through.

[~Elizabeth~]

I received an email message from AncestryDNA this afternoon saying that they updated their Genetic Communities for people with German ancestry.

I logged in to check mine but it is still the same.



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We’ve added new DNA communities!
In our latest update, AncestryDNA® has added several new communities for people with German heritage. We’re constantly adding and improving communities as our DNA database grows.

[nittionia]

My mom got these regions

https://i.imgur.com/CJQOR4Y.jpeg