AncestryDNA 2025 Journey Update

[Luke35]

Hey everybody, following closely on the heals of 23andMe's Eastern European update, AncestryDNA has just updated Eastern Europe as well.

Post your updates here if you like.


My update:

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


My mother:

https://i.imgur.com/6A8YA05.png


A closer look at her new Journey, which captures her East Prussian ancestry well:

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

[Gergő Marosvári]

My group is impressively accurate.

https://i.postimg.cc/HLq5gtr0/New-Journey-Ancestry-DNA.png

(but it's kinda interesting that it's under Slovakia, despite that the majority of the group is in Hungary and in the eastern parts...)

[Mortimer]

I have one new before i had southeastern european Roma

Now i have southeastern european Roma

And

:


Eastern & Northern Hungary & Slovakia Border

[drb234]

Nowt changed
https://i.postimg.cc/Dz7fbzKg/image.png

[Luke35]

https://i.postimg.cc/HLq5gtr0/New-Journey-Ancestry-DNA.png

My sister's Journeys overlap with yours, although it is slightly different, pushing further into Slovakia. This is the only one she got.

https://i.imgur.com/A8urmm7.png

[Gergő Marosvári]

My sister's Journeys overlap with yours, although it is slightly different, pushing further into Slovakia. This is the only one she got.

https://i.imgur.com/A8urmm7.png

Great!
Did you find these groups accurate?

[Luke35]

Great!
Did you find these groups accurate?

My great-grandfather was born in Ungvar, so yes indeed. His wife may have been from NE Hungary as well, though I never could find the specific city/town/village she was from, I only know she was Hungarian.

My other set of great-grandparents were Transdanubians.

[Highwayman]

No recent updates. Months ago I lost Norway, received the Orkneys for a few days then had two more added colonial American clusters.




Here is how it stands today:

https://i.ibb.co/qFkQWZ8K/IMG-0918.jpghttps://i.ibb.co/mV3WcddY/IMG-0919.jpg

[djipon]

Nothing for Bulgarians/me again ��

[Luke35]

My group is impressively accurate.

Hey Gergő, I found this new Journey for Western Hungary while using the "compare" feature with one of my relative matches. I can see that my match is 1/2 from Somogy County (based on his tree), so it seems the Journey is accurate for him.

The two sub-circles are called, "Western Hungary, and Austria & Croatia Borders" and "Western, Southern, and Central Transdanubia"

Anyway, I thought you might be interested to see this.

https://i.imgur.com/6v51w8S.png

[Gergő Marosvári]

Hey Gergő, I found this new Journey for Western Hungary while using the "compare" feature with one of my relative matches. I can see that my match is 1/2 from Somogy County (based on his tree), so it seems the Journey is accurate for him.

The two sub-circles are called, "Western Hungary, and Austria & Croatia Borders" and "Western, Southern, and Central Transdanubia"

Anyway, I thought you might be interested to see this.

https://i.imgur.com/6v51w8S.png

That's great that they also added a group for Western Hungarians as well. Thanks a lot for sharing! :)

[Geba]

No journeys at all, where do you see them? Seems they are removed for me.

[Luke35]

No journeys at all, where do you see them? Seems they are removed for me.

Go to your Origins page, you should be able to select between displaying Regions or displaying Journeys

[Geba]

I simply do not have any journeys, I guess.

https://i.ibb.co/nMyWQqZN/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-20-155543.png

[Gergő Marosvári]

I simply do not have any journeys, I guess.

https://i.ibb.co/nMyWQqZN/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-20-155543.png

Just like my grandmother... :(
My grandmother despite that she is 92% Central & East European she also doesn't have any journeys...

[~Elizabeth~]

I received an email message today from AncestryDNA.


New journeys, new discoveries.
We’ve released 479 new ancestral journeys that stretch across Central and Eastern Europe, including countries like Austria, Hungary, Poland, and more. See if your ancestors are included in these updates, plus learn how they could help pinpoint your roots, map out your lineage, and expand your research.



I am 1/4 Slovak so I logged into my AncestryDNA account but I don't have any additional journeys.

I already have one from before.

Slovakia
Námestovo | Tvrdošín | Dolný Kubín

[majevica]

https://i.postimg.cc/xTg3RHSz/temp-Image-QWPp-Px.avif (https://postimg.cc/zVbhDyvz)

[Grace O'Malley]

Update is happening in October. I'm hoping to finally get Connacht as a region. My brother and cousin does but I only get Munster regions. I'm also looking forward to 23&Me update which should be significant as well.

https://cmsasset.ancestrycdn.com/content/ancestry/acom/en-us/ancestry-blog/dna/2025-ancestral-origins-coming-soon/_jcr_content/root/container_1968395890/bloghero/image.coreimg.jpeg/1757609213977/2025-ancestrydna-regions-hero.jpeg


An Expanded DNA Reference Panel
What science is powering this impressive update? We've supercharged how we build our reference panel—the massive database of DNA samples we compare your DNA to. Using a new combination of genetic and genealogical data, we’ve expanded our reference panel to over 185,000 samples!

This colossal increase allows us to take many of those broader existing regions in Europe, and break them down into new, incredibly detailed ones. For example, we used to have one whole region for Ireland. Now, we can give more precise areas within Ireland, like Connacht, to help you gain more insights into your family’s roots. Imagine getting an even clearer, more precise picture of your origins!

https://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/dna/2025-ancestral-origins-coming-soon

[~Elizabeth~]

Update is happening in October. I'm hoping to finally get Connacht as a region. My brother and cousin does but I only get Munster regions. I'm also looking forward to 23&Me update which should be significant as well.

https://cmsasset.ancestrycdn.com/content/ancestry/acom/en-us/ancestry-blog/dna/2025-ancestral-origins-coming-soon/_jcr_content/root/container_1968395890/bloghero/image.coreimg.jpeg/1757609213977/2025-ancestrydna-regions-hero.jpeg


https://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/dna/2025-ancestral-origins-coming-soon

I had read on the forum that an AncestryDNA update was coming in September. Now I have to wait for October. :(:bored:


p.s. Thank you for the alert.

[Dr.Fiskero]

Has anyone received the update?

[Mortimer]

Has anyone received the update?

I didnt yet