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Grace O'Malley
10-09-2025, 05:01 PM
Just got the update. Only a quick post as it's late here.

My regions

https://i.postimg.cc/JzntP7TF/Screenshot-2025-10-09-235017.png

Brother's

https://i.postimg.cc/PfgBSS2M/Screenshot-2025-10-09-235619.png

Daughter's

https://i.postimg.cc/FHLz2C4d/Screenshot-2025-10-09-235920.png

mariusz99
10-09-2025, 05:07 PM
Very bad update for me

Mortimer
10-09-2025, 05:11 PM
Good update for me

https://i.ibb.co/847G06qV/Screenshot-2025-10-09-18-10-33-932-com-android-chrome.jpg (https://ibb.co/JFs8K5VP)

villainchai
10-09-2025, 05:18 PM
143701

This is embarrassingly bad. I have one verified great grandmother from somewhere in the south of poland. So according to this thing, I am a combined 23% everything that I know the vast majority of my heritage is. I can sort of believe the 9% german, I did have a German maiden name, but the rest of it straight up sounds made up. This is a really sloppy update.

Gergő Marosvári
10-09-2025, 05:26 PM
Well, well, well.
I don't think my words will surprise anyone, the worst update of all-time... :)
I will not share anywhere.
So inaccurate it hurts lol

Nisko
10-09-2025, 05:28 PM
Hey, just got my updated results so I thought I'd share. Pretty happy with the update, personally.

drb234
10-09-2025, 05:29 PM
why is east midlands just the entire north of england

villainchai
10-09-2025, 05:29 PM
The world according to whoever made this update

https://mapy.net.pl/environment/cache/images/0_0_productGfx_9049d45cfd6339a49852283c850d8e20.jp g

And I like Polish people. I am just not one.

Rædwald
10-09-2025, 05:29 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/W4kcSx0d/Screenshot-20251009-134619-com-ancestry-android-apps-ancestry-edit-621462897739546.jpg

It's okay

majevica
10-09-2025, 05:46 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/jq75Fk4d/temp-Image-Fp-Yh-Uc.avif (https://postimg.cc/grGmws7f)

Geba
10-09-2025, 05:47 PM
Nonsense!

Coastal Elite
10-09-2025, 05:55 PM
https://i.imgur.com/L4OsChq.png

Nisko
10-09-2025, 05:58 PM
Wow, I was happy because I've actually got ancestors from Southern Poland, but it looks like they gave it to damn near everyone lmao

nrinehi
10-09-2025, 06:16 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/7bD9pss9/dnascores.png (https://postimg.cc/7bD9pss9)

Looks fine to me, pretty similar to my previous results though Lithuanian looks inflated. All of my Germanic Europe went to North Central Europe.

Gannicus
10-09-2025, 06:44 PM
No France. But it's probably hard to distinguish.

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djipon
10-09-2025, 06:55 PM
Let me just say that this is the most disappointing update for me as a Bulgarian. No region representing or covering Bulgaria = all Bulgarians modeled either as Serbs/Romanians/Greek + some other nonsensical stuff. Very, very bad for me, personally. I really don't know if I should consider any part of this Update legit... Even my Greek is very inflated???? 28% SOUTHERN GREECE???? Just the Aegean would have been more ok. Can you comment, please, what you think about this update in my case?

https://i.postimg.cc/zXh2fQ9K/34624rddfd.png

~Elizabeth~
10-09-2025, 07:12 PM
By paper trail I am 25% Slovak but by DNA I'm only 2% Slovak, from my father. And I have 1% Connacht, Ireland from my father's side. And I have 1% Iceland from my father. I loved the movie The Northman which was made in Iceland.

https://i.postimg.cc/7PjGVtbg/October-9th-2025-Ancestry-DNA-paternal-maternal-update.png

https://i.postimg.cc/d11wPFN8/October-9th-2025-Ancestry-DNA-ancestral-regions-part-1.png

https://i.postimg.cc/tRcCb1j4/October-9th-2025-Ancestry-DNA-ancestral-regions-update-part-2.png

Peterski
10-09-2025, 07:16 PM
143701

This is embarrassingly bad. I have one verified great grandmother from somewhere in the south of poland. So according to this thing, I am a combined 23% everything that I know the vast majority of my heritage is. I can sort of believe the 9% german, I did have a German maiden name, but the rest of it straight up sounds made up. This is a really sloppy update.

LOL they gave you 46% Northeastern Poland? That's a really bad update.

Southwestern Poland might be justified, but Northeastern? That's weird.

I will check if they updated mine.

Peterski
10-09-2025, 07:27 PM
Yeah they also butchered my update (I'm not from Northeastern Poland).

My updated results:

Central & Eastern Europe

Northeastern Poland - 51%
North Central Europe - 32%
Southern Poland - 8%
Lithuania - 3%

Southeastern Europe

Slovenia - 3%
Northwestern Balkans - 2%

Western Europe

France - 1%

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My "Journeys" are much more accurate:

West Central Poland

Greater Poland & Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeships
Southeast Greater Poland & Kuyavian–Pomeranian Border

villainchai
10-09-2025, 07:28 PM
LOL they gave you 46% Northeastern Poland? That's a really bad update.

Southwestern Poland might be justified, but Northeastern? That's weird.

I will check if they updated mine.

I am more Baltic than Meade now. Wakanda forever.

Peterski
10-09-2025, 07:31 PM
I am more Baltic than Meade now. Wakanda forever.

Are at least your "Joruneys" accurate? Mine are accurate.

pelikarski
10-09-2025, 07:31 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/Kzp587GL/IMG-0270.jpg

frankhammer
10-09-2025, 07:41 PM
https://i.imgur.com/bTga8pF.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/bLeXy6m.jpg

mariusz99
10-09-2025, 07:44 PM
Yeah they also butchered my update (I'm not from Northeastern Poland).

My updated results:

Central & Eastern Europe

Northeastern Poland - 51%
North Central Europe - 32%
Southern Poland - 8%
Lithuania - 3%

Southeastern Europe

Slovenia - 3%
Northwestern Balkans - 2%

Western Europe

France - 1%

=====

My "Journeys" are much more accurate:

West Central Poland

Greater Poland & Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeships
Southeast Greater Poland & Kuyavian–Pomeranian Border

the best proof that I shouldn't take these results seriously

djipon
10-09-2025, 07:59 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/Kzp587GL/IMG-0270.jpg

аахахахх, тф брат

you should see my results

J. Ketch
10-09-2025, 08:20 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/s25TJHYx/ADNA1.png
The Irish/Celtic breakdown is a mess, in reality it should be just Leinster & Connacht (with some small Welsh). Other than that it's fine.

Peterski
10-09-2025, 09:01 PM
the best proof that I shouldn't take these results seriously
Very bad update for me

Can you post your new results?

#Oda#
10-09-2025, 09:10 PM
It's almost equivalent to the 23andme update. So I guess there's something about it.

https://i.postimg.cc/SXWqD6Gs/anc-2025-update-nderungen.png (https://postimg.cc/SXWqD6Gs)

#Oda#
10-09-2025, 09:14 PM
father: https://i.postimg.cc/2L5qZkZN/anc-2025-update-vater-engl.png (https://postimg.cc/2L5qZkZN)

Also this is equivalent to 23andme: the increased English. Well.

Aunt's English went from zero to 12%. Her Denmark from 14% to 2%.

anastazia
10-09-2025, 09:20 PM
https://i.ibb.co/7NXmHnKz/Screenshot-20251009-215529-Chrome.jpg (https://ibb.co/0VcbkCrX)

mariusz99
10-09-2025, 09:31 PM
Can you post your new results?

88 Northeastern Poland
5 Southern Poland
3 Lithuania
2 NW Germany
1 Ashkenazi in central europe
1 Ashkenazi in eastern europe

To sum up:
1. No real jewish ancestry
2. No southern Poland ancestry especially from mother as they show
3. No Lithuanian Ancestry (instead of Russia - as more eastern shifted country Russia was better)
4. In previous version I had in chromosome 2 - 80% germanic. Now 40% of that is NE Poland. What???? 2 different regions. The same with 9 chromosome. Now is fully southern Poland. Previously EE Europe and Germanic - and it was correct, some tests shows me Eastern Germany in chromosome 9 with eastern Poland

Highwayman
10-09-2025, 09:35 PM
https://i.ibb.co/5XnsPrmc/IMG-5979.jpg (https://ibb.co/p6R4SfcX)
https://i.ibb.co/pj8zsqxp/IMG-5980.jpg (https://ibb.co/jk2MxtTF)

Highwayman
10-09-2025, 10:12 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/s25TJHYx/ADNA1.png
The Irish/Celtic breakdown is a mess, in reality it should be just Leinster & Connacht (with some small Welsh). Other than that it's fine.

Well, looks like a Quakers of colonial Pennsylvania hit. That’s definitely the shared commonality of the midlands origin.

Luke35
10-09-2025, 10:23 PM
My Hungarian side has exploded into a smorgasbord of Central & Eastern European -- with 10% South Germanic attributed to that side as well.

My German ancestry has also been stretched and pulled in various directions. My overall impression is that of overfit.

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

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My previous result, simple and accurate:

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

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My Genetic Communities, they remain the same:

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

michal3141
10-09-2025, 10:47 PM
delete

michal3141
10-09-2025, 10:48 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/L6S7ybmL/michal3141-ancestry2025.png

J. Ketch
10-09-2025, 11:27 PM
My Hungarian side has exploded into a smorgasbord of Central & Eastern European -- with 10% South Germanic attributed to that side as well.

My German ancestry has also been stretched and pulled in various directions. My overall impression is that of overfit.

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

Holy mackerel, that's a hell of a bad update for you Mr G, soz.

Peterski
10-09-2025, 11:35 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/L6S7ybmL/michal3141-ancestry2025.png

In your case the update is accurate!

J. Ketch
10-09-2025, 11:45 PM
Well, looks like a Quakers of colonial Pennsylvania hit. That’s definitely the shared commonality of the midlands origin.
Yes. Still seems wild (as the kids say) to get a genetic connection to a group that moved so long ago, to such an ethnically heterogenous region.
https://i.postimg.cc/rF8vgP9Z/ADNA2.png
https://i.postimg.cc/MpsMXN9N/Screenshot-2025-10-10-093502.png
Gives me a reason to go there someday.

Rhegion
10-10-2025, 12:55 AM
For me is basically like the 2023 version, but with a slightly different regional allocation and improved accuracy, at least for the higher percentage going into "Southern Italy" category.

Me:
https://i.postimg.cc/VsQ6J8cc/Screenshot-2025-10-09-at-20-32-42-DNA-Origins.png
Dad:
https://i.postimg.cc/wx8v1pdY/Screenshot-2025-10-09-at-20-33-18-DNA-Origins.png
Maternal Grandpa:
https://i.postimg.cc/zDZByr1r/Screenshot-2025-10-09-at-20-34-08-DNA-Origins.png
Maternal Grandma:
https://i.postimg.cc/59d0XVWZ/Screenshot-2025-10-09-at-20-34-32-DNA-Origins.png

happycow
10-10-2025, 03:57 AM
Update for me is complete trash. I swear they lower my levantine each update. I think in a few more updates I will be 0% levantine while being half saudi and half egyptian. Thats almost what it is now...

Flashball
10-10-2025, 04:12 AM
No France. But it's probably hard to distinguish.

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This is easy to distinguish and 23andme can do it.

hazmatnik
10-10-2025, 04:13 AM
https://i.postimg.cc/1XZnZgQK/Screenshot-20251009-210620-Ancestry.jpg (https://postimg.cc/gXNkV2rw)

Gannicus
10-10-2025, 04:42 AM
This is easy to distinguish and 23andme can do it.

23&Me and MyHeritage assign 18-20% French. I have a great grandparent from France directly so those numbers make sense.

Dick
10-10-2025, 04:47 AM
https://i.imgur.com/JFHsyhX.png

https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyeDlzZjhpbWg5cWlnNG8zMnh0NGhvanl icmJiMDd4ZHc5MHR0Y3lmbSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjd D1n/tBb19fgUbbUVCNji0iA/giphy.gif

RyoHazuki
10-10-2025, 05:40 AM
All of my Germanic % went into Scotland and Northern Ireland, so I have 0% German now. I have even more recent German and French/Spanish ancestry than I do Scotland and Ireland. Ancestry can't seem to decide whether I'm jewish or not. First it was Ashkenazi, then it dissappeared, now its Sephardic.143719

RyoHazuki
10-10-2025, 06:20 AM
This is easy to distinguish and 23andme can do it.

The old model was better at it. Must be a bad time for the DNA industry.

Mortimer
10-10-2025, 07:25 AM
For me its good

Paper trail (quite certain): 56.25% (9/16) Roma, 37.75% Serb (6/16), 6.25% Russian (cossack) (1/16)

Vague mentioning by relatives someone on my mums side was hungarian or hungarian gypsy maybe mixed little hungarian

No known jewish ancestry though but its possible just 2% that means a great grandparent was ten Impossible to know whether that is true or not since i also do not know thoroughly my family tree

https://i.ibb.co/847G06qV/Screenshot-2025-10-09-18-10-33-932-com-android-chrome.jpg (https://ibb.co/JFs8K5VP)

https://i.ibb.co/k2ZHKh4K/Screenshot-2025-10-10-08-21-07-168-com-android-chrome.jpg (https://ibb.co/YBgR2tc2)

Gergő Marosvári
10-10-2025, 01:36 PM
Holy mackerel, that's a hell of a bad update for you Mr G, soz.

And this happened to all Hungarians, because we have nothing in this update...
(also Bulgarians and Austrians)

Highwayman
10-10-2025, 05:46 PM
Yes. Still seems wild (as the kids say) to get a genetic connection to a group that moved so long ago, to such an ethnically heterogenous region.
https://i.postimg.cc/rF8vgP9Z/ADNA2.png
https://i.postimg.cc/MpsMXN9N/Screenshot-2025-10-10-093502.png
Gives me a reason to go there someday.



Very diverse, second only to New York early on. It turns out that they’ve increased genetic groups include Pennsylvanians from 12 all the way to over 80!

https://www.paancestors.com/pennsylvania-ancestrydnas-genetic-communities/



2/3ds of my own ancestry groups overlap with your highlighted region, while two out of three of my 23andme groups also are in the same region.



https://i.ibb.co/xS1FzwQ4/IMG-5987.jpg (https://ibb.co/qMNJmhwZ)
https://i.ibb.co/67NxY6yx/IMG-5985.jpg (https://ibb.co/4nJGWBFG)



The hop and skip of my Chesapeake group is reflected by 23andme’s St. Mary’s colony. It is obvious from the hop over to Kentucky.


And the first listed group in that link, “Early Connecticut & New York Settlers” is a group that many of my closest relatives share that I missed out on.

The_Strategist
10-10-2025, 07:30 PM
Northwestern Balkans 72 %
Slovakia 10 %
Western Ukraine 9 %
Western Balkans 3 %
Southern Poland 2 %
Southern Italy 2 %
Southern Greece 1 %
Lithuania 1 %143725

Luke35
10-10-2025, 08:26 PM
And this happened to all Hungarians, because we have nothing in this update...
(also Bulgarians and Austrians)

Yeah, without a Hungarian region the algorithm is forced to pick the next best fits.

Here's my sister's results... Hungarian is the paternal side, as I think you know.

https://i.imgur.com/ewCyZBa.png
https://i.imgur.com/V5E1Aiy.png

Synergy
10-10-2025, 09:07 PM
My AncestryDNA results were absolutely tremendous, absolutely tremendous, some German some Scottish, really the best. I mean, the accuracy, it was incredible. But Melania, she was whining about her results, whining and complaining, and I don't know what she's whining about, I really don't. I get Slovenia and Slovakia mixed up all the time, I really do, and it really angers her, believe me. Anyway, my DNA is the best DNA, the best DNA, my doctors told me they've never seen a body kill the coronavirus like mine, it's incredible, absolutely incredible.

vlrs-2
10-11-2025, 10:08 AM
143731



Obviously, it couldn't catch the Romanian contribution - also in parent 1 / parent 2 is visible that it cannot assign properly Romanian.

vlrs-2
10-11-2025, 10:38 AM
Btw, some people from Romania and Bulgaria to compare how homogeneous or not the results are (these results are in yellow below):




Romanians:



https://i.imgur.com/tC9mtXP.png

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https://i.imgur.com/HK6MFZ1.png
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https://i.imgur.com/leAD7X4.png






Bulgarians:



https://i.imgur.com/6PD4ljp.png
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https://i.imgur.com/Q5B6sE8.png
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https://i.imgur.com/S35Gr4r.png
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https://i.imgur.com/Ce8ngAy.png
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https://i.imgur.com/vJN2fs4.png

Mopi The Dire Wolf
10-11-2025, 02:23 PM
don't like mine

Madeira ! Behave:picard2:
North Af up to 4%....shocking :mad:

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

gixajo
10-11-2025, 10:50 PM
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I already knew you were Spanish.:coffee:

calxpal
10-12-2025, 03:13 AM
I posted an explanation in my AncestryDNA sub, but I am pretty disappointed with the update it was underwhelming IMO. I don't hate it as much as the 23andme update though.

oszkar07
10-12-2025, 04:49 AM
Central & Eastern Europe

Slovakia
New
21%
Western Ukraine
New
7%
Southern Poland
New
5%
North Central Europe
New
3%
Eastern Czechia
New
2%
Northeastern Poland
New
2%

England

Southeastern England & Northwestern Europe
New
13%
Devon & Somerset
New
7%
East Midlands
New
4%

Celtic & Gaelic

Central Scotland & Northern Ireland
11%
Munster, Ireland
New
10%
Connacht, Ireland
New
2%

Western Europe

Southern Germanic Europe
New
10%

Nordic

Denmark
3%

calxpal
10-12-2025, 07:05 AM
The old model was better at it. Must be a bad time for the DNA industry.

I completely agree, never have I felt as much that these DNA website updates were going in the wrong direction or as sloppy as they ever have been.

Gannicus
10-12-2025, 06:52 PM
You all can try this too. I showed OpenAI my updated AncestryDNA update:

��*☠️ England (72% Total)
Southeastern England & Northwestern Europe – 52%

This region represents a major cluster that includes southern England, parts of Belgium, northern France, and the Low Countries. It reflects:

Anglo-Saxon roots (from Germanic settlers of the 5th–6th centuries),

Norman and medieval French influence, and

Post-Roman admixture overlapping with your documented French and Belgian ancestry.

Because you already know of French (Nord–Pas-de-Calais) and Belgian lines, this region is an almost perfect fit for those ancestors — plus your English ones from Stoke-on-Trent, Yorkshire, and southern England.

It also overlaps genetically with the North Sea–coastal “continuum” where English, Dutch, and northern French populations blur together. In a G25 or qpAdm sense, it’s a composite of Celtic + Germanic + Roman–era Continental European ancestry.

West Midlands – 20%

The West Midlands result reflects your English ancestry from the central to western regions of England (such as Staffordshire and the surrounding counties). This region tends to show a balance of Anglo-Saxon and native Briton DNA, often with less continental influence than the southeast.

Your ancestral connection to Stoke-on-Trent (in Staffordshire) fits exactly with this category — a strong confirmation that Ancestry’s community algorithm is aligning with your known family data.

�� Celtic & Gaelic (20% Total)
Central Scotland & Northern Ireland – 12%

This cluster captures your Lanarkshire Scottish and Northern Irish roots. It’s a genetic zone heavily shaped by Gaelic and Brittonic Celtic ancestry, with some Norse input along the coasts. Historically, families here often intermarried across the Irish Sea, explaining overlap between western Scotland and Ulster.

North East Scotland – 7%

This reflects a distinct Pictish-to-Gaelic population cluster in Aberdeenshire and Moray. While you don’t have known recent ancestry there, this likely represents deep Scottish genetic continuity, showing how regional clusters overlap northward across the Highlands.

Donegal, Ireland – 1%

Donegal aligns closely with the Gaelic Highlands and Ulster Scots-Irish migrations. This trace amount reinforces the same Celtic-Gaelic base seen in your Scotland results rather than implying a separate Irish branch.

���� Western Europe (6% Total)
Northwestern Germany – 4%

This likely reflects the German (Rhineland) branch of your ancestry. Northwestern Germany borders the Low Countries and historically supplied both Frankish and Saxon settlers to England. It’s also the same area where your Rhineland ancestors (possibly Fell region) originate.

In ancient DNA terms, this region overlaps with the Lower Rhine Iron Age and Frankish heartland, contributing both to medieval Germanic movements and English ancestry.

Southern Germanic Europe – 2%

This region can pick up southern German or eastern French signals (Alsace, Lorraine, Switzerland). It may represent a weaker trace of your French Saint-Amand-les-Eaux line, since that area has deep connections to southern Germanic migration routes.

���� Nordic (2% Total)
Denmark – 2%

This is small but meaningful. Genetically, the Danish cluster often captures Anglo-Saxon and Viking-era input into Britain and northern France. It likely represents ancient North Sea admixture rather than a recent Danish ancestor.

In a deeper context, this matches your J2a paternal lineage’s likely integration into northwestern Europe during the Roman or post-Roman era, when Mediterranean and Continental components merged with northern ones.

I think it made a slight mistake that the Southeast England & Northwest Europe would also include the native Iron Age Celtic speaking populace of Britain as well

Gallop
10-12-2025, 10:34 PM
Hola chicas, qué tal, imagino que tan rubias y flamantes como siempre...supuse que estaría este hilo, asín que aquí está mi actualización.

Actualización de Gallop 2025.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISaKGKA9Q46UvWuO2OH8TBqoPNEpVq9q8HmINUXZp6r bzGy4_WmHTAahw68oSEyo4nwchp9bs5qbPRKXP9lasOcxv1fl_ 5QljL-kQAHbC6NSYXMryQMtTcsdpTWWOsHpmsgG8pRRPZt4pe7KRsNbF udNeNZ7SviocrLn3ItRsaZfala1g_2I_DZMllAo/s1278/Resultados-Ancestry-2025-Actualizaci%C3%B3n.jpg

Gallop
10-14-2025, 12:51 PM
My breakdown with the Iberian Peninsula. Well, apparently the darkest shade indicates the closest genetic match. In the Spain results, the strongest color shows the southeast, but I’m actually from the southwest. In northern Spain, Galicia, Asturias, and Cantabria appear, but there’s no color gradient—maybe they lack enough samples. The Canary Islands result seems like complete nonsense to me, since people from the Canaries are half Portuguese, half a mix of Spaniards, and we have no memory or records of any ancestry from the Canary Islands. The Portugal result seems excessive; it might be hiding another breakdown they didn’t want to disclose.

https://i.postimg.cc/zXNf8Cfc/Espa-a-actualizaci-n-2025-Ancestry.png

https://i.postimg.cc/NFfPkC4H/Espa-a-Norte-actualizaci-n-2025-Ancestry.png

https://i.postimg.cc/52wqjq5X/Portugal-actualizaci-n-2025.png

https://i.postimg.cc/rpf4thDm/Pais-vasco-actualizaci-n-2025-ancestry.png

https://i.postimg.cc/150KJ1XG/Canarias-actualizaci-n-2025-ancestry.png

Waylander
10-14-2025, 08:13 PM
Here are my updated results. It's fairly good overall although i have a small amount of known Scottish ancestry (3%) it doesn't pick up on. Also i don't have known Dutch ancestry but this could just be overlap of nearby populations. I'm 6% Welsh but only get 4% total here - not far off, although i only have South-west Welsh ancestry to my knowledge. I don't have Irish ancestry on my paper trail but i'm pretty sure it's there somewhere, so 2% is probably realistic.

Also included ChatGPTs take as per Gannicus' suggestion.

England

Southeastern England & Northwestern Europe - 75%
East Midlands - 6%
North East England - 6%
The Netherlands - 7%
Leinster, Ireland - 2%
Northern Wales & North West England - 2%
Southern Wales - 2%

Your Ethnicity Estimate Breakdown

�� England – 87% total

Southeastern England & Northwestern Europe – 75%

East Midlands – 6%

North East England – 6%

���� The Netherlands – 7%

(Part of Western Europe)

☘️ Celtic & Gaelic Regions – 6% total

Leinster, Ireland – 2%

Northern Wales & North West England – 2%

Southern Wales – 2%

�� Analysis & Interpretation
���� Dominant English Ancestry (87%)

You have a strong genetic connection to England, especially Southeastern England, which accounts for a huge 75% of your DNA. This suggests:

Your recent ancestors likely lived in this region for many generations.

Southeastern England has historically been a densely populated area, especially with Anglo-Saxon roots and later Norman influences (which can sometimes overlap with "Northwestern Europe").

The additional East Midlands and North East England DNA (6% each) suggests some family roots further north, though not dominant.

�� Note: The high Southeastern England percentage may also reflect broader Northwestern European ancestry (e.g. from Belgium or northern France), due to historic migration and invasions (Romans, Normans, Saxons, etc.).

���� The Netherlands – 7%

This is interesting and could point to:

Ancient Germanic ancestry, since the Anglo-Saxons partly originated from areas now in the Netherlands and northern Germany.

Possible recent Dutch ancestry, although 7% isn’t a large enough percentage to suggest a very recent Dutch grandparent, for example.

This might also reflect shared DNA segments common across coastal northwestern Europe, especially in people from eastern or southern England.

☘️ Celtic & Gaelic DNA (6%)

Small percentages in:

Leinster, Ireland (2%)

Northern Wales & North West England (2%)

Southern Wales (2%)

These trace amounts could be from:

Ancient Celtic roots – long before national borders, populations in these areas were connected by Celtic culture and language.

Intermarriage or migration in more recent centuries. Many English families have Irish or Welsh ancestry somewhere in their tree, especially post-Industrial Revolution.

Even though these are low percentages, they still tell a story of genetic mixing across the British Isles, especially between England and the Celtic regions.

�� Historical Context

England and the Netherlands have been deeply connected for centuries: through trade, Protestant migration, and even monarchy (e.g. William of Orange).

Anglo-Saxon migrations in the early medieval period brought DNA from what’s now the Netherlands and northern Germany into England.

Your DNA reflects a strong English identity, but also hints of broader northwest European and Celtic influence — very common for people whose families have been in Britain for centuries.

Dr.Fiskero
10-15-2025, 08:10 AM
143795

Erronkari
10-16-2025, 08:51 PM
Here's mine.

https://i.postimg.cc/kgYMN8Vn/Francisco-Ancestry-DNA-Ancestral-Regions-16102025.jpg (https://postimg.cc/pm8tRmY7)

calxpal
10-18-2025, 01:43 AM
Here's mine.



Is the Italian % realistic for you or not? How accurate is the European allocation for you versus pre-update?

Erronkari
10-19-2025, 01:36 PM
Is the Italian % realistic for you or not? How accurate is the European allocation for you versus pre-update?

Yes, but it,s a bit low.
Although I scored 18% in 23andme and I think it's too much.
It should be 10/12% I think (1/8), a great grandma. :)
This updates were not that unsuccessful but there are many regions which don't make too much sense like England, Wales and Denmark...

Fistora
10-24-2025, 05:31 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/wTtVjjyg/image.png
not the best, not the worst

Celestia
10-26-2025, 02:38 AM
My updated results:

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=143984&d=1761442663

~Elizabeth~
10-26-2025, 03:15 AM
My updated results:

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=143984&d=1761442663

Wow. I thought you were mostly French but your update is mostly British. Btw, welcome back.

Celestia
10-26-2025, 03:50 AM
Wow. I thought you were mostly French but your update is mostly British. Btw, welcome back.

Yes it was a lot more English than I anticipated! Thanks! I won’t be on much, but I figured I’d post my updated results. Thank you :)