REAL DNA test results of Chris596

[Chris596]

The previous ancestry report was a weak attempt by Myheritage to shake up my identity by giving me “false” results. Thanks to some kind-hearted and helpful members, who saw right through the trick, I was able to find out my true origins, at least I got much more realistic data. Please share your thoughts in the comments down below. I think this is definitely worth a new thread

Some interesting things:

- The Jewish ancestry completely disappeared (I didn't find any Jews in the birth certificates)
- I'm still mostly Balkanite but this is obvious considering my ancestry (And I'm happy about it)
-The North and West European component is higher and I got more than 10% East European
-And the last one, the most unique component is what really suggests my roots and my ethnicity, is now present here



Maybe the legend is true and Myheritage really likes to give people free Jewish ancestry and tries to shake up their identity?

[Ion Basescul]

They are not false necessarily, as I'm sure that everything that they showed is there, but because the new generation of tests don't look at a lot of SNPs, some signals slip right through the cracks.
After imputation the results of my family now include more East Asian and a stronger North Atlantic-shift, which is how mine always used to be. Since I tested on the old generation of 23andme and LivingDNA, imputation didn't change anything for me.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...e-of-my-family

Regarding Jewish ancestry, there is an easy way to check that.
Go to DNA -> Overview -> Ethnicities.
Sum the number of matches. Then divide the matches with Ashkenazi Jewish by the sum of matches and multiply the result by 100%.

My mom gets 1.6%, my dad 8.9%. My brother and I get 7.5% and 8.7% respectively. From this, it is clear to me, that there is an Ashkenazi Jewish signal on my dad's side, even though it's so faint that it doesn't get detected on MyHeritage. However, on 23andme I received 0.3% Ashkenazi, which has been there since 2015 and also remains at 0.3% irrespective of the confidence levels. It must be real, but very distant.

[Chris596]

They are not false necessarily, as I'm sure that everything that they showed is there, but because the new generation of tests don't look at a lot of SNPs, some signals slip right through the cracks.
After imputation the results of my family now include more East Asian and a stronger North Atlantic-shift, which is how mine always used to be. Since I tested on the old generation of 23andme and LivingDNA, imputation didn't change anything for me.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...e-of-my-family

Regarding Jewish ancestry, there is an easy way to check that.
Go to DNA -> Overview -> Ethnicities.
Sum the number of matches. Then divide the matches with Ashkenazi Jewish by the sum of matches and multiply the result by 100%.

My mom gets 1.6%, my dad 8.9%. My brother and I get 7.5% and 8.7% respectively. From this, it is clear to me, that there is an Ashkenazi Jewish signal on my dad's side, even though it's so faint that it doesn't get detected on MyHeritage. However, on 23andme I received 0.3% Ashkenazi, which has been there since 2015 and also remains at 0.3% irrespective of the confidence levels. It must be real, but very distant.

I got 1.6% based on my previous DNA test results. But this ancestry report completely lacks the Ashkenazi Jewish so I can't divide anything. It's interesting nonetheless.

[Chris596]

Oh and something really funny, now at the DNA matches my relative from Hungary still pops up and now our DNA is almost 2% (1.9%) identical.

[Ion Basescul]

I got 1.6% based on my previous DNA test results. But this ancestry report completely lacks the Ashkenazi Jewish so I can't divide anything. It's interesting nonetheless.

None of us in the family have Ashkenazi Jewish as a component, so you are probably looking at the wrong thing, because your matches should be unchanged.

Hopefully this is helpful.

[Chris596]

(168/2004) * 100% = 8.38% ?

[Ion Basescul]

(168/2004) * 100% = 8.38% ?

Yep, you probably have a tiny amount of Jewish ancestry based on that. By tiny I mean on microscopic levels, less than 0.5% as in my case, but which is detected because of how inbred Jewish people are.

[Rgvgjhvv]

I don't get it. You did another test or something?

[Chris596]

I don't get it. You did another test or something?

Short answer: No

Long answer: Many members suggested me to convert my DNA file to 23andme V3 version, which is (presumably) ,,more realistic'' ? So I did it and uploaded the file once again to Myheritage and this is what I got. My SNP count is more than doubled.

[Alenka]

Short answer: No

Long answer: Many members suggested me to convert my DNA file to 23andme V3 version, which is (presumably) ,,more realistic'' ? So I did it and uploaded the file once again to Myheritage and this is what I got. My SNP count is more than doubled.

But how is that possible? Isn't SNP count determined by the amount of genome segments/locations that the lab analyzed?