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    Hi, I got my raw data from MyHeritage and I have a kinda the reversed case. It feels like us Poles asking about how much Germanic we are is kinda our favorite topic Jokes aside

    In the MyHeritage ethnicity estimate I had 49% Eastern European 25% Baltic, 25% Scandinavian and 1% Inuit (I guess that one is a glitch). Once I transferred my raw data into GedMatch almost all my Scandinavian (which is supposed to be Germanic) disappeared and also my Baltic part was heavily reduced. Making me around 90% Slav suddenly. So either one of those things happened:

    1. The Scandinavian and Baltic part in the MyHeritage estimate stands for Slavs living in those areas.
    2. the MyHeritage estimate is imprecise
    3. the simulated cords are faulty and MyHeritage prediction was right. So I should try to get some davidsky cords and see if it will change
    4. the Myheritage raw data is not precise enough (would need to try another company for comparison I am thinking about ancestry)

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    The truth is that AncestryDNA after 2022 update (so called smoothing update ) became a shit for minor ancestries (1/8 and lower) unless your minor heritage is from the other continent or is easily identifiable like Ashkenazi.

    By the way, 23andme also got worse in 2022, but not as much as Ancestry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abriekman View Post
    The truth is that AncestryDNA after 2022 update (so called smoothing update ) became a shit for minor ancestries (1/8 and lower) unless your minor heritage is from the other continent or is easily identifiable like Ashkenazi.

    By the way, 23andme also got worse in 2022, but not as much as Ancestry
    This.

    My 23andme is awful. When I first did it I had about 4% German (including specific regions) and with the smoothing update last year it just vanished. I know for a fact I am about 1/8 German across multiple ancestors. Now I'm 98% EE and 2% AJ on 23andme

    I'm considering doing an AncestryDNA test now just to see what it says.

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    Germanic (AD 100–630) 7.6%
    European Jew (AD 1160–1400) 6.0%
    Sinitic (1230 BC–AD 1670) 1.2%
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    What a cry baby! as If 1% affected your phenotype

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    Quote Originally Posted by Polak View Post
    This.

    My 23andme is awful. When I first did it I had about 4% German (including specific regions) and with the smoothing update last year it just vanished. I know for a fact I am about 1/8 German across multiple ancestors. Now I'm 98% EE and 2% AJ on 23andme

    I'm considering doing an AncestryDNA test now just to see what it says.
    Completely agree. Well, if you don't know where to spend your 70 USD$ you can try it, but be ready to see EE results with minor Jewish, lol. I am 96% EE on AncestryDNA now, in reality I am 7/8 EE.

    For me 23andme got less precise and my results became absurd ironically after I phased with my parent . On 23andme I am 90% EE, 5% Greek & Balkan, 2% Western Asian and <1% Ashkenazi, the rest is Broadly European, while my parent is 73,5% EE, 25% Greek& Balkan, 1,5% Ashkenazi. I could see the other parent by this phasing option and he's 99% EE, so you can see that results do not add up.

    I do not know why these new updates of commercial tests are only getting worse now... My results on Ancestry were perfect before, 87% EE 12% Balkans 1% Cyprus, now what is left from my Bulgarian is nothing, I have 4% The Balkans but Ancestry writes that it is 2% from both parents so it's not even my minor ancestry, likely just noise from my Polish side hahaha.

    The good thing is that if you test on Ancestry you'll get a high quality raw data but even with 23andme raw data you can convert it and get 3 times more SNPs, so think about it. Probably you will be dissapointed, but who knows, maybe in the future they will release a new update which will make it better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abriekman View Post
    Completely agree. Well, if you don't know where to spend your 70 USD$ you can try it, but be ready to see EE results with minor Jewish, lol. I am 96% EE on AncestryDNA now, in reality I am 7/8 EE.

    For me 23andme got less precise and my results became absurd ironically after I phased with my parent . On 23andme I am 90% EE, 5% Greek & Balkan, 2% Western Asian and <1% Ashkenazi, the rest is Broadly European, while my parent is 73,5% EE, 25% Greek& Balkan, 1,5% Ashkenazi. I could see the other parent by this phasing option and he's 99% EE, so you can see that results do not add up.

    I do not know why these new updates of commercial tests are only getting worse now... My results on Ancestry were perfect before, 87% EE 12% Balkans 1% Cyprus, now what is left from my Bulgarian is nothing, I have 4% The Balkans but Ancestry writes that it is 2% from both parents so it's not even my minor ancestry, likely just noise from my Polish side hahaha.

    The good thing is that if you test on Ancestry you'll get a high quality raw data but even with 23andme raw data you can convert it and get 3 times more SNPs, so think about it. Probably you will be dissapointed, but who knows, maybe in the future they will release a new update which will make it better.
    It seems that all of these DNA tests sleep on Eastern Europeans.
    So disappointing about your results. I suppose every single test/report/etc is inaccurate in one way or another so take everything with a grain of salt. I know what ancestry I have and so do you. That's all that really matters.

    If I ever have that amount of lying around I might give it a shot. For now it is what it is.

    Do you think they will update 23andme, Ancestry, etc. in the recent future or do you think it won't ever get much better?

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    Baltic (AD 260–540) 21.2%
    Germanic (AD 100–630) 7.6%
    European Jew (AD 1160–1400) 6.0%
    Sinitic (1230 BC–AD 1670) 1.2%
    Fit: 2.626

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    I recommend ancient calculators made by Rothaer or Feiichy. These calculators seems to be high accurate for Slavic People

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    Quote Originally Posted by mariusz99 View Post
    I recommend ancient calculators made by Rothaer or Feiichy. These calculators seems to be high accurate for Slavic People
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    Mariusz is always crying about his result no matter the test.

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