23&Me New Genetic Communities

[Grace O'Malley]

I've just seen that 23&Me are now doing GCs. There aren't as good as Ancestry because this is what I've got.



This is the only GC I've got. Only for the Northern part of Ireland. It does include Sligo and northern part of Connacht which is my paternal ancestry. There is nothing for my maternal side which they have a GC for called Central and Southern Ireland. They might possibly improve in the future and be more fine detailed like Ancestry.



Has anyone else got a Genetic Community at 23&Me?

If you have does it match your ancestry?

[Beowulf]

i Wonder if i do 23 and me to my Grandfather would guess correctly his english side from West Middlands

still those communities seems more accurate then My Heritage one's thye gived to my Mother and Grandfather a Dutch genetic group

[Grace O'Malley]

i Wonder if i do 23 and me to my Grandfather would guess correctly his english side from West Middlands

still those communities seems more accurate then My Heritage one's thye gived to my Mother and Grandfather a Dutch genetic group

My Heritage is not that accurate. I have a cousin who has a Finnish GC on MyHeritage. Ancestry are much better with their Genetic Groups so I'd say there is more a chance of an English GC being picked up using Ancestry. They have more GCs and are better at detecting them.

23&Me have also got GCs for Spain and Portugal.

These are the GCs for British & Irish on 23&Me.



Ancestry have a huge amount of GCs and they are accurate. 23&Me are a bit broad but they haven't done this before so I'm sure they will improve and add more later.

[Beowulf]

My Heritage is not that accurate. I have a cousin who has a Finnish GC on MyHeritage. Ancestry are much better with their Genetic Groups so I'd say there is more a chance of an English GC being picked up using Ancestry. They have more GCs and are better at detecting them.

23&Me have also got GCs for Spain and Portugal.

These are the GCs for British & Irish on 23&Me.



Ancestry have a huge amount of GCs and they are accurate. 23&Me are a bit broad but they haven't done this before so I'm sure they will improve and add more later.

i would like to if FTDNA do the same i hope they will add genetic groups i mean for now is the DNA test most accurate for me and for Iberia my Heritage only gived me one a genetic group of half south Spain very ambigous and later a genetic group in Greece

[Grace O'Malley]

i would like to if FTDNA do the same i hope they will add genetic groups i mean for now is the DNA test most accurate for me and for Iberia my Heritage only gived me one a genetic group of half south Spain very ambigous and later a genetic group in Greece

I don't think FTDNA are too bothered about the autosomal testing as most of their bread and butter is geared towards ydna testing. MyHeritage very rarely update. They have never updated their Ancestry Composition since they started and the GCs are not really refined.

The best for updates and GCs are Ancestry. 23&Me are very accurate with their Ancestry Comp but behind in the other areas. 23&Me only updated on the later chip so people that have tested on the earlier chips are not getting any updates. Ancestry updates everyone no matter when they tested. So I personally would go with Ancestry.

[Beowulf]

I don't think FTDNA are too bothered about the autosomal testing as most of their bread and butter is geared towards ydna testing. MyHeritage very rarely update. They have never updated their Ancestry Composition since they started and the GCs are not really refined.

The best for updates and GCs are Ancestry. 23&Me are very accurate with their Ancestry Comp but behind in the other areas. 23&Me only updated on the later chip so people that have tested on the earlier chips are not getting any updates. Ancestry updates everyone no matter when they tested. So I personally would go with Ancestry.

Thanks i was thinking in testing again with a better company the last time i tested myself was in 2019 but first i would like to test Paternal Grandfathers and my Great Grandmother(she is still alive ) after that i would like to test again.

[Mortimer]

Mine is still the same as always. I see no genetic communities but i see the country matches, they have been there since always. They are not new.


69.6%
Greek & Balkan
Country Matches

Romania Highly Likely Match

[Mortimer]

Yes I see now they are doing genetic groups too, but i dont have one yet.

[Grace O'Malley]

Thanks i was thinking in testing again with a better company the last time i tested myself was in 2019 but first i would like to test Paternal Grandfathers and my Great Grandmother(she is still alive ) after that i would like to test again.

I think that is an excellent way to go. Test older relatives while you still can. You are so fortunate to still have your Grandparents and Great Grandparents. Both my grandfathers died years before I was born and I mean years as in decades. My paternal Grandfather was 64 when my father was born and died when my father was 17 and my mother's father also died when she was 17. Well before I existed. So definitely get some older relatives tested as it will definitely help you reach further back into your ancestry.

[Grace O'Malley]

Yes I see now they are doing genetic groups too, but i dont have one yet.

They seem to be rolling them out a bit at a time so I'm sure you will get a GC and hopefully don't have to wait too long. Are you on the later chip?