My AncestryDNA Results

[calxpal]

I just got the update and I have to be honest I am extremely disappointed. Overall there were no improvements for me in terms of accuracy...my results still have a few of the same problems as before which I was really hoping for the update to fix. And my ethnicity inheritance prediction became less accurate ):. I also still have no European genetic communities tbh this update was just as bad as the MyHeritage one for me. No hate towards Ancestry but yeah I think I'm going to just ignore their ethnicity estimates going forward for the most part and focus more on building my tree. I'm sad because this was something I was really looking forward to.

[Gallop]

I disappear Wales and they give me Scotland.

Scotland
Primarily located in: Scotland

Also found in: Channel Islands, England, Faroe Islands, France, Iceland, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland

From 83% in Spain to 87% in Portugal, it went to 5%. France disappears and the piquito that you see there remains.

[happycow]

I just got the update and I have to be honest I am extremely disappointed. Overall there were no improvements for me in terms of accuracy...my results still have a few of the same problems as before which I was really hoping for the update to fix. And my ethnicity inheritance prediction became less accurate ):. I also still have no European genetic communities tbh this update was just as bad as the MyHeritage one for me. No hate towards Ancestry but yeah I think I'm going to just ignore their ethnicity estimates going forward for the most part and focus more on building my tree. I'm sad because this was something I was really looking forward to.

disappoint in mine as well tbh

[nittionia]

Yeah mine didn't change and I still don't have communities. Hopefully 23andme comes out with an update soon.

[calxpal]

I will try to upload an image later of these but I will say that the accuracy for me overall hasn't really improved or disproved this time, some things are more accurate some things are less. Still It's interesting to have it as a comparison.

The decrease in Scottish is definitely an improvement, however my results still have the same issue with the vastly underestimated Irish. E&NW Europe and France each went up a tad which is a step in the right direction although extremely miniscule. Eastern Europe remained exactly the same. I also now have Wales at 2% which is interesting considering a few of my mom's distant Irish ancestors had old Welsh origins. And also 1% Norway not sure where that came from lol but it is probably a proxy for something else at such a small amount as well. Also my total Scandinavian (Norway + Sweden & Denmark) increased by 2% to 7% which is a step in the wrong direction considering I don't have any recent Scandinavian ancestors in my tree, if it was 1-2% it would be understandable but 7% is a lot without recent ancestry, although it is probably acting as a proxy for something else. I actually thought it was possible it might disappear in the update. Ancestry seems to have problems with their Scandinavian samples. I don't mean any hate towards Scandinavian ancestry though lol it would actually be cool of it was real but sadly I know It's not, no other major DNA companies assigns me it either. I also lost my 1% North Italian which I don't have many thoughts about considering It's a very small amount. My trace ancestries are the same according to the hack which isn't surprising.

I also still have no European genetic groups and Ancestry still can't pick up my slightly more distant European ancestry, I should have a % of Germanic Europe and The Balkans but I still don't receive it.

I find that the Ethnicity Inheritance prediction makes it bit less sense than before, but It's still alright. The chromosome painting is ok but is still a little unrealistic IMO and has too many whole chromosomes of one ancestry. It's also still interesting to see where the unassigned is but I wish they actually just labeled it.

And of course I understand none of these tests will be perfect, they are just estimates and they do give % ranges which I'll post again later, and I do expect these companies to have some trouble telling apart different European subregions. I care just as much about detail as accuracy. And 23andme has a few issues as well ofc.

I am kind of worried though that Ancestry is going to focus a lot less on improving Europe because while I do think it is great they are tons of new genetic groups all across the world, there European results still need work even if they have a lot of samples. I am also concerned though especially with all the new paywalls (I know It's US only currently) since I think the features they want to paywall still need improvement and once I encounter them the test will have been even more worthless than most lesser known websites where you upload and pay $20 or so for a report. They also revealed they have plans to paywall the matches which would be very disappointing and make the test basically worthless ):.

I have been making interesting discoveries and having fun with making a tree on there, however there is only so much without the subscription. I do like the hints feature. I think it sucks that the website has a lot of potential but also a lot of problems.









Also my one genetic group is the same as before *Southwest Quebec French Settlers. I did want to mention though that I have a lot of recent Eastern Quebec French ancestry so I am puzzled about why I'm not getting a genetic group for that as well.

Anyways thoughts are welcome ofc =)

[calxpal]

Yeah mine didn't change and I still don't have communities. Hopefully 23andme comes out with an update soon.

Yeah that would be cool although I don't have high hopes that it will be before next year.

[MandM]

Follow this: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncestryDNA..._instructions/

Just change 2022 to 2023. It worked for me, but it doesn't work for everyone

Dont know if i did it right or if it worked, but it just showed 100% Balkan

Aha i was supposed to do this befor they updated hehe

Doea it worl on 23andme, and if yes how do i do it

[Gallop]

I'm sticking with FTDNA. I sent the Ancestry kit from Barcelona, they had given me 6% from France, and in turn they change Wales for Scotland. then I do the family tree, all my family from Andalusia and they have made 6% of France disappear, for me they can go to shit.

[calxpal]

Dont know if i did it right or if it worked, but it just showed 100% Balkan

Aha i was supposed to do this befor they updated hehe

Doea it worl on 23andme, and if yes how do i do it

I sure wish 23andme had a hack like that lol it would be interesting and kinda funny, I wonder if that would be possible lol hmmm.

[hazmatnik]

My update was just subtracting from Balkan and adding to Greece and Albania



My maternal aunt got Denmark and Sweden for the first time which is pretty silly

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Paternal aunt didnt change at all

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