Ancestry DNA 2024 UPDATE!

[J. Ketch]

They don't seem to be improving with their updating in some instances. They're on the verge of entering the My Heritage realm.

They're a lot better for me, they separate English and Irish ancestry really well. MyHeritage is still a glorified gedmatch calculator, according to them I am 73% 'Scottish and Welsh'.

[Grace O'Malley]

I also lost Channel Islands, just have Munster to get rid of now.

Agreed, or like mixing British with Irish on 23andme! The fact that they still call Germany 'Germanic Europe' is also a pet peeve.

It would be interesting if they did that. I'd love to see how they manage it.

[Purple Panther]

It's the area where the population with this DNA is most dense. If you click on the arrow for the region, you get an expanded population map like Grace O'Malley posted.

That explains it. I didn't even notice the arrow, but the map likely shows a shared Anglo-Saxon ethnicity between the two populations, so it's likely very hard to tease out the very fine differences between Danish, Dutch, and Northern German populations and some English populations.

[ShieldWolf]

That explains it. I didn't even notice the arrow, but the map likely shows a shared Anglo-Saxon ethnicity between the two populations, so it's likely very hard to tease out the very fine differences between Danish, Dutch, and Northern German populations and some English populations.

Ancestry's update has some bugs, but I believe it's actually getting better as Creoda noted. (It's on sale for 50% off right now. Hint, hint. )

[J. Ketch]

That explains it. I didn't even notice the arrow, but the map likely shows a shared Anglo-Saxon ethnicity between the two populations, so it's likely very hard to tease out the very fine differences between Danish, Dutch, and Northern German populations and some English populations.

Weirdly the England and NW Europe category still had the codename 'Anglo-Saxon' until recently.

[Purple Panther]

They're a lot better for me, they separate English and Irish ancestry really well. MyHeritage is still a glorified gedmatch calculator, according to them I am 73% 'Scottish and Welsh'.

Sadly, that's the outfit that most TV talk shows use when they test their hosts, and that influences ordinary people to test with them. Compared to a lot of people, *your* result was right on the money.

[Purple Panther]

Ancestry's update has some bugs, but I believe it's actually getting better as Creoda noted. It's on sale for 50% off right now (hint, hint ).

That's good to hear. Some comments made it seem like there was an infestation of said bugs.

[Purple Panther]

Weirdly the England and NW Europe category still had the codename 'Anglo-Saxon' until recently.

Hmmm. I don't think that I would have changed that one since it does make sense, but maybe that's why they changed it.

[ShieldWolf]

That's good to hear. Some comments made it seem like there was an infestation of said bugs.

23&Me actually breaks out specific regions in the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Germany, and possibly elsewhere where your DNA occurs. They're ahead of everyone else in this respect. Certain parts of the world are under tested, but should eventually catch-up and then that level of breakdown will be possible in those regions as well.

[Grace O'Malley]

That explains it. I didn't even notice the arrow, but the map likely shows a shared Anglo-Saxon ethnicity between the two populations, so it's likely very hard to tease out the very fine differences between Danish, Dutch, and Northern German populations and some English populations.

You should get Ancestry if you can. It would be interesting to see if you get any GCs and also what your breakdown is. Also one of the best things with Ancestry is that they do updates nearly every year and you won't be asked to take another test to get updates like 23&Me do.