Ancestry calls it their biggest update ever. There are 68 new and updated European regions. My results continue to be in remarkable alignment with my paper trail genealogy.
It’s doing a nice job of separating my two sides, no overlap. The West Midlands ancestry (22%) is from the paternal, and the East Midlands from the maternal side (14%).
My Celtic & Gaelic component is all on the paternal side, with Munster, Connacht, Donegal and the Isle of Man named. Only Munster has an uncertainty range which excludes zero percent.
The DNA shows my Jewish ancestry includes a substantial Ashkenazi component and a much smaller, non-zero contribution from Sephardic Jews in North Africa.
I continue to wonder if Ancestry uses the family tree I’ve posted to calibrate their DNA results?
Are there any surprises in your updated results?
Dear John,
I’m less pleased with the new “Origins” in Ancestry DNA. I have Scots and Irish (north and south) on both sides of my family so the regional breakdown is not much help. And I’m not impressed with the lumping of Northern France in to the new category “Southeastern England and Northwestern Europe” (25%).
Ancestry has assigned my French ancestors to Acadia (2%) and Quebec (3%); they did live in those places, but they originated from France! I am pleased to have my Viking DNA restored with 1% Norwegian (all Scots-Irish are likely to have some Viking DNA)