Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Ancestry Updates Your DNA Results

When I logged into Ancestry this past week and looked at my DNA results I saw that I had the option to look at and then accept updated results. I was naturally curious and couldn't wait to see what my new results said. It was not shocking but it was certainly much more in keeping with what I have always personally thought my DNA results should look like.

Current results:

Ireland and Scotland 49%
England, Wales and Northwestern Europe 31%
France  20%

Previous results:

Europe West 45%
Ireland 38%
Iberian Peninsula  11%
Great Britain 3%
Scandinavia 2%
Finland/Northwest Russia <1 %

Given the fact that my mother is half Irish and my father is half Irish, and the other halves are English and French, I think that the new results are much closer to reality. 

Alfred's has really changed he is now 100% Portuguese, guess what,  all 4 of his grandparents are Portuguese so this is not at all surprising and he is delighted that he is no longer Italian/Greek, English and Irish. He prefers to just be Portuguese.