Question of the Week: What are your DNA ethnicity estimates?

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If you have taken a DNA test, what does the testing company report for your ethnicity? Is it what you expected?

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Answer 1

FROM ANCESTRY

ENGLAND & NW EUROPE 45%

SWEDEN & DENMARK 23%

SOUTHERN ITALY 10%

WALES 7%

EASTERN EUROPE & RUSSIA 5%

FRANCE 4%

SCOTLAND 3%

MALTA 1%

INDIGENOUS AMERICANS-NORTH 1%

LEVANT 1%

My 2 biggest surprises are the French, and the Sweden & Denmark connections. 

Answer 2

I tested on Ancestry.

Ancestry estimates are:-

England and NW Europe  65%                            (Communities Devon and Cornwall).                                                                   Scotland  16%                                                                  Wales 7%                                                                        Ireland.  7%                                                                         And Sweden and Denmark.   5%

I uploaded my results to MyHeritage, their estimates are:-North and West Europe.   54.2%                                       Irish, Scottish and Welsh.   45.8%

I agree with Ancestry as my Paternal Great Grandfather was Cornish and came to Australia, so I know I have that heritage. And on my father’s mother’s side there is Scottish.

The Sweden and Denmark comes on my mother’s side somewhere in the dim-distant past. She has strong Kentish links.

I have also uploaded to GEDMatch.

Using GEDmatch Eurogenes/Oracle, Single Population Sharing, Population Source and Distance, the results are:-

1. Southwest England    3.61                                                   2. Southeast England     4.55.                                                 3. Orcadian                     5.33                                                 4. Irish                             5.51                                                 5. West Scottish              5.75                                                 6. South Dutch                6.02                                                 7. North Dutch                 7.09                                                 8. West German              7.58                                                 9. Danish                         7.75                                               10. North German           8.37                                               11. Norwegian                 9.3                                                 12. French                      10.03                                             13. Swedish                    11.35                                             14. Austrian                     14.13                                             15. East German              14.92                                           16. Spanish Cataluna       16.46                                             17. North Swedish             17.06                                           18. Southwest French        17.13                                           19. Spanish Castilla Y Leon   17.64                                     20. Spanish Cantabria        17.64

So all in all an interesting mix? I am wondering if the Spanish part is where the dark brown eyes and darker skin came from? My very ‘English’ grandfather had darker skin and the palms of his hands were light, the story was always told it was through ‘pirate’ blood in the past. I have never been able to find anything like that?

Answer 3

FTDNA (version 3-March 2024):

Western Europe    100%

England, Wales, and Scotland    54%

Central Europe    30%

Scandinavia     13%

Ireland    3%

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Ancestry (March 2024)

England and Northwestern Europe    55%

Scotland    34%

Germanic Europe   6%

Ireland   5%

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MyHeritage (March 2024)

North and West European   65.0%

Scandinavian   19.1%

Irish, Scottish, and Welsh   15.9%

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MyLivingDNA  (March 2024)

Great Britain and Ireland   86.5%

South Germanic    12.3%

North Germanic   1.2%

Answer 4

23&ME

British & Irish 87.4%

French & German 9.4%

Broadly Northwestern European 0.5%

Spanish & Portuguese 2.7%

Answer 5

England & NW Europe - 46%

Scotland - 41%

Wales - 8%

Ireland - 5%

From Ancestry DNA

Answer 6

Not going to compete with extensive details given but :

MyH was near enough to known ancestry (based on an upload from LDNA test BUT said I had Ashkenazi (low %) - must have been from growing up in NW London... but Ancestry said Paternal (correct, no junk details) and Maternal (correct, but some interesting but possible trace of Nordic ).  Ancestry found/confirmed 3 close cousins, MyH still can't match a brother and sister - same test company, same test type, time.  Ah well, ......."and statistics".

Answer 7

per Ancestry.com: 62 percent England and Northwest Europe,22 percent Scotland,7 percent wales,2 percent Norway,2 percent Sweden/Denmark,1 percent Basque

its funny in a way: my Grandmothers' maiden names were Flynn, and Morganti..no trace of Irish, or Italian in my results?

Answer 8

I have tested at multiple places and the only estimate that surprised me was the Ashkenazi Jewish.

Answer 9

Ancestry Autosomal DNA Ethnicity Estimate

August 2023 Revised Estimate

• 47% Scotland
• 35% - England & Northwestern Europe
• 10% - Ireland
• 4% - Norway
• 3% - Germanic Europe
• 1% - Basque

Answer 10

Only have one: Ancestry-

• 41% England and Northwestern Europe
• 17% Scotland
• 15% Wales
• 14% Germanic Europe
• 6% Sweden and Denmark
• 4% Baltics
• 3% Ireland 

Answer 11

58% England and Northern Europe

24% Scottish

11% Wales

4% German

3% Norway

From Ancestory

Answer 12

From AncestryDNA:

• Scotland 34%
• England and Northwestern Europe 33%
• Ireland 16%
• Wales 9%
• Sweden & Denmark 5%
• Norway 2%
• Baltics 1%

FamilyTreeDNA

• England, Wales & Scotland 86%
• Ireland 8%
• Scandinavia 6%

Answer 13

Ancestry.com

47% England & Northwestern Europe
16% Wales
12% Scotland
11% Sweden & Denmark
  9% Ireland
  5% Norway

Answer 14

From 23andMe: 

• 49.7% Finnish
• 33.8% British and Irish
• 16.0% French and German
• 0.5% Broadly Northwestern European

This matches my research.  My mother--who was born in the USA--spoke only Finnish until she was six years old.  Her father was an immigrant and her mother first-generation.    My father's family consists primarily of early settlers from New England and Quebec that lead back to England or France.  

The one outlier to the above pattern I've found is a British officer from South Carolina who--after the Revolutionary War--resettled in Nova Scotia.  Not a nice man, from all my research thus far, but fascinating branch to learn about.  And even that 'outlier' leads back to England. 

Answer 15

Ancestry DNA

• England and Northwest Europe - 48%
• Germanic Europe - 27%
• Eastern Europe and Russia - 13%
• Sweden & Denmark - 9%
• Ireland - 3%
• Communities - Early Conneticut and New york Settlers, Early Wisconsin Settlers and Upper Midwest and Western U.S Settlers.

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  Maternal

• Eastern Europe & Russia - 33%

• Sweden & Denmark - 18%

• Germanic Europe - 12%

• England and Northwestern Europe - 10%

• Ireland - 10%

• Scotland - 9%

• Wales - 7%

• The Balkans - 1%

• Communities - Early Wisconsin Settlers, Eastern Czecia and Luxembourg

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  Paternal

• England and Northwestern Europe- 80%

• Sweden & Denmark - 7%

• Scotland - 6%

• Wales - 3%

• France - 2%

• Germanic Europe - 2%

• Communities - Early Ct. and Ny Settlers, Upper Midwest and Western U.S. Settlers and Delaware Valley, Chesapeke and Midwest Settlers.

Answer 16

Ancestry - 2023

Scotland	62%
Banff & Buchan
Moray & Gordon
Fife & Angus
England & Northwestern Europe	14%
Sweden & Denmark	10%
Germanic Europe	5%
Wales	4%
Ireland	3%
Norway	1%
Sardinia	1%

Don't know where that Sardinian came from!

 

Comments

23andMe - 2021

Northwestern European	98.2%
British & Irish	84.6%
French & German	12.5%
Broadly Northwestern European	1.1%
Southern European	1.7%
Spanish & Portuguese	1.3%
Broadly Southern European	0.4%
Unassigned	0.1%

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My Heritage - 2021

Irish, Scottish, Welsh	75.8%
Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
UK & Ireland
English	16.7%
Greek & South Italian	4.6%
Balkan	2.9%

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Living DNA - 2022

Great Britain & Ireland	93.8%
Aberdeenshire	42.5%
Northumbria	11.7%
Central England	8%
SE England	7.9%
Devon	4.5%
Lincolnshire	4.1%
So. England	2.8%
East Anglia	2.6%
Ireland	2.4%
Cornwall	2.4%
NW Scotland	1.8%
No. Ireland & SW Scotland	1.8%
So. Central England	1.3%
Europe (NW)	6.2%
NW Germanic	3.1%
So. Germanic	3%

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FamilyTreeNDA - 2024

England, Wales and Scotland	55%
Ireland	28%
Scandinavia	8%
Central Europe	7%
Italian Peninsula	<2%
Ashkenazi Jewish	<1%

Answer 17

82 percent English and North Western Europe

6 percent Scottish - 5 percent Norway - 3 percent Swedish and Danish - 2 percent Welsh and 2 percent Irish

Answer 18

I've tested at most all the major companies and get varying results from each one.  I've also had both my brothers tested which adds to the overall picture. I've also uploaded to GEDMatch with two combined kit results of the following:

Kit 1.

North_Sea 32.05 Pct Atlantic 35.24 Pct Baltic 13.45 Pct Eastern_Euro 6.37 Pct West_Med 7.56 Pct West_Asian 4.21 Pct East_Med -     Red_Sea 0.29 Pct South_Asian -     Southeast_Asian -     Siberian 0.05 Pct Amerindian 0.54 Pct Oceanian 0.24 Pct Northeast_African -     Sub-Saharan -

And Kit 2.

North_Sea	32.02 Pct
Atlantic	35.23 Pct
Baltic	13.46 Pct
Eastern_Euro	6.38 Pct
West_Med	7.57 Pct
West_Asian	4.22 Pct
East_Med	-
Red_Sea	0.3 Pct
South_Asian	-
Southeast_Asian	-
Siberian	-
Amerindian	0.56 Pct
Oceanian	0.23 Pct
Northeast_African	-
Sub-Saharan	-

As you can see, everything is pretty close. The latest update on Ancestry shows me as:

• England & Northwestern Europe 66%

• Scotland 11%

• Wales 10%

• Sweden & Denmark 8%

• Germanic Europe 3%

• Ireland 2%

So it looks like most of it will fit.

Edit...Forgot to mention this was from the Eurogenes EU Test V2 K15 on GEDMatch.

Answer 19

From Ancestry:

England and northwestern Europe: 68%

Scotland 17%

Germanic Europe 11%

Sweden and Denmark 2%

Ireland 2%

DNA connects me to three communities: 

Missouri settlers 1700-1975, Delaware Valley, Chesapeake & Midwest settlers 1700-1975, Early Pennsylvania settlers 1700-1975

My Heritage: 4 Ethnicities and 7 genetic groups

North & West European :Volga  Germans in Russia (Saratov) 84.8%

Iberian 12.1%

English 1.6%

Finnish 1.5%

High confidence genetic groups: Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Illinois.

Answer 20

• The Balkans 33%
• England & Northwestern Europe 14%
• Eastern Europe & Russia 12%
• Nigeria 10%
• Sweden & Denmark 8%
• Ireland 7%
• Ivory Coast & Ghana 4%
• Benin & Togo 4%
• Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu 4%
  Peoples 4%
• Baltics 2%
• Scotland 2%
• Southern Bantu Peoples 2%
• Norway 1%
• Germanic Europe1%

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