23&Me Updates Ancestry Composition

 

23&Me Ancestry Composition. 25 June 2026.

23&Me is rolling out updated Country Match information in its Ancestry Composition report (for comparison, here's the earlier version). There are some fascinating additions in the country reports, showing specific regions in England and Ireland where my matches report ancestors. Greater London isn't a surprise, but it's cool to see how this granularity compares with the AncestryDNA regions update from last October. It's also cool to see 23&Me focusing on Longford & Roscommon in North Central Ireland.

England regions for my matches.

Region concentration in Ireland.

It's very interesting to see 23&Me focus in on Abruzzo and Calabria for my 3.1% Southern Italian.

As with Ancestry's reports, Nigeria still shows up for me at .8%. My Mexican ancestry shows a regional concentration for Sonoran Desert, which again is as expected.

Clicking into the migrations tab shows more suggestions on historical migrations in my ancestry. This is very similar to AncestryDNA's Ancestral Journeys.

The suggestion for Venango County Early British/Irish Americans is worth exploring further, although the report says the connection is distant.

DNA in the news: Revolutionary War soldier identified

A story on NPR about DNA links identifying a previously unknown Revolutionary War soldier (23 June 2026)

Fathers Day

 

Dad. Mothers Beach, LA. 30 Aug 2008.

A Return to the Real Alcazar

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Sevilla. 5 June 2026.

Earlier in the month I had the opportunity to revisit the amazing grounds of the Real Alcazar in Sevilla. We visited this place in August 2019 during our Spain & Portugal trip. I was able to grab a ticket for the last hour of the day at the palace, which contributed to great lighting for photos.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Domed ceiling.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Alcazar cat in motion.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Tile work.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Inscriptions.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Tapestry showing Spain, with North Africa on top. 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Tiles.

Llegadas/Salidas

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Sevilla. 11 June 2026.

The shot above from Sevilla Santa Justa station reminds me of other photos from departures boards I've taken over the years (see this black and white shot from LAX in 2020). Another example is this shot from the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport in 2024.

I took a similar photo from Atocha Station in Madrid back in 2017 (sized for Instagram below).

Photo by Patrick Jones. Madrid. 13 May 2017.