AncestryDNA Update

 

AncestryDNA, April 2022.

Yesterday Ancestry launched a new SideView feature and introduced updated ethnicity estimates in AncestryDNA. This new feature provides an estimate of inherited DNA from each parent. I'm lucky as I had both of my parents test with AncestryDNA, so I can also take this up one level to see the comparison in their results too.

It has been interesting to look back at the updated estimates since 2018. As I've been blogging about my own AncestryDNA results since 2012, the features have constantly evolved and improved over time. In yesterday's update, my percentages shifted again, now at 49% England & Northwestern Europe, 13% Scotland, 8% Spain, 7% each from Germanic Europe, Wales and Ireland, 5% Indigenous Americas - Mexico, 3% Sweden & Denmark and 1% Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu peoples. I suspected the Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu came from my Mom's side of the tree, and now I can see it in the results. The SideView feature estimates this percentage came from my Granny's side of the tree, so somewhere along her line from Mexico, there is a more distant link back to Cameroon.

My Mom's results changed a bit, now her largest percentage is Spain at 32%, with England & Northwestern Europe at 24%, Indigenous Americas - Mexico at 12%, Scotland at 12%, Sweden & Denmark at 8%, Ireland 6%, Northern Italy 2%, Wales 2%, Basque 1%, Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu peoples 1%. My Mom's sisters also had percentages for Indigenous Americas - North, Indigenous Americas - Yucatan, Indigenous Americas - Bolivia/Peru, Portugal, and Northern Africa. 

One aunt has 4% Basque, definitely descended from our Vasquez and Suastegui side of the tree. Portugal ranges from 2-3% between my aunts. It isn't clear yet which side this comes from, but I suspect the Amado side of the tree.

Looking closer at my Dad's results, it is also interesting to isolate the Ireland, Sweden & Denmark traces. According to Ancestry, these were all inherited from my grandmother Blanche O'Brien's side.

AncestryDNA SideView for my Dad.

It will be cool to see where these new features evolve next.