AncestryDNA Update is Here

 

AncestryDNA August 2022 Update.

Yesterday I wrote that Ancestry would soon be rolling out its August 2022 update, and by yesterday evening the latest update had appeared on my page. As with the update from April, the latest changes had some minor adjustments to my ethnicity estimates. Ancestry also introduced a very cool beta chromosome browser, and I'll have more on that below.

The new figures show a slight drop in my percentages for England & Northwestern Europe, down to 44% from 49%. My Scotland went up from 13% to 29%, but my share of Spain dropped from 8% to 7%. Germanic Europe & Wales both dropped to 5%, along with Ireland to 4%, and I lost a percentage of Indigenous Americas - Mexico, but gained a percentage of Indigenous Americas - Yucatan Peninsula (yay!).

The beta Chromosome Painter tool is super cool. Below is a portion of a screenshot, with certain percentages highlighted. It is interesting to compare this across the results for my Mom and sister.

Ancestry's new Chromosome Painter view.

Chromosome Painter view for my Mom.

Comparing this view between my Mom and my Aunt Patty shows that she inherited more Basque DNA than my Mom. Another difference is where my Mom has Northern Italy but Aunt Patty has Indigenous Americas - North, Indigenous Americas - Bolivia & Peru, and Indigenous Americas - Yucatan Peninsula.

My sister has Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu peoples in the same place as me, on chromosome 4. However, Ancestry cautions "if you and a match have the same ethnicity in the same location on a chromosome, it doesn't mean your DNA is identical there. You can have the same ethnicity in the same place, but from different patterns in your DNA. With the chromosome painter, it's not possible to tell where you share DNA with someone."