AncestryDNA 2023 Update

 

My AncestryDNA July 2023 update

Ancestry has released the 2023 DNA update, and the are some notable changes from the prior results that I administer. In the new ethnicity estimate, my England & Northwestern Europe went up from 44 to 56%, while Scotland dropped from 29% to 14%. Germanic Europe and Wales went up 2 percentage points to 7%, while Spain held steady at 7%. My Indigenous Americas - Mexico went up a point to 5%, and Ireland remained the same at 4%. Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples has become Nigeria - East Central, and Indigenous Americas - Yucatan has dropped off.

For my Mom, her map now looks like this:

AncestryDNA for my Mom, July 2023 update

Her Scotland percentage dropped from 33 to 20%, and now Spain is her highest at 30%. Her England & Northwestern Europe went up to 17%, while her Indigenous Americas - Mexico remained the same at 12%, her Sweden & Denmark increased to 10%, along with Wales, up from 4 to 6%. Northern Italy remained steady at 3%, so did Basque at 1%, but her Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu also changed to Nigeria - East Central.

My Aunt Patty still has the most regions (14, an increase of 1 from the 2022 results), with an incredible new addition. Her Spain dropped by 1 point to 30%, and her England & Northwestern Europe went up from 19 to 24%. Her Scotland also decreased by 4 points to 15%. Her Indigenous Americas - Mexico went up a point to 11%. The latest addition was Jewish at 1%. This is not that surprising, I have seen prior research linking the Amado family to converso Jews who fled Spain.

AncestryDNA July 2023 update for my Aunt Patty.

My Aunt Linda retained 5% Portugal and 5% Basque. My son had 2% Portugal instead of Spain, and 1% Indigenous Americas - Central (yay Mayan).

A Closer Look

Mexico & Spain for me.

Zooming in on Nigeria - East Central for my Mom

Closer look for my Aunt Patty.