Paternal side Ancestry Origins update

 

Ancestry Origins for KDJ. Oct 2025.

On my Dad's side of the tree, his Ancestry Origins update for 2025 also shows a big change from 2024's four regions. His results now show nine regions, although centered in the macro-regions England, Celtic & Gaelic and Western Europe. Last year, his England and Northwestern Europe was 62%, now it's 59% but divided across four micro-regions within this larger area. Again, it's not a surprise to see both sides of the English Channel represented. It is very interesting to see new areas such as East Midlands (7%), West Midlands (3%) and Devon & Somerset (2%). Our son was interested to see the Midlands, as this area features prominently in the Netflix/BBC series Peaky Blinders.

When I compare this with LivingDNA for his results, they have England and Ireland at 85.4%, with Lincolnshire at 20.7%. Devon is 4.6%. North Yorkshire is at 7.1% For the new Ancestry Origins update, they have Central Scotland and Northern Ireland as 23%. Last year, Scotland was 3%, and Ireland as a whole was 12%. Leinster, Ireland is now 8%, and Munster, Ireland is 3%.

Comparing with my Dad's 1st cousin MO is really interesting as his Leinster is 7% and Munster is 7%. Maybe he inherited more of the O'Brien side from County Clare. MO also has 15% from Connacht, Ireland. This is northwest Ireland, covering major towns Galway and Sligo, also County Roscommon. This county borders Longford, and perhaps points to distant family on my 3rd-great-grandmother Bridget's side of the tree. Looking at JM, a connection with the mystery Pennsylvania O'Briens, he has 13% Leinster and 11% Munster. EM, another member of this Pennsylvania O'Briens group, has 22% Leinster and 15% Munster.

The updated result for Western Europe shows 6% Southern Germanic Europe and 1% Northwestern Germany. Previously Germanic Europe was 23%. SideView shows this 7% as coming from my Dad's mother's side of the tree. The Felmey/Völlmi line came from Switzerland on Blanche Lamon's maternal side, and the Lamon paternal line was also Swiss/German. SideView also says 14% of the Central Scotland and Northern Ireland was inherited from Dad's maternal side, which tracks with John McIntosh being Scottish.

My Dad's 1st cousin on the Jones side, BJ, has more Welsh (15% Southern Wales), also 3% Devon, and very interestingly 3% Connacht, Ireland and 1% Donegal, Ireland. Maybe this points to a location for the McLaughlin family on that side of the tree. He also has 30% Central Scotland and Northern Ireland.