This new article series by genetic genealogist Jayne Ekins deep-dives into DNA ethnicity estimates and explains why they vary so widely. Were you the victim of an ethnicity overhaul when AncestryDNA updated their process in 2018? Perhaps you’ve tested with different...
DNA testing companies have been hard at work, re-calibrating our ethnicity estimates based on newer and better data. DNA ethnicity results—those pretty pie charts and percentages—are based on fancy math and reference populations. The initial reference...
Since the launch of the autosomal DNA test, we have seen an incredible increase in the specificity of DNA ethnicity origins reports. DNA ethnicity getting more specific In the 11 years since the launch of the autosomal DNA test, we have seen an incredible increase in...
DNA ethnicity results are popular with test-takers. Living DNA charts your ancestral locations over time, so you see where your ancestors were from at different points deep in human history. Where did I come from? This is a fundamental human question, and it is...
A comparison of DNA ethnicity results for four members of the same family reveals unexpected variety! Here’s how genetic phasing affects ethnicity. Your DNA ethnicity results from the various DNA testing companies, also called admixture results, are like the short...
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