Ancestry DNA test - disappointing result

[familydar]

hi wendyridler

Can I suggest that you upload your results to GEDMatch and FTDNA as well.  I don't think the former has any ethnicity tools but FTDNA does and they use different groupings from Ancestry.  Basic data upload is free to both but there's a one-off fee (apparently $19) to be able to access the ethnicity tools in FTDNA (they call it "myOrigins").

There has been discussion elsewhere about the way FTDNA origins/ethnicities seem to have changed over time, by which I mean that when I first got my results my percentages were different from how they stand now.  I think this is because the database has grown so previously unknown ethnicities have been firmed up a bit and possibly they are also using different algorithms now.  Perhaps Ancestry hasn't had enough Scandinavian people test to be able to identify Scandi roots with certainty.  There's no harm in you contacting Ancestry to ask for an explanation.  There may well be something in their DNA wiki but as I'm not a subscriber I'm only guessing at this.

If, as well as your ethnic origins, you are looking to identify distant cousins, the more places you upload your data, the more likely you are to get new matches with people who tested with different companies.

regards
Jane :-)

[hurworth]

hi wendyridler

Can I suggest that you upload your results to GEDMatch and FTDNA as well.  I don't think the former has any ethnicity tools but FTDNA does and they use different groupings from Ancestry.  Basic data upload is free to both but there's a one-off fee (apparently $19) to be able to access the ethnicity tools in FTDNA (they call it "myOrigins").

Gedmatch has admixture calculators.  It has SEVERAL and it is free.

Some of your Danish could be showing as English Wendy.  After all, where were the Angles from?

[familydar]

"Gedmatch has admixture calculators"

Thanks hurworth, something I didn't realise.

Jane 

[kiwicatz]

I got my DNA done a few years ago. I have mislaid the results and don't know how to get them again.
All the suggested matches weren't matches, and I don't even match with my 3rd cousin, and we know we are related.
I really don't understand this DNA stuff - perhaps someone could explain in simple english what it's all about.
Regards

Jan

[shellyesq]

Do you know what company that you used?  Might you have an old e-mail from them with further information?

There are lots of websites that explain it pretty simply.  This one is pretty good - http://www.dna-testing-adviser.com/Autosomal-DNA-Testing.html

[ambler]

i too was disappointed with ancestry not only did the price escalate rapidly due to postage ect but the results were vague . Lumping 23% of the dna between Ireland , Scotland ( Celtic ) with France is a joke there needs to be a clear differential or were we Celts living in France !

We had only one 4th cousin match in the USA which i followed up and got a resounding not connected .
With the 23% attributed to Ireland of which we have no history i am wondering about the test being processed there .

[diplodicus]

Actually, the Celts did live in France. Julius Caesar defeated the great Celtic chieftain Versingetorix and completed ethnic cleansing on a massive scale. It marked the end of the great celtic era throughout central and western Europe.

[Keitht]

I am also becoming extremely sceptical about Ancestry's DNA service. I submitted a test sample back in February, with few or no results.

A second cousin known to me through common family research received his results about six weeks ago. GedMatch almost immediately showed him as the closest available match to me but Ancestry still hasn't noticed a relationship.

Keith

[mgeneas]

Have you linked your family tree to your ancestry dna test Keitht?