As you may know, we’re constantly evolving the technology and methods behind AncestryDNA®. Using a combination of scientific expertise, the world’s largest online consumer DNA database, and millions of family trees linked with DNA results, we’re releasing our most precise DNA update yet.With this latest update, you’ll notice that we now have four regions in the UK and Ireland, rather than two; England & Northwestern Europe, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Because the DNA from our reference groups in Scotland and England are so similar, it’s possible that if you have English ethnicity, particularly northern England, you may now find an increased percentage of Scotland in your results and vice versa.While your DNA doesn’t change, the science we use to determine your ethnicity results does. As we continue to advance our science, you will see even more updates in the future.
Unfortunately I lost my lovely little cat a few years ago, she was actually nearly 20 years old when that photo was taken.
Because the DNA from our reference groups in Scotland and England are so similar, it’s possible that if you have English ethnicity, particularly northern England, you may now find an increased percentage of Scotland in your results and vice versa.
With this latest update, you’ll notice that we now have four regions in the UK and Ireland, rather than two; England & Northwestern Europe, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Because the DNA from our reference groups in Scotland and England are so similar, it’s possible that if you have English ethnicity, particularly northern England, you may now find an increased percentage of Scotland in your results and vice versa.
That argument would hold if Ancestry used pure science to work out ethnicity but a large part of it is based on what they find in people’s trees and there is a high level of inaccuracy in these as a source.
