Well, it has arrived and I am... not very impressed!
Old ethnicity estimate for my mother:
England & Northwestern Europe 53%
Your communities with a connection to this ethnicity region:- Central Southern England
- Yorkshire & East Midlands, England
- Lincolnshire
Scotland 27%
Germanic Europe 7%
Sweden 5%
Wales 4%
Ireland 2%
Norway 2%
The genetic communities were very accurate but I was hoping that the "Scotland" estimate would go down as my mother has absolutely no Scottish heritage; her mother was from Lincolnshire and had links to Yorkshire as well but that's a long way away from Scotland! The family of my mother's father was primarily from Somerset and Wiltshire, with a little bit of Berkshire (hence the central southern England).
New ethnicity update:
England & Northwestern Europe 47%
Your communities with a connection to this ethnicity region:- Same as above
Scotland
37%Sweden & Denmark 11%
Norway 5%
Well, the Scotland estimate got even worse! Clearly there is an issue around the north of England being conflated with the south of Scotland, which I suppose is understandable as I doubt people cared much about borders way back when. Wales and Ireland have disappeared, which is more accurate. Germanic Europe has been replaced by Sweden & Denmark and Norway.
For reference, all my mother's great-grandparents are English but one was adopted, with currently unknown parentage.
Would be interested to hear how everyone else's ancestry estimate has changed and whether it has become more or less accurate!
Queenie
Disclaimer: I know ethnicity estimates should always be taken with a pinch of salt as the technology is in its infancy and DNA databases are constantly growing and shifting but this is just for fun and interest.
