tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post8230795304335612741..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: My Ethnicity Analysis From MyHeritage DNARandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-33302129525247788062017-06-01T02:54:00.045-07:002017-06-01T02:54:00.045-07:00Hi Randy, just to confirm, the family tree does no...Hi Randy, just to confirm, the family tree does not influence or modify the ethnicity results. Once the DNA informs the creation of ethnicity results we check the user's tree to see if we can corroborate the ethnicity results with information from the user's own tree about their ancestors. Guyana, does indeed have a large city named "New Amsterdam" and if your ancestors appear in your family tree without a country listed, but tagged as "New Amsterdam", and you have DNA from a region which includes a place called "New Amsterdam" then it would appear that this is what has caused the issue. Hope that clarifies things.MyHeritagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849134676253710915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-4897364821877168082017-05-31T09:12:32.346-07:002017-05-31T09:12:32.346-07:00How does text in your tree ("New Amsterdam&qu...How does text in your tree ("New Amsterdam") influence/mislead an ethnicity estimate that is supposed to be based on DNA?<br />Joe CallahanGenealogy Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786666639470751191noreply@blogger.com