I Received My New AncestryDNA Ethnicity Estimate

AncestryDNA posted Ancestry® Delivers More Precise Ethnicity Estimates Powered by the World’s Largest Consumer DNA Network today.

 When I checked my DNA Story on AncestryDNA, I noticed that my ethnicity estimates have changed a bit.  Here is my latest (11 September 2020) ethnicity estimate:

Here is my previous ethnicity estimate (screen captured on 9 September 2020):

So I've lost 17% from England, Wales and Northwestern Europe; I've gone from 5% Ireland and Scotland to 19% Scotland and 7% Ireland; I've gone from 3% Sweden to 7% Sweden, and from 6% Norway to 5% Norway.

My estimated ancestral origin estimate from my known ancestors in about 1600 CE is:

*  68%  British Isles (but just 1% to 2% from Ireland and Scotland)
*  24%  Germany/Switzerland
*  1%  Holland/Belgium
*  1%  France
*  6%  Unknown (perhaps some are French, some are English)

My last comparison of ethnicity estimates from all of the providers is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/2017/05/comparison-of-my-autosomal-dna.html.

As we all know, these are ESTIMATES based on reference populations.  My DNA hasn't changed, but the ethnicity estimates of five different companies are all different because they use different reference groups.  I still think the 23andMe estimate is closest to my ancestral estimate.

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Disclosure:  I received a complimentary test kit from AncestryDNA a long time ago.  

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