AncestryDNA Changed My Ethnicity Estimate Again

 Again?  It was March 2022 when they last changed it.  I think that the faster they go, the behinder I get.

Here is the March 2022 ethnicity estimate:

And here is the August 2022 ethnicity estimate:

The difference (March to August 2022) in the ethnicity estimates for each region are:

*  England and Northwestern Europe:  68% to 52%

*  Scotland:  13% to 3%

*  Sweden and Denmark:  10% to 21%

*  Norway:  7% to 6%

*  Wales:  2% to 5%

*  Germanic Europe:  0% to 13%

You can see my AncestryDNA "history" in Will the AncestryDNA Ethnicity Estimate Ever Settle Down?  

So this latest estimate has reduced England and Northwestern Europe by 16%, Scotland by 10%, while adding 11% to Sweden and Denmark and 13% to Germanic Europe.  At least the Germanic Europe percentage is more realistic this time.    

My "perceived ethnicity" is 70% British Isles and 24% Germain Europe, with 6% unknown.  

I know "it's only an estimate!"  But you would think that adding more people to each reference group would cause some sort of stabilization in the estimate over the long term.

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Disclosure:  I received a complimentary test kit from AncestryDNA a long time ago.  I have had a paid Ancestry subscription since 2000, but have received material considerations (travel, hotel, meals, etc.) over the past ten years as a Geneablogger.

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