Ethnicity from your DNA
Ethnicity testing of your DNA can be interpreted slightly differently by the various companies that do this as can be seen from all the results below.
The test was carried out by AncestryDNA and the raw data downloaded from their site and then uploaded to Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) and MyHeritage websites. All three then did the calculations for Ethnicity.
See what you think and carry out the same experiment yourself
Family Tree DNA - Ethnicity
MyHeritage - Ethnicity
AncestryDNA - Ethnicity
AncestryDNA - Genetic Communities
A useful feature of AncestryDNA is Genetic Communities. Ethnicity shows ancestors from a few thousand years ago i.e. where your many ancestors originated. However Genetic Communities compares your DNA with other Ancestry members DNA and indicates where you both either live or lived in the recent past. You only show up in a genetic community if there are a sufficient number of DNA matches so as their database grows these results should get even better..
DNA And Your Irish Roots
• DNA and your Irish Heritage
• DNA, Discovery and Functions
• Types of DNA tests
• DNA testing companies
• Y-chromosome and Father's Ancestral Line
• Mitochondrial DNA and Mother's Ancestral Line
• DNA and Ethnicity
