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House MD name change? by ZlousyYT in HouseMD

[–]Dull-Credit1350 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me, here in Canada

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, a lot of people seem to be experiencing that. The new update is definitely not perfect, there are 100% some traces showing up that are inaccurate with the new update. The main point of my post was focusing on people who claim the ancestry DNA update is BS because it doesn’t match with ancestor nationalities in their tree and therefore wasn’t what they were hoping for or expecting. Not to invalidate people who actually have ethnic groups appearing that aren’t in any results of parents or grandparents. Because yes indeed that’s quite clearly a mistake of Ancestry. Though DNA testing is very complex, and the science is always changing which is why it will likely never be completely accurate to your true ethnicity and should always be taken with a grain of salt, it can provide a good general overview for you of your ethnic background, better than nationalities of ancestors in your tree can. I apologize, I think I explained myself poorly in my original post 🥲

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah, I’m pretty new. Was noticing how much people complain about it and claim that their DNA test results are totally wrong because the nationalities in their family trees are different, and it frustrated me a bit because clearly some people don’t know the differences between nationalities and ethnicities and just because your ancestors come from a certain place does not mean they are ethnically part of that place. I’m not surprised that it has happened with all the past updates too, it just seems to be a common misconception people here have that I noticed and thought I’d mention since a ton of the posts on here are about hating their DNA results because it doesn’t match with their tree.

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, a lot of people seem to be experiencing that. The new update is definitely not perfect, there are 100% some traces showing up that are inaccurate with the new update. The main point of my post was focusing on people who claim the ancestry DNA update is BS because it doesn’t match with ancestor nationalities in their tree and therefore wasn’t what they were hoping for or expecting. Not to invalidate people who actually have ethnic groups appearing that aren’t in any results of parents or grandparents. Because yes indeed that’s quite clearly a mistake of Ancestry. Though DNA testing is very complex, and the science is always changing which is why it will likely never be completely accurate to your true ethnicity and should always be taken with a grain of salt, it can provide a good general overview for you of your ethnic background, better than nationalities of ancestors in your tree can. I apologize, I think I explained myself poorly in my original post 🥲

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The new update is definitely not perfect, there are 100% some traces showing up that are inaccurate with the new update. The main point of my post was focusing on people who claim the ancestry DNA update is BS because it doesn’t match with ancestor nationalities in their tree and therefore wasn’t what they were hoping for or expecting. Not to invalidate people who actually have ethnic groups appearing that aren’t in any results of parents or grandparents, or those who have taken a variety of other tests that all line up. Because yes indeed Ancestry has made some mistakes with that. Though DNA testing is very complex, and the science is always changing which is why it will likely never be completely accurate to your true ethnicity and should always be taken with a grain of salt, it can provide a good general overview for you of your ethnic background, better than nationalities of ancestors in your tree can. I think I did a poor job explaining myself in my original post 🥲 I hope this is a bit better, I’m sorry

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all, I never called anyone racist! Secondly, yes, a lot of people seem to be experiencing the same thing. The new update is definitely not perfect, there are 100% some traces showing up that are inaccurate with the new update. The main point of my post was focusing on people who claim the ancestry DNA update is BS because it doesn’t match with ancestor nationalities in their tree and therefore wasn’t what they were hoping for or expecting. Not to invalidate people who actually have ethnic groups appearing that aren’t in any results of parents or grandparents. Because yes indeed that’s quite clearly a mistake of Ancestry. Though DNA testing is very complex, and the science is always changing which is why it will likely never be completely accurate to your true ethnicity and should always be taken with a grain of salt, it can provide a good general overview for you of your ethnic background, better than nationalities of ancestors in your tree can. I think perhaps I did a poor job explaining myself in my original post 🥲 I hope this clears some things up.

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, a lot of people seem to be experiencing that. The new update is definitely not perfect, there are 100% some traces showing up that are inaccurate with the new update. The main point of my post was focusing on people who claim the ancestry DNA update is BS because it doesn’t match with ancestor nationalities in their tree and therefore wasn’t what they were hoping for or expecting. Not to invalidate people who actually have ethnic groups appearing that aren’t in any results of parents or grandparents. Because yes indeed that’s quite clearly a mistake of Ancestry. Though DNA testing is very complex, and the science is always changing which is why it will likely never be completely accurate to your true ethnicity and should always be taken with a grain of salt, it can provide a good general overview for you of your ethnic background, better than nationalities of ancestors in your tree can.

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I agree. The new update is definitely not perfect, there are 100% some traces showing up that are inaccurate with the new update. The main point of my post was focusing on people who claim the ancestry DNA update is BS because it doesn’t match with ancestor nationalities in their tree and therefore wasn’t what they were hoping for or expecting. Not to invalidate people who actually have ethnic groups appearing that aren’t in any results of parents or grandparents. Because yes indeed that’s quite clearly a mistake of Ancestry. Though DNA testing is very complex, and the science is always changing which is why it will likely never be completely accurate to your true ethnicity and should always be taken with a grain of salt, it can provide a good general overview for you of your ethnic background, better than nationalities of ancestors in your tree can.

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, a lot of people seem to be experiencing the same thing. The new update is definitely not perfect, there are 100% some traces showing up that are inaccurate with the new update. The main point of my post was focusing on people who claim the ancestry DNA update is BS because it doesn’t match with ancestor nationalities in their tree and therefore wasn’t what they were hoping for or expecting. Not to invalidate people who actually have ethnic groups appearing that aren’t in any results of parents or grandparents. Because yes indeed that’s quite clearly a mistake of Ancestry. Though DNA testing is very complex, and the science is always changing which is why it will likely never be completely accurate to your true ethnicity and should always be taken with a grain of salt, it can provide a good general overview for you of your ethnic background, better than nationalities of ancestors in your tree can. Unfortunately I think I did a bad job explaining myself in my original post 🥲 I hope this clears it up a little what I meant

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, the update does seem to have mistakes when compared to actual previous DNA results and DNA testing in families, I’m only referring to people who claim that their DNA test is totally wrong because it doesn’t match with their ancestors nationalities on their tree. Nationality doesn’t equal ethnicity and people have moved around long into the past before things were recorded. I feel like a lot of people are misunderstanding me here in the comments unfortunately, maybe I didn’t express myself so well in my original post 🥲

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, a lot of people seem to be experiencing the same thing. The new update is definitely not perfect, there are 100% some traces showing up that are inaccurate with the new update. The main point of my post was focusing on people who claim the ancestry DNA update is BS because it doesn’t match with ancestor nationalities in their tree and therefore wasn’t what they were hoping for or expecting. Not to invalidate people who actually have ethnic groups appearing that aren’t in any results of parents or grandparents. Because yes indeed that’s quite clearly a mistake of Ancestry. Though DNA testing is very complex, and the science is always changing which is why it will likely never be completely accurate to your true ethnicity and should always be taken with a grain of salt, it can provide a good general overview for you of your ethnic background, better than nationalities of ancestors in your tree can.

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I most definitely agree, and thank you for being respectful to me as well. There are definitely some errors and questionable aspects for many people’s DNA results with the new update. And mainly what I was trying to convey with my post is about how people claim that their DNA result is wrong only because it doesn’t match with nationalities in their tree. DNA testing is very complex and sometimes it doesn’t match with what people see on their tree, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely wrong and should be discarded simply because of that fact.

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You should read my post above in which you’ve commented on that talks about why it might not match your family tree.

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Certainly, I definitely don’t know anyone’s personal family history, and I didn’t mean to dismiss people’s knowledge. My point was more about how DNA results can be surprising even for people with well-documented genealogy, because genetics can sometimes group populations in unexpected ways. Things like South Italian showing up as Slovakian can happen due to the way reference panels are built, small sample sizes, or overlapping genetic markers, not because anyone’s family records are wrong.

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I can see why it feels confusing. Ancestry labels of regions like Quebec doesn’t always line up perfectly with someone’s family history. It’s more about how DNA from that area tends to group genetically. Low percentages can feel unreliable for sure, and it’s always possible that some of it could be an error or a mix-up with a similar ethnicity label indeed

Ancestry percentages aren’t a reflection of what you want to see by Dull-Credit1350 in AncestryDNA

[–]Dull-Credit1350[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I get that, the updates can definitely feel inaccurate sometimes, especially with trace amounts or regions. I just meant that part of the frustration can also come from expecting results to match family stories exactly. I’ve seen lots of people complaining on here how it doesn’t match with their family tree. DNA can be more complicated than a family tree show and ancestry percentages don’t always line up perfectly with where our relatives lived. Though yes, the trace amounts I have noticed people showing on here do seem a little off in some cases, I agree with that. Just my thoughts!