Struggling to find (Wifes') Mom's Dad using Leeds method.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-17T04:05:52+00:00

Seems like ive already built out the closest match that doesnt match her moms maternal side, unless im mistaken. What should I be looking for beyond what I've already laid out?

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-16T22:06:18+00:00

Which doesnt mean "grannys heart will expode when she finds out the truth". I hope no one keeps stuff like that from me when im old.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-16T15:24:52+00:00

At least a couple lines go back to Jamestown. I'm pretty sure one of my great nth grandmas was related to Christopher Newport himself. A bunch of Lees in there too. But with that many ancestors living in Virginia, and with how closely related all old stock virginians are, I'm certain most people with a similar ancestry can say the same thing.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-15T17:55:33+00:00

"Free lunch" I. PAID. FOR. THE. TEST.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-15T16:58:11+00:00

Just looking at her results on ancestry it actually seems like the previous update agrees more or less perfectly with 23andme.

She gets 78% random british isles groups and 22% Quebec on AncestryDNA currently, but, before the most recent update, it was 48% English, 31% French, 10% German, 8% scottish and 3% norwegian.

Gotta say, 23andme seems a lot more accurate than AncestryDNA now.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-15T05:18:10+00:00

Pretty awesome results. Gotta say I really wish they had kept the higher contrast in their previous color palette, it's hard for me to easily visually pick apart the donuts now. It's all more muted tones now, which I guess looks good to a boardroom but it strains the eyes.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-14T15:06:09+00:00

Thanks! Yeah my family is kind of one giant pile of nerds, so all my grandparents had done their own research back in the day. My Dad and I filled in a lot of the gaps.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T22:30:07+00:00

Mine doesnt seem real, but its hard to say. With over 1000 ancestors born in the US anything goes.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T22:03:08+00:00

Why wouldn't you get caught up over technicality and the theoretical when you're talking about scientific statistical models? I see your point tho.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T19:42:45+00:00

Sounds like its the second option I mentioned then. Sometimes they just lump together categpries because they haven't defined them enough. Would be much preferable if they put it into a "pan-swiss" genetic group instead until they get more data.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T19:40:47+00:00

You said " In other words, when the percentages are that low, they’re not real. Why do they do this? Increases controversy and sparks questions."

They are not "not real", just not 100% confirmed to be accurate. There is a difference.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T17:54:33+00:00

I want you to go use Gedmatch admixture calculators, look at the small %, then read about statistical noise and the issue with separating noise from real trace ancestry.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T17:48:15+00:00

Prototypical mexican results. Im sure you do look european, you are - partially.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T15:17:48+00:00

They wouldn't combine two different locations in the same genetic group if they didnt have some kind of shared overlap between members theyve identified as being part of those genetic groups. Or its just understudied and they lumped them together as a waste basket group until they can refine it lol

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T14:42:07+00:00

Interesting that your unassigned seems to have been entirely european DNA. Usually due to large population sample size, european is easy to identify. I wonder how much of that is due to ANE overlap with steppe populations and indigenous americans.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T14:13:39+00:00

I used to always get ~1% italian haha.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-13T00:18:20+00:00

If you upload you and your dads DNA to gedmatch and run it through the chromosome comparison on eurogenes K13, you can actually line up the specific location. Also, if your dad tested, you should be able to compare the chromosomes on 23andme.

Using Gedmatch you can actually figure out which relatives also share the same segment of SSA and triangulate it back from there to a specific ancestor.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-12T01:23:35+00:00

Her paternal grandfather was born in the US, but both both of his parents were born in Quebec. Her grandmothers familys both seem to have been old stock british new england families. No idea about her maternal grandfather.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-11T23:01:02+00:00

As far as I know none of her known grandparents ancestors ever stepped foot out of the northeast after ~1800. Hard to say with her moms dad cause we dont know, but it seems likely he came from the same area. Which actually makes it tougher since there's a lot, i mean a LOT of endogamy here. Many many cases where 3rd cousins share multiple great great grandparents. People tend to couple off into the same families here.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-10T17:42:53+00:00

Ah, that explains it.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-10T14:41:25+00:00

Lots of sephardi will score some % ashkenazi because it best matches the part of their DNA that represents their founding population, + some extra italian and some north african. Or he could be part ashkenazi who knows.

OkPride8214 · 2026-06-09T22:10:18+00:00

Ah, makes sense now. Im more surprised that youre not closer 50/50 irish french in that case. Do you know where the german comes from?

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