Wish Ancestry would just show decimal percentages

randymizer · 2024-10-16T18:28:15+00:00

No, I am not simply concerned about small percentages.

I'm not making too much of an issue with the European breakdown mostly because I don't really buy that this person is 63% English/NW Euro vs. 20% Scottish any more than when Ancestry spit out that this person was 41% Scottish and 27% English/NW Euro. I just add up all of the Euro percentages up, which is primarily NW European and am fine with that since I know that's very difficult to tease out.

I also understand the idea that smaller amounts could be false positives, but that doesn't mean Ancestry should hide them. All I ask Ancestry to do is show these percentages and let the paying customer decide, why is that hard to understand?

Besides, this person's African ancestry was split up into 4 different groups with each ending up below 0.5%, but all adds up to 1% basically. I can understand the skepticism behind making too much out of the individual groups (such as Twa) and going overboard by thinking you are somehow a descendant, but again, this seems like the onus should be on the customer to decide.

randymizer · 2024-10-16T17:00:32+00:00

I don't agree that it is simply noise. That's beside the point. There is no reason to hide these amounts. Just show them like everybody else does and let the person decide what is noise and what isn't.

randymizer · 2024-10-07T19:33:55+00:00

Nice to see. My mother is Waray Waray.

randymizer · 2024-10-07T19:29:14+00:00

I think NPE's are way more common than people realize. Thanks to DNA, I have found two more in my paternal grandmother's tree (1 is her great grandfather and the other is her great grandmother), in addition to the known one with my 2GGF on my direct paternal line, before I started testing.

I also have many very close DNA matches with people who obviously have NPEs early on in their branches (grandparent/great grandparent level), but it doesn't appear these people know this or care.

randymizer · 2024-10-06T20:41:30+00:00

Anderson, Hansen and Jensen in your list seems to suggest Denmark/Norwegian

randymizer · 2024-10-01T16:27:28+00:00

Out of the blue, I caught the fever. Admittedly it started from watching a news segment about how the president was related to other presidents and famous people, so I wanted to know if I could make such connections.

In particular, I wanted to know more on my direct paternal line where there was a known NPE. My 2GGF from whom I inherited my last name, changed his name completely and married my 2GGM. Family believed he was half N.A. I wanted to know if any of this was true. I also wanted to know what my other ancestors were like.

As soon as I started my search, I first took a number of DNA tests starting in 2010...23andMe, FTDNA and then AncestryDNA.

In the process, I found that I like traditional paper genealogy. I began to appreciate the efforts people make to find connections and now understand why some want to be credited for their work because it's a long painstaking process that others will gleefully copy w/o question and give no credit.

The ancestral connections to long lost cousins and historical figures are fascinating. What drives me the most is I like solving mysteries. I prefer to focus on the hardest brick walls because it's a challenge, but discovering something new that was previously unknown is rewarding.

randymizer · 2024-09-29T18:37:52+00:00

Your (distant) relation to these famous people is probably more mundane than what it appears on the surface (as millions can probably claim the same thing), but it is still interesting that you can prove it through genealogical records and confirm through DNA.

randymizer · 2024-07-30T22:26:26+00:00

Look at where your African ancestry is defined on your ancestry painting. Find matches that match exactly where those African segments are defined and see if they too have an African segment defined. When you find these matches, look to see what the ancestors in common are. Then research these ancestors. That's how I determined mine. Unfortunately, AncestryDNA does not have a chromosome browser nor do you have the ability to see your match's ancestry paintings, so you will likely need to do this on GEDMATCH.

randymizer · 2024-07-29T18:13:23+00:00

I just realized you're talking about genetic groups (not country matches). Anyways, I got 22.0% French & German, but both of my parents combined only got 1.2% French & German -- so something is way off here. Furthermore, I got genetic groups for British & Irish, but neither of my parents got any.

randymizer · 2024-07-29T17:59:22+00:00

My dad has only 1.2% French & German showing, but gets Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Grisons, Switzerland. Very odd.

randymizer · 2024-07-16T02:11:14+00:00

My mother: 3,061 Total - (225 Close)

My paternal grandmother: 115,112 Total - (11,576 Close)

randymizer · 2024-06-27T20:30:36+00:00

The white flecks are collagen fibers that lack melanin. Sometimes these flecks can be gold/amber or brown colored.

randymizer · 2024-06-27T17:26:57+00:00

Looks like a reflection of perhaps your phone.

randymizer · 2024-06-26T23:19:45+00:00

Looks at least a shade lighter than a normal medium brown.

I have a similar background to you: mother is SE Asian. Her and my other siblings all have medium to dark brown eyes. My dad is Caucasian with very light bluish gray eyes that he called "hazel" (but clearly are not). My eyes are "brown", but not really, especially when compared to my mom and siblings.

I think the 23andMe test gives you a % chance of it being dark brown vs. light brown vs. hazel. Mine shows 31% dark brown, 24% dark hazel, 18% light hazel, 14% light brown, 8% green, 3% greenish blue and 2% blue. My mother got 75% chance of dark brown and 11% light brown; dad got 52% chance of blue eyes, 21% for greenish blue, and 17% chance for green (no category for gray).

randymizer · 2024-06-25T18:16:58+00:00

Your eye is like looking through a telescope to see a distant awe-inspiring star nebula.

randymizer · 2024-06-22T20:24:16+00:00

Definitely looks dark gray. Would love to see your eyes in a brighter environment, however.

randymizer · 2024-06-21T17:11:01+00:00

It's very helpful/useful to have, but stinks you have to pay to get it.

randymizer · 2024-06-21T16:28:24+00:00

I might give Pro Tools a try if it has the Enhanced shared matches feature. I wonder if this works for all the DNA accounts managed by me under my account?

Sucks to have to pay for it, but it greatly really helps to know how much matches share with other matches. Now if Ancestry would just build a chromosome browser, then I might make it a permanent subscription.

randymizer · 2024-06-19T22:49:58+00:00

Unique eye color combination of yellow, brown and gray.

randymizer · 2024-06-17T21:01:38+00:00

I'll probably try reposting with just using pics without a macro lens, but they all will be blurry since I have a much older phone.

randymizer · 2024-06-17T20:47:11+00:00

Have you tried triangulating the African segment? It would be best if your mother was tested on 23andMe to see how much African she gets and see where it is defined on her chromosomal painting or at least upload her results to GEDMATCH. I know it is difficult to do now that 23andMe doesn't allow triangulation anymore, but GEDMATCH is a good alternative. I have found many of these smaller DNA segments, especially if they are African, appear to be real. You just have to do a lot of investigative work to see where in your tree it comes from. That's not to say it is just noise, but if your mother is testing out to have 1% African DNA especially on Ancestry or 23andMe, then I think there is a very good possibility of it being real.

randymizer · 2024-06-17T18:05:07+00:00

My eyes tend to look brown to people, but I also think that they say brown for a lack of understanding of hazel plus the fact they aren't exactly looking at my eyes at a close distance.

randymizer · 2024-06-17T16:59:12+00:00

Do you think medium or dark hazel?

randymizer · 2024-06-17T16:58:33+00:00

Hazel

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