23&Me had a biiiig update! I was super excited because I always discover new things about my ancestry composition. Oh my gosh. My results totally changed. They upgraded their algorithm and there’s much less “uncertainty” about the results and it’s identifying populations a lot better. I suspect this overhauling of the inner workings has something to do with the acquisition of the company by someone who was either a co-owner or someone in a high position, at least that’s what I gleaned from an email I got a while back. Anyhow. Doesn’t matter 😆
So my results changed in an interesting way! It even made a chart for me, which isn’t totally complete because there’s a few other very minor populations like Italian/maltese, and sadly it left Irish completely off, but to be fair, I knew I was English and mostly Scottish with some Irish….but I really thought I had more Irish in me than that! I am excited about them improving the algorithm even more, and creating even more detailed results. They send update emails maybe once every year. I do wish I could get Dad to spit in a tube to find out more about him, but he said he doesn’t want the government to have his DNA. Dad…they already have it. Don’t you know that? 😂 They’ve got their sneaky and unscrupulous ways. Have since government was first created in Mesopotamia. They’ve been sneaky snakes for the past 5000 years, my dude. Eh well, mom will probably do it. I just really wanted that damn paternal haplogroup! 😭
I also had Eastern European in my last result, which I thought was super cool. That flat out disappeared! 😢 I love Slavic culture. It’s really interesting, especially their folk stories, pre-Christian religious beliefs, and monsters.
I am 99.8 % Western European, the other .2% is North American, which I assume means indigenous.
Oh frick, I had something else to add but can’t remember. Oh yes..they finally stopped lumping French and German together! That annoyed me greatly. France does not allow its citizens to take DNA tests for personal reasons. I don’t think they allow even paternity tests, which is just..weird. So no one would get results with just “French” in them. Don’t know why they lumped it together with Germany, should have just listed it as “unknown”. I thought I was 75% German this whole time when it’s actually significantly lower. Still a high percentage though. I was very happy to find that my dna results from the UK were so much higher than I read last time, because I absolutely love all the countries that exist in that little island. I’m also a bit of an Anglophile and pay close attention to what goes on across the pond, and at this moment, it is breaking my heart! I’ve been encouraging Brits/Scotts/Welsh/Irish and standing in solidarity with them, but what else can I do? 😢 But that’s a whole other post. I won’t say anything more, this is a happy post. 😬
Anyhow, here’s the little breakdown. I’d recommend that anyone who wants to see where they come from to bite the bullet and buy the $70 kit. You might be very surprised at your results! A lot of times, people think they know their ancestry but they are sorely mistaken. Also, you can learn a ton and study where you come from. Do it!
