Region
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%
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Range
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Region Core
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Region Hinterland
|
Region Outer
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England,
& Northwestern Europe
|
48
|
41-48
|
England, bar Welsh Marches and far N; Flanders
|
Welsh Marches and far N of England. Benelux and NW Switzerland
|
|
The Midlands, England (highlighted within England)
|
East Midlands (below) plus Staffs, Salop, N Herefs & Worcs, Warks
|
||||
East Midlands & the Potteries (highlighted within the Midlands)
|
Staffs (bar SW), Notts, Derbys, Leics, Grantham, Rutland
|
||||
Yorkshire & East Midlands,
England (highlighted within England)
|
Yorks (bar Dales), Lindsey, Peaks, Nottingham
|
||||
Scotland
|
31
|
7-36
|
NE Scotland, Shetlands
|
Scotland inc Orkney
|
England (far N), Northern Ireland, Brittany
|
Ireland
|
6
|
0-6
|
Ireland bar NE Ulster
|
NE Ulster, Hebrides, Far W Scotland, Brittany
|
|
Sweden
|
5
|
0-6
|
Patches of Sweden
|
Sweden
|
Denmark
|
Wales
|
4
|
0-9
|
West Wales
|
East Wales
|
Welsh Marches
|
Northern India
|
4
|
0-9
|
Northern India
|
Southern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal
|
|
Southern India
|
2
|
0-4
|
Central E coast, Sri Lanka; Bangladesh & nearby India up to Burmese border
|
India (bar NW) | |
Dai [not reported in Sep 2020 update]
|
1
|
0-1
|
Part of Burma by Yunnan
|
Yunnan (SW), Laos, Thailand
|
Table. Ancestry.com's ethnicity estimate of me, based on a sample I submitted. [Updated 16 Sep 2020]
I gather that this estimate is achieved by comparing the DNA with other customer's submissions and known origins. The most interesting line is the last, which shows some Burmese blood. [Removed in Sep 2020 update.]
It is likely to be less accurate in countries where fewer customers are likely to have submitted samples but we seem to be only about 6% [update: but up to 13%] Asian, in non-technical terms, where 25% of the family was in 'India' at one time. This indicates that only about a quarter of my Anglo grandparents' distant ancestors were native. Inter-marriage in British India was rarer in the C19, but a whole race of Anglo-Indians had by then been created by earlier relationships.
It is slightly surprising that we match so well with the East Midlands of England. [Update: and Scotland and Ireland and Sweden but all of these have a low minimum. The upper range for England is less than half though.]
It is slightly surprising that we match so well with the East Midlands of England. [Update: and Scotland and Ireland and Sweden but all of these have a low minimum. The upper range for England is less than half though.]
The Scandinavian and Balkan blood is inexplicable - perhaps from Normans in Jersey, or part of the mix in British India ('Anglo-Indian' meant anyone with a European father and an Asian mother). [Update: Norway and Balkan blood not reported in Sep 2020 update, but Sweden is still there. Northern India has made a comeback - I wonder if N India was mis-identified as Roma?]
[Update: one makeup within range, closer matching known pedigree would be 48% England, 7% Scotland, 9% Wales, 13% India
In an earlier test, my female maternal cousin's mitochondrial DNA was identified as of an unusual 'fertile crescent' Middle Eastern origin.
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In an earlier test, my female maternal cousin's mitochondrial DNA was identified as of an unusual 'fertile crescent' Middle Eastern origin.
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