I don’t know when it updated as I received no e-mail notice. I know the last time I checked late last week or early this week, the ethnicity was the same as it has been since the last update. When I checked the Ancestry blog today, I saw the update announcement dated yesterday. I updated my old post from January 2018, and probably should post a new post – http://ignore-ethnic-results-below-the-continental-level. I included the earlier updates once I started tracking them in January 2018. My last update from AncestryDNA was #18 below on November 18, 2019
Current update as of today:
- England & Northwestern Europe 56% – down from 70% last update
- Scotland 31% – new as it wasn’t in the oldest list
- France 5% – was 2% from 2 updates ago, but replaced by Norway in last update
- Wales 4% – new as it wasn’t in the old list
- Germanic Europe 2% – down from 9% last update
- Norway 2% – no change from last update
Here’s the history of old updates; I took the test back in April 2013, but didn’t track the percentages until January 2018:
#4 (Ancestry DNA, pre-2018 ethnicity update) Ethnicity Estimate
Europe West 31%
Scandinavia 26%
Great Britain 15%
Iberian Peninsula 13%
Ireland/Scotland/Wales 10%
Europe South 3%
Europe East < 1%
Caucasus < 1%
compared to
#17 (AncestryDNA; September 2018 ethnicity update): England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 48% Increased by 33% Germanic Europe 30% Refined from: Europe West 31% Ireland and Scotland 16% Increased by 6% Sweden 4% Refined from: Scandinavia 26% France 2% Refined from: Europe West 31%
Migrations Eastern North Carolina Settlers North Carolina, Virginia Coast & Maryland Coast Settlers Mississippi & Louisiana Settlers South Mississippi & Alabama Gulf Coast Settlers
No Longer in Estimate
Iberian Peninsula 13%
Europe South 3%
Europe East <1%
Caucasus <1%
compared to
AncestryDNA update April 2019: Ethnicity Estimate
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 48%
Germanic Europe 30%
Ireland & Scotland 16%
Sweden 4%
France 2%
compared to
#18 AncestryDNA update November 18, 2019
Ethnicity Estimate
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe 70%
up from 48% back in April 2019
Germanic Europe 9%
down from 30% back in April 2019
Ireland & Scotland 15%
down 1% from back in April 2019
Sweden 4%
No change
Norway 2%
Switched from 2% France to 2% Norway back in April 2019
