clmroots: Ancestry's Ancestral Regions

Friday, October 18, 2024

Ancestry's Ancestral Regions

Ancestry's Ancestral Regions

Recently, Ancestry updated their ethnicity estimates. Ancestry claimed it is their biggest update ever. Their new name for ethnicity estimates is Ancestral Regions. Ancestral regions show where ancestors likely lived 1,000 years ago. The new name for Ancestry's former communities is now Ancestral Journeys. Ancestral journeys are where ancestors likely lived and moved in the past 300 years.

Ancestral Regions 2024

Below is a comparison between my new 2024 Ancestral Regions and the former 2023 ethnicity estimate. All of the Sweden & Denmark was taken away. Since I could never find any connection to either of those Scandinavian countries, I'm glad that percentage is gone. My Germanic increased 11%. Since my paternal grandfather was German, I knew I should be about 25%. I must have more Germans hiding in my ancestors somewhere.

Ancestral Regions by Parent

Comparison of each region inherited from parents

Ancestral Journeys 2024

The only two ancestral journeys shown are for my maternal lines and none are given for my paternal lines. I have three times more matches on my maternal lines than I do on my paternal lines. The two maternal ancestral journeys shown are spot on. Since my two maternal grandparents were born in Texas, that is where a lot of my DNA matches come from. Over the years, I have made many trips to Texas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee to research and visit family.

Chromosome Painter

Ancestry "paints" our chromosomes with the regions our ancestors were associated with. The Maternal or Paternal tabs at the top can be clicked to see who passed down which chromosomes. On the left side, you have the option of clicking on one region and only that region will show on the browser.