On July 23rd 2021 I received an email from Living DNA which stated more precise ethnicity results were now available. I initiated the update and the results were updated a short time after that. The results weren't more precise. I'm definitely not 88.8% French. One great-great grandfather was French Canadian, which would make me 6.25% French, and that's all the French I have going back a few hundred years.
I have no clue where the Pashtun results fit in either? I've never received a result like that from any other company? I haven't traced my family back to that part or the world either.
The previous ethnicity results were far more accurate and reflect my heritage as I know it. I praised these results in the past.
One of my grandparents was Nicaraguan, another was born in Austria, a 3rd grandparent was a mix of Irish, French Canadian, and British Isles, and a 4th grandparent was a mix of British Isles and German. With a mixed European ancestry like that you would expect to see a long list of predicted ethnicities, like the previous results below.
It would be nice if Living DNA fixed their current ethnicity results.
Living DNA Interesting match
Going over our family's DNA matches at Living DNA I did find an interesting DNA match who lives in the UK. He shares 41 cM's with my aunt Loretta. I suspect he shares our Irish roots? I messaged him but have not heard back from him. Irish matches could be useful since very few church records survive in Ireland in the area where my family lived. If we could pool the information for our best Irish matches we might be able to extend our tree farther back?
A Little DNA Fun
At this point I'm not getting as many helpful DNA matches and the interesting ones I have aren't responding to my messages. I decided to see what else I could do with my DNA results in the meantime.
I uploaded my raw DNA data to Genomelink for the fun of it. Most of the studies your DNA is compared to aren't large studies. The study regarding neuroticism is a good study. If you would like to know your genetic predisposition to neuroticism you can upload your raw data to Genomelink. It's free to access these results.
If I had more segment data to work with my DNA research wouldn't be stalled. I'll keep working with what I have and hope to break down another brickwall soon?
