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When I took the Ancestry DNA test I already had half my Family Tree done and had matches / family in Ireland - Newfoundland - Poland - UK - So here are the results - pretty large difference - emailed but kept getting the same generic response - I beleive these differences are too large to ignore...
AncestryDNA
Europe East 47%
Ireland/Scotland/Wales 30%
Connacht, Ireland
Europe West 8%
Great Britain 7%
Low Confidence Regions
Scandinavia 3%
Europe South 2%
MyHeritage
100.0%
North and West Europe
51.0%
Scandinavian
47.7%
North and West European
3.3%
English
0%
Finnish
0%
Irish, Scottish, and Welsh
0%
East Europe
47.8%
Balkan
27.0%
East European
20.8%
Baltic
0%
South Europe
1.2%
Italian
1.2%
I have no known Scandinavian matches from any site I have downloaded my raw DNA to- GP's born in Poland - GM in Ireland- GF US via Newfoundland via UK -have lots of documentation - 0% Irish from MyHeritage? No way Ancestry pinpointed my Irish to Connaught ( Galway where I have living relatives - GM b. There) - and the 47% Scandinavian vs 3% from Ancestry... 0% UK? - I have 2 branches from the UK ( documented)... have no explanation for these discrepancies...
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I searched for free and some Discoveries came up. When I tried to view the Discoveries it said I...
First they sell you a plan that does nothing and the rest is freeking expensive on to the plan...
Dear Diane,
I regret to find your raw DNA results are not comparing with your research or other DNA tests that you have taken with other DNA kit providers.
It is true to consider that bio-geographical estimates are complicated. Different researchers analyzing the same DNA of a person can come up with different estimates based on a number of different factors, including the reference populations used for comparison, the algorithm, the chemical processing and many more factors. Therefore these elements are consistently being improved in the DNA researching community as a whole and it is certainly our highest priority here at MyHeritage.
Moreover, while some companies provide many more regions to compare your DNA with, MyHeritage compares your DNA to a lot more ethnic populations. We find this most important for various reasons such as the fact that populations in countries have moved around while official borders and communities were at times occupied throughout history. It is also certainly found that DNA tends to be very similar between people in neighboring countries, such as North Western Europe and England, where there isn't sufficient statistical difference, our ethnicity estimate is retained on a higher regional level.
MyHeritage has proudly referenced 42 ethnic populations to compare your DNA with and this number will be growing even larger in the future as we are constantly working on adding to our reference populations. (ongoing "MyHeritage Founder Population Project")
All in all, what is most important to us is your overall satisfaction because we use all feedback to better the genealogy experience for the millions of our members. We want all of our members to have the most solid results.
Therefore I would like to examine your research along with your raw DNA results to learn more about what is different about our estimate. In order to do so, I need to locate and verify your MyHeritage account. Please send me an e-mail from your registered address at your nearest convenience at rafael.vipsupport@myheritage.com.
I'm looking forward to examining the issue you report as soon as possible.
Sincerely Yours
Rafael
MyHeritage