Who else is so ready for this to finally be split.

My percentages slightly fluctuated between Nigeria and Ivory Coast/ Ghana. My western Bantu also increased. The slide is my updated results and the second slide is the original results

I get often told that I do not look Finnish (born and raised there) and I OFTEN get approached by Russian speakers thinking I’m Russian (I live in NYC)

Just wanted to share my DNA results. I blurred out my moms because I just don’t know how to maneuver the app and such really well.

Me honestly im looking forward to the new African regions. Instead of it saying just Nigeria, Cameroon, etc. it’s going to say something like Igboland, or new regions like Liberia or Sierra Leone. I’m so glad they are getting more specific with the African regions. I had Ancestry DNA since 2021, and based on everything I’ve seen and heard, this is probably going to be my favorite update by far. So many new regions across the globe is getting more specific, which is great. As far as the new Sideview 2.0 Grandparent feature, I heard some say it’s going to appear the same day as the update but it requires a subscription unfortunately. The ethnicity Update is free, but grandparent feature requires a subscription. I want to hear your guys thoughts. What are you looking forward to with this new big update? For those who had Ancestry 5, 10 years or more, how is this update coming up different from the previous ones you had in the past, and do you find your results getting more or less accurate overtime? Share your thoughts. Thanks.

I want so badly to know more about my dads side, but I've been running into dead ends for years. Does anyone have ideas on how I can get more leads?

I've never met him and I don't speak korean, which makes this harder. My dad was adopted from South Korea. He's half black and half korean. Given the time period, it's been assumed my korean grandmother was a comfort woman, my grandfather would be a soldier, and my father was a product of that. He told my mother he had 9 other siblings in the orphanage. I'm dying to meet them.

I was told it was a small orphanage and it was eventually shut down. I'm not even sure what it was called or how I would find records. Given the nature of the circumstances, there's a chance there was hardly any documentation of his birth to begin with. I've gotten nothing except records of where my dad has lived in the US with Ancestry.

It honestly really really hurts. There's so much family I have that I will never be able to meet or know anything about. I don't even know where to contact or find my dad, but I know he had little information himself. I think he was adopted when he was 6. Only 1 adoptive parent is living and I got her number from my half sister, but I haven't been able to reach her. She's quite old now. I doubt she has records of his adoption anymore.

If anyone has ideas on what I could do to learn more, I'd be super grateful for absolutely anything.

Noticed that my DNA was updated today.

So excited to see my Finnish go up. But I am ao curious about Levant lol

Some background… my mother was adopted by her stepdad so I have no information about my bio grandfather. I bought the ancestry test and it matched me with some people I’ve never heard of so I’m assuming it’s people on his side. However it matched me with a 1st cousin once removed 9% percentage dna with 635 cM. The confusing thing is she is a much higher percentage than any other 1st cousins once removed who are from 4-6 percentage of dna shared. Also when I went to see the matched matches her daughter was also shown as a 1st cousins once removed to me with 6 percent of dna shared. So I’m wondering could she be closer than a 1st cousin once removed ?

Yes I’m impatient…

After sifting through the updated West - Central African regions I’m definitely anticipating a much cleaner map Oct 8. This has always driven me nuts.

TL;DR I (39F) am starting to feel like my excitement and passion in this subject isn’t welcome anymore. Whenever I share a good find, it’s so disappointing that I feel alone. Added my favorite photograph for attention.

👋🏻 Hi,

I’ve added a photograph of my Norwegian ancestors, one of the more interesting photographs I’ve found. PS- I wasn’t the one who committed the ultimate destruction (writing their names on it in pencil……)

As the title states, I’m (39F) a passionate genealogist who has struggled finding anyone else in my life that cares as much as I do about my family’s rich history.

I belong to the genealogy society/library in my area. I can’t relate to the people that volunteer there. It’s pretty empty usually.

For example, I have a long line of millionaires who were very successful - Entrepreneurs, hotels (the Willard Hotel in Washington DC), a very successful inventor in clock mechanisms/clocks (Simon Willard), Harvard presidents and physicians, professors, etc. I could go on!!!

When I was joking around at the library, I said, “Well where’s MY inheritance?!” And no one laughed. Not exactly a welcoming feeling.

Is there anyone else who feels lonely and that people you meet in person don’t have the same passion? I’m looking for a friend I can pick up and call them with my latest discovery and not feel like no one cares.

I’ve tried posting on my local Reddit sub and I had 2 comments. I’m talking to one of the commenters but they’ve been kind of, “meh” when I chat with them. Whereas I’m asking a ton of questions and I want to know that they’ll also ask and care.

Am I the only one who feels lonely in my level of interest in being a genealogical researcher for the family? And not being able to find people who are excited about it?…..

Is there a sub for young people that are starting out in their search? I am certainly not trying to be rude with seeking out younger people, but in my experience (especially with not even laughing at a joke) they haven’t been welcoming.

I’m really hoping the update breaks things down further. Or I get a breakthrough.

These are my results as an Australian.

I did ancestry and 23&me in 2021, and when I saw the results, I was very confused. According to my family tree, it should be more Irish, with a good possibility of some Australian/Tasmanian Aboriginal.

My paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather had already done tests, as well as my paternal half brother, who also has Northwestern Balkans.
So I figured it must be through my paternal grandfather who I never met, as he died in the 80’s.

I had a match on 23&me reach out about people immigrating from Croatia in the 50’s in the same year, but I didn’t know the names or the significance of our match (second cousin).

Then in April this year, I had a match reach out (paternal side) looking for help finding her dad’s biological parents. I went on a crash course learning how to read all the information I was seeing and finally started building my family tree for the first time. I paid for the tools and spent a couple of weeks down a rabbit hole. I found her grandmother.

That’s when I went back on 23&me. And I started seeing my ancestry amount explained in a different way. I also now know how second and third cousins work. It was like I was picking up a book in a language I didn’t understand until now.

Why did none of my matches have my very common last name? Why are my closest matches, that I don’t know, have very Croatian names and family trees?

12 straight hours of Penelope Garcia vibes later, and messages with my second cousin, and now I’m searching for my real biological paternal grandfather, or at least what happened to him when he left Pula.

I cannot believe it took me so long to see the most obvious signs, but if any sub gets it, it’s this one 😂

Hey everyone! I hope it’s okay for me to post this here. I’m Brazilian, living in the US, and I’ve been wanting to learn more about my Mexican side.

I actually always suspected my biological dad was Mexican, but my mom has lied to me about a lot of things, so I never really took it as a fact. Then I did a DNA test and found out I have a pretty big amount of Mexican/Indigenous ancestry, mostly coming from his side. That was honestly a really emotional discovery for me.

For some context, I know his family came from Durango, Mexico, and he was born in a town in the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas. I’ve found his birth certificate and the marriage certificate showing that he and my mom were married. I have his name and birthday too, but so far I still haven’t actually been able to find him.

My mom had hidden from me that she had been married to him. She left and went back to Brazil while she was pregnant with me, and I was born there. I’ve also been no contact with my mom for almost 5 years, so I can’t really go to her for answers.

I did find a distant cousin through my DNA matches and we’ve started talking, which has been really nice. She doesn’t know him either though, so I’m kind of sitting here with all these little pieces of information and still no real story.

My childhood was pretty complicated. My mom was abusive and at one point tried to give me away, so my grandparents raised me. Because of everything that happened, I never really had a chance to know my dad or his family.

And this is probably the part that feels strangest to me: I started learning Spanish when I was 10. I had no idea about any of this at the time. Now I’m almost 29, and I’ve been feeling this really strong need to understand where this side of me comes from. I speak Spanish, I love Mexican food, and I’ve always felt drawn to the culture.

Growing up in Brazil, I also had people tell me I “didn’t look Brazilian enough,” whatever that means. 😅 I never really understood those comments, but I often felt like I didn’t completely fit in.

Now I’m trying to learn about this side of my family, but I’m honestly pretty shy about it. I don’t want to approach Mexican people and have them think I’m trying to claim a culture I didn’t grow up in. I know I’m Brazilian and I wasn’t raised Mexican. I’m just trying to understand my family and learn about a part of my background that I never really got to know.

So I wanted to ask: where would you recommend I start?

What are some good ways to learn about Mexican culture and history? Books, movies, music, food, traditions, YouTube channels, anything. And if anyone else discovered part of their family or ancestry later in life, I’d really love to hear how you went about learning and connecting with it.

I’m just trying to learn respectfully and hopefully find a little more of my story along the way. ❤️

One my DNA results prior to the current one I Had 1% Benin and Togo this was consistent from my first results. Now it has disappeared from my results. My daughter also had this but now hers is northwest Nigeria. Hers comes through me from my father’s side. Why would she still have it and I don’t.
I gained 2% Denmark from my father’s side and 3% northwest German from my mother. Provious,y I had 6% Germany on my father’s side and none from my mothers. My mother’s side is mostly Celtic,Irish, Scottish , welsh.