The reason I don’t recommend testing your DNA with ancestry is not for the reasons commonly pointed out by others such as the cost of membership which can be $300+ per year forever, it’s because I have no trust in the results. I submitted saliva samples for my parents (both 82), and when we got the results our family was stunned as this was contradictory to the extensive genealogy reports we have done in years past, using historical records as far back as they were kept. The results showed my dad is 26% Germanic, which was 2nd to 33% Central Scotland and Northern Ireland, with other regions combining for the balance. We dug through our extensive old records and could only make assumptions, but my dad accepted this and embraced his new found heritage, having previously believed all his life he was 100% Scottish. Then, 1 year after we got these results, we got an “updated” result from the same sample, with very different heritage. This time no Germanic, virtually all British, confirmed by their maps. The explanation given is they have further defined regions, but bottom line is this was a roller coaster I’d rather not been on. I’m a firm believer in science, but am confused how results can change based on “updated information” gathered by Ancestry. How can I be certain these new results won’t change again after another Ancestry update? If you’re looking for a fun little exercise and understand that the results may change, then go ahead, but if changing results may be confusing or emotional, maybe stick with old school research and pass on Ancestry DNA.
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