23andMe uses their dna tests to break down your ancestry to 22 regions of the world. I decided to review their results a little more thoroughly than the brief glances I had given it before. They give 3 options with various degrees of certainty. I knew I was primarily of European descent, the one that kind of surprised me is the 0.1% sub-Saharan African that showed up even in the conservative breakdown of my ancestry. I guess a great great great great great great great great grandparent (10 generations back, which if there were no intermarrying along the way that generation has 1024 people in it) was from sub Sahara Africa?
Conservative Est (90% Accuracy) I am:
1.1% British and Irish,
51.7% Non-specified Northern European (British, Irish, German, French. Scandinavian, Finnish)
46% Non-specified European (British, Irish, German, French, Scandinavian, Finnish, Iberian, Sardinian, Italian, Balkan, Ashkenazi, Eastern European)
0.1% Sub-Saharan African
1.1% Unassigned
Standard Est (75% Accuracy) I am:
14.1% British and Irish
1.9% German and French
1.2% Scaninavian
64.5% Non-specified Northern European (British, Irish, German, French. Scandinavian, Finnish)
21.0% Non-specified European (British, Irish, German, French, Scandinavian, Finnish, Iberian, Sardinian, Italian, Balkan, Ashkenazi, Eastern European)
0.1% North African
<0.1% Nonspecific North African & Middle Eastern
0.1% Sub-Saharan African
0.2% Unassigned
Speculative Est (50% Accuracy) I am:
30.7% British and Irish
22.8% German and French
4.3% Scandinavian
36.8% Non-specified Northern European (British, Irish, German, French. Scandinavian, Finnish)
1.4% Italian
1.1% non Specific Southern European (Iberian, Sardinian, Italian, Balkan)
2.8% Non-specified European (British, Irish, German, French. Scandinavian, Finnish, Iberian, Sardinian, Italian, Balkan, Ashkenazi, Eastern European)
0.2% North African
0.1% Sub-Saharan African
<0.1% Unassigned
Thought I would update this since they have adjusted the ethnicity report. Currently 23andMe suggests my ethnicity as:
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19.8% French and German (I would say much more German than French since I haven't found any French in my research but several German lines - Busch and Boyer)
3.8% Scandinavian
31.7% broadly Northwestern European
0.6% Iberian
0.3% Italian
0.1% Eastern European
2.5% broadly European
0.1% North African
My understanding is that anything less than 2% is probably just noise and not likely accurate. So... Surprise, Surprise (said in Gomer Pyle's voice) I am Northwestern European! dated 24 April 2017