Ancestry Strikes Again!

Ancestry has updated my results again. Yes, I know they revise as they get more results from others to compare and refine my results. 

The new results include some new regions.

Ireland (Northern Ireland and - new - Ulster): 41%

England and Northwestern Europe:                 38% 

Denmark (new)                                                10%

Scotland:                                                            6%

Iceland (a new region!):                                     3%

Germanic Europe:                                              2% 

Ireland remains on top, only very slightly changed. And England and Northwestern Europe remains second, and rose slightly.

Hmm. Scotland only 6%? With my mother a Scottish immigrant? Down from 16% just two years ago? Okay, I get that her family has roots in Ireland, but ...

Iceland is an interesting addition. Denmark used to be Denmark and Sweden. Now it is just Denmark, and it rose from 7% to 10 %.  Ah, Vikings! 

Here are previous results:

August 2022.

Ireland 42%
England & Northwestern Europe 35%
Scotland 16%
Sweden & Denmark 7%

May 2022

Ireland 39%
England & Northwestern Europe 29%
Scotland 28%
Sweden & Denmark 4%

So now more Irish, English/Western Europe, and Sweden/Denmark, less Scottish. And overall less Celtic.

They have updated multiple times as they have gotten more people in their data base -

September 2021

Scotland - 57%
Ireland - 33% (with ties to Donegal)
England and Northwestern Europe - 10%.

2020 

Scotland - 54%
Ireland (with strong links to Donegal) - 29%
England and Northwestern Europe - 13%
Wales - 3%
Norway - 1%

2018 

Ireland/Scotland/Wales - 58 %.
Great Britain - 36 %.
Scandinavia is now Sweden, and dropped to just 4 %.
Germanic Europe - 2 %.

2014

Ireland - 56 %
Scandinavia - 16 %
Great Britain - 10 %
Iberian Peninsula - 8 %
Western Europe - 5 %
A few odd traces - 3 %

Pax et bonum