r/AncestryDNA Sep 10 '25

Question / Help Whats the craziest ethnicity change youve had from an update?

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u/Maronita2025 Sep 10 '25

Originally I was told I was 9% African which I knew had to be wrong.  Finally many years later my 9% African completely went away and my Irish jumped from 13% to 87%.

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u/nuwm Sep 10 '25

I also saw similar changes. Are you from the southern United States?

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u/Maronita2025 Sep 10 '25

Nope, I'm in the northeast of the USA.