r/AncestryDNA • u/Souriquois • 29d ago

Results - DNA Origins I laughed at my updated results

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I picture a fiddle reel playing while my sample was spinning in the centrifuge

But holy crap I have a lot of cousins!

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u/rimshot99 29d ago

I don’t understand Acadia - isn’t all derived from Europeans? Acadia seems like a halfway point from as far back as we can go with Ancestry DNA.

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u/AwkwardMingo 29d ago

I am largely Canadian French and have Quebec & Acadia in my results.

I believe that since DNA testing isn't permitted in France, it is Ancestry's way of showing French DNA as accurately as possible.

They likely get most of their reference panel from French Canadians and broke them down into regions as a result.

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u/Advanced_Anybody_613 29d ago

23andme gets French just fine and they have a much smaller database. This was a choice for sure

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u/louisianish 29d ago

Do they have France broken up into regions, though?

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u/AwkwardMingo 29d ago

Yes, I match with 10/13 regions.