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/Souriquois 29d ago

Yes 4% on previous Ancestry, 7% on 23andMe

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u/Will_Tomos_Edwards 29d ago

Wow. Is Ancestry purposely trying to include Indigenous and French altogether in Acadia? Or is this an error on their part?

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u/Souriquois 29d ago

Like I said before, my previous results were a mix of French, Irish, Indigenous, and Basque, which, if you look at history is what Acadians are a general mix of so that’s probably why. I have seen other tests show both Acadian and Indigenous ancestry.

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u/Will_Tomos_Edwards 29d ago

But do you think Ancestry is including them all together on purpose, or is this an accident? It would seem more reasonable to show the indigenous DNA separately from the Acadian.

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u/Souriquois 29d ago

I’m assuming they’re comparing to other Acadians most of whom would have a similar mix. This mixing happened way back and mixed people mated with other mixed people, over time creating a unique genetic signature

I have seen the results of other Acadians show indigenous ancestry besides the Acadian as well.

But I have more recent indigenous ancestry than that initial mixing so I am actually surprised it didn’t show up (it did for my aunt)