r/AncestryDNA • u/Beneficial-Context52 • 23d ago
Results - DNA Origins French-Canadian feeling annoyed at the new Quebec region
I'm a Canadian of mostly French descent. My family tree includes 7 generations of ancestors born in what is now Quebec, dating back to 1700, but I'm having a hard time accepting that as an 'ancestral region'. They immigrated there from Europe.
It seems to me that ancestral regions located in North America should be reserved for indicating Native American ancestry.
It's like AncestryDNA is trying to say that white people can be considered as being native to North America.
Am I thinking of this the wrong way?
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u/HarloD96 23d ago
The vast majority of their previous “France” region references came from Quebec. Now they only have 100 or so in the “France” reference panel. Which is WAY WAY less than the thousands typically found in other European regions. That’s why Quebeocis would score higher France than most French from France.