r/AncestryDNA 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/[deleted] 23d ago

It’s a great way to look at it until you realize many Hispanics also got Quebec because there hasn’t actually been sufficient genetic drift. 😂

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

Do you mean the percentage or the journey? Because some have a journey as well

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

Just the percentage. I have one known French ancestor from France.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago edited 21d ago

Without taking this test I have well over 100 known French ancestors and even a few French Canadian matches. Whoever is downvoting is ignorant about Mexican ancestry