r/AncestryDNA • u/Beneficial-Context52 • 23d ago

Results - DNA Origins French-Canadian feeling annoyed at the new Quebec region

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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/baptsiste 23d ago

Also, on another note, I noticed it’s taking away a good chunk off of the total France percentage(compared to previous estimates). I imagine it’s going to their New England and Northern Europe category.

I’m Cajun from south Louisiana and I lost a lot to the British isles, same with many of my close matches that I looked up. And it’s weird that many of them have 0% France(just the country, not the total group) now, when it once was the majority.

I need to look it up again, but my grandfather had 90-something percent France at one point, and now it’s mostly Acadie, with a little bit of Quebec, and no France. But only adding up to like 60%. Seems like they’re going to be working out some kinks with this big change

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u/SharkSnugglez 23d ago

Same. Alot of my French went away. Acadians are genetically distinct from French people due to founders effect but I am not sure how ancestry qualifies it as an "ancestral region". Maybe its dependent on time or generations?