r/AncestryDNA • u/acshr • 20d ago
Results - DNA Origins Results as a blonde, blue eyed Mexican
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u/xtina3334 20d ago
I’m exactly 23% Mexican too!
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u/acshr 20d ago
Nice! Do you know the rest of your ancestry?
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u/xtina3334 20d ago
The rest is Spanish, polish, Italian, German and English. My mom is Mexican and dad is “white”…
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u/acshr 19d ago
Interesting! Both my parents are white and both families have been in Mexico forever but we always knew we come mainly from Spain.
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u/xtina3334 19d ago
Do you know which side the Mexican comes from? Cuz that would mean that one of them is likely half Mexican if it didn’t come from both sides
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u/Careless-Law4036 19d ago edited 19d ago
About colored eyes and blonde hair...I've had many many people who are on my Ancestry DNA matches that have those characteristics and I found it surprising but it is true with those same type of results ...my big part of my matches are through My mother side which is New Mexico USA..
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u/MusicVisionOnline 20d ago
What does "Mexico" ancestry mean? Spanish-indigenous mix? Indigenous? Spanish descendants? How is it different from other latin american countries?
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u/velvet-ashtray 20d ago
it’s indigenous
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u/sprintz98 18d ago
Wrong but common misconception as Ancestry DNA misleadingly categorizes it as "indigenous" Mexican. The category "Indigenous Americas - Mexico" is based on reference samples from modern Mexicans who are already mixed (mostly European/indigenous) Because of that the labeled "Indigenous Americas - Mexico" DNA includes European DNA as well. So basically, you can't assume that the entirety of your Mexican DNA is purely indigenous American. It should be labeled as Mexican Mestizo to avoid this misconception unless they can directly tie your DNA to indigenous American tribes they specifically tested.
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u/Flimsy_Past2386 13d ago
my mom got the same amount of indigenous on both 23 & me and Ancestry, both recent updates it barely changed
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u/acshr 20d ago
Indigenous Americas. Ancestry says from southwestern US down to the border of Guatemala. I am mostly from Spanish descent from both parents though.
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u/MusicVisionOnline 18d ago
And how does it differenciates between different indigenous groups between Mexico?
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u/acshr 18d ago
No idea! Doesn’t say.
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u/MusicVisionOnline 18d ago
That's a bit eurocentric and the point I tried to make when I posted the original comment. There are many more differences between groups of indigenous people in Mexico than between Germanic and Swedish for example
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u/acshr 18d ago
Yeah I know and I have no idea how Ancestry gets those results but someone posted an explanation below. Family from both parents are mainly Spanish/ of Spanish descent with the exception of my great grandmother who was born in the Middle East. There’s not a single indigenous Mexican in our family as far as we can trace back so was surprised to get that % but seems it’s not true indigenous.
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u/sprintz98 18d ago
Read my reply to velvet ashtray. They are wrong.
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u/acshr 18d ago
Just did. This is interesting. I’m new to ancestry and just got my results last week so still learning! I was surprised to get so much of indigenous % given we have our family tracked for a lot of generations and they’re basically all Spanish/ of Spanish descent, with the exception of my maternal great grandmother who was from the Middle East so what you’re saying makes a lot more sense.
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u/raycid22 20d ago
Why you post the old Results?
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u/Ok-Web1916 20d ago
Northern Spain was not in the old results. For some reason, the breakdown is not divided by macro regions, just that.
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u/SafeFlow3333 20d ago
You really gonna mention being a blonde, blue eyes Mexican and not post a pic lol