ANCESTRY DNA UPDATE | African American Ancestry Next Generation Estimate | KWSHOPS

Here’s an update on my Ancestry.com dna results! SPOILER: I'm still black!
A few days ago one of my subbies let me know about the new update and I was completely shocked! As you can see from the video, my results are very different. I think this is mostly due to them updating some of the borders on their end but I ended up getting a few new and different categories.
They're calling it the Next-Generation Ethnicity Update and it has a sample size that is 5x longer than the previous one.
I love watching these videos and I hope you guys enjoyed this one! Ancestry has helped me discover more about my family history and put me in touch with long-lost cousins from all over the country! If you haven’t already, I really do recommend getting this test done. For me, I did not have much of any family history to make any type of connection to my heritage so this really was my only available option.
Ancestry.com has released more information about the "Next-Generation Ethnicity Estimate" here bit.ly/2zqQ7V9
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[@carlahignett270]

This is fascinating to me Katherine. I still don’t understand how it changes but it’s still incredible to research your background. I did the 23&me. But I think I’d like to do the Ancestry. Com too. Thanks for sharing!

[@zxr92]

Thanks for the update Katherine!

[@Chicprofessor]

It's so interesting how much it changed! Thanks for sharing!

[@KWSHOPS]

I know! I think it’s mostly reliant on their border and zones changing. Except for the Sweden/Norway. That was unexpected lol Have you/would you ever do a test?

[@Chicprofessor]

KWShops I bet. I might!

[@canadianqueen76]

This update makes me want to do the African Ancestry Test even more...

[@KWSHOPS]

Same! It's definitely on my list to do next. I want to do that one and 23 and me

[@mr.brenman2132]

Yeah because they have superior technology the ancestry lol.

[@axjohn]

Ancestry might update their dna but there’s no way to update your gorgeousness. WOW 😍😍😍

[@kayabe856]

This makes me even more skeptical about ancestry test.

[@XiggyJ]

Kay Abe Why? As science and sample size increases, so does the accuracy.

[@LFranklya]

Wow! I didnt realize that could happen! I recently took 2 but dif company to kinda cross ref. 2nd set of results not back yet. My 1st was mostly Nigerian and Scandinavian with traces of other African countries and Asain/Native . Stay 100% Strong and Beautiful my sister ❤

[@johnbw2597]

I just got results... I’m gonna wait for updates before revealing . My black paternal family has a German last name and still live in a German settlement in Mississippi. I inherited the German’s side unique eyes sort of.... AncestryDNA suggested extremely mixed black people from a very successful Black family with high German percents as relatives but I have no German but England Wales and Northwest Europe which could be it. My moms side seems much less diverse... but still... I want the German! lol Seems like the first test is a rush out to meet a deadline.... Thanks for the update... I had a high Nigerian number too

[@georgedeblasio3636]

I know a lot of people are upset with the new update, but honestly for me at least it became way more accurate with the oral history of my family

[@KWSHOPS]

That's great! I'm sure a lot of people we're taken aback initially with the results. I didn't have much by way of an oral history to compare to, so I guess I'm at a point where I have to believe anything

[@Windsingerful]

Same for me. I went from 33% Ghana/Ivory coast to Cameroon/Congo/Southeast Bantu and Benin/Togo as the greater percentages. Also got Irish/Scottish in the mix, which had previously been included in Great Britain (makes sense and matches what my Greandmother said about her father. It’s all interesting.

[@darius5396]

I c&p this from an article for anyone who doesn't understand. AncestryDNA and the other major testing companies continually tweak their ethnicity estimates as they collect more data and refine their ethnicity matching algorithms. In this case, AncestryDNA did both: It added 13,000 samples to its reference panels in several parts of the world, and also changed its methodology for matching users’ DNA to ethnicities. The site also adjusted its categories and which parts of the world make them up, allowing for more detail. For example, the two primary ethnicities of “Europe West” (France and “Germanic Europe”) have their own categories, as do Norway and Sweden (which were previously lumped together in “Scandinavian”). AncestryDNA has a page explaining its new ethnicity algorithm and answering some frequently asked questions. There, you can view a map comparing ethnicity estimate regions before and after the update. All existing AncestryDNA users have access to the updated ethnicity estimates at no extra charge. Note also that this update does not affect DNA matches, DNA Circles and the Migrations groups. Ancestry uses different algorithms to produce these results. What it means for you You’ll hopefully find your updated ethnicity estimates better reflect the actual ethnic makeup of your ancestors. With more precise reference populations, AncestryDNA can provide more specific (and thus, accurate) ethnicity readouts. Note that the new categories may lead to your ancestors “shifting” regions. For example, my dad is now 39-percent “England, Wales & Northwestern Europe,” and AncestryDNA registers this as a big increase to his “Great Britain” estimate. On paper, this doesn’t make any sense given my dad’s actual family history (which is overwhelmingly German). But, when looking at the map, I noticed that “Northwestern Europe” significantly overlaps with western Germany. Perhaps my dad’s family originally came from that part of Germany, but that DNA now registers as part of the England group. Concerned that you don’t see a certain ethnicity (or curious why an ethnicity is so over-represented)? Keep in mind that ethnicity estimates are, perhaps, the least accurate feature of your DNA results. In fact, we caution you not to read too much into these estimates, as they’re simply approximations. Because of how autosomal DNA is inherited, it’s likely not all of your relatives (and thus, their ethnicities) are represented in your DNA. As a result, your ethnicity estimates don’t present a full picture of your family’s history. We’ve put together a list of common questions about interpreting your ethnicity estimates to help you sort this out. Dive deeper into the largest DNA testing company with our All About AncestryDNA webinar. In this one-hour presentation, you’ll learn how to make sense of your AncestryDNA results-including your ethnicity estimates.

[@Aquil84]

My results changed too however I have been looking at Africans from the continent who have taken the test specifically Nigeria and a lot of times Benin/ Togo and Cameroon/ Congo come up as well. A lot of Yoruba people live on what is now western border of Nigeria and on the Eastern border a lot of Igbo lived there. The former colonial borders don't do justice to the cultural groups that lived in these areas. Also you can download your raw data info into GEDmatch and play around with their test to get an estimate of which cultural groups you are closest too. Finally on GEDmatch I found a 5th generation removed Igbo relative.

[@lppslpps9228]

When you do your research , you will find ancient Guinea, one land, included Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Ghana, and parts of Cameroon. Thats probably why it's so back and forth. Over 85% of those people were the same people/ family. A map of Africa from the 1700s will show this. Just fyi

[@danielkyles3361]

Great results

[@wittyverbalassassin]

Loving your hair in this video

[@pduffy81]

My own AncestryDNA test was old (circa 2015), the update pushed my "Ireland/Scotland" to 100% (from ~89%), likewise my father came back as 100% "Ireland/Scotland" and my mother as 98% "Ireland/Scotland" ⁊ 2% "England/Wales/NW European". I should note though that I'm Irish living in Ireland as are both of my parents. It would seem they have considerably larger sample-set compared to when I first did the test that's for sure!

[@jessielamar5029]

I guessed Cameroon Congo would be your highest the first time. I definitely feel like these results are more accurate.

[@hasanicarter5543]

I wrote this right after the new update rolled out: A lot of African Americans (and even some Native Nigerians 🇳🇬) are complaining that their Nigeria region is falling to 0% sometimes from as much as 40%. Meanwhile, their Benin/Togo percentages; and their Cameroon/Congo/Southeast Bantu is increasing. So I tell them that Ancestry, with increased African samples (they now have 1,395 African samples), Ancestry is seeing that the amount of shared/similar DNA across ethnic groups, between the Bight of Benin, and the Bight of Biafra, is more wide scale than they originally thought, so the widening of the Benin/Togo category, to encompass Nigeria, is reflective of this. It doesn’t mean that their Nigerian went away. It’s just now absorbed into a broader Benin/Togo Category. it seems as if it’s only meant to show genetic overlap, at this point. Test results show that both Igbo and Yoruba have high amounts of shared DNA with eachother, and those in Benin/ Togo/Ghana... So this kinda now reflects that. And there are Igbo in Cameroon. But it also looks like they merged/incorporated some areas, due to overlapping DNA. Ancestry is having a lot of trouble with the call rate of predicting Nigeria, with their new algorithm. ~28% call rate. Here is their White Paper, which explains the trouble... www.ancestrycdn.com/dna/static/images/ethnicity/help/WhitePaper_Final_091118dbs.pdf Also they have more DNA samples from Cameroon, Congo, Southeastern Bantu; and Benin/Togo...than any other regions. This could be skewing the numbers a bit. It should be worth noting that changing DNA reference panels, is the reason Genealogist tell people to take their DNA Ethnicity Estimates with a grain of salt; and to only take their DNA cousin matches, the most seriously. 😅 This is why looking for those african DNA Cousin matches...is CRUCIAL. Another interesting analysis, that sheds more light on the issues, with the new update, for those of African Descent. Including the before/after results/analysis of several continental Africans, across regions, countries, and ethnic groups, if Fonte Felipe’s blog post - tracingafricanroots.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/did-ancestry-kill-their-african-breakdown-part-1/

[@GuardianoftheGoldenStool]

What I don’t get though is the over exaggeration in the Mali category and it’s percentages with it’s nearby overlapping versus the Senegal category. I would think there would be some sort of variation seeing some Afro-Americans with high Senegals versus those with high Malis, but it’s not. Interestingly, Guinea Bissau which is classed in the Senegal category is about the fourth or third find among Afro-Americans with African Ancestry(dna testing company), but Senegal is super low with these updates. The Cameroon/Congo & Southern Bantu peoples is just too broad. It tells us nothing, that could be dna as far as southern & eastern Nigeria all the way to Angola, Mozambique, & Madagascar. It’s wild! On the other hand the European & Asian categories have gotten much better.

[@hasanicarter5543]

Guardian of the Golden Stool Oh yeah. You’re exactly right, man. In fact, knowing you... you would appreciate Fonte Filipe’s analysis, I included in the bottom of my analysis. His response is separate, and much more thorough than mine. It’s a great read. The link is included, at the bottom.

[@KWSHOPS]

Thanks so much for all of this great information! I can’t wait to check it out. In my opinion a larger sample size can only be a benefit, and that it will continue to update over time. Thanks for the link!

[@hasanicarter5543]

KWShops lol you’re welcome 😊

[@yahunx7142]

@@hasanicarter5543 That sounds about right. Most of our ancestors came from the ancient Benin Empire. The description of the Benin walls and it's destruction is mentioned in the Israelite curse prophecies(Deuteronomy 28: 15-68). -> "They shall besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you." -Deuteronomy 28: 52

[@anthonylockridge5668]

Since discovering your Channel I love handbags now

[@KWSHOPS]

It's interesting because I never liked them before but now I'm obsessed. Be careful, they're addicting!

[@perfectbeat]

Yes, my country percentages changed as well. The most significant (minor) change is that before I had zero% Native American ancestry. I'm an AA btw. Of course, I was told that I had some native ancestry by my relatives. Now it shows 1% Native American. I thought that was surprising. Who knows, it might go back to zero% in the future.

[@alicealbescu8908]

My fiancé’s results were totally changed. He went from 38% Nigerian to 3%. Mine changed some but they line up more with the research that I have done. I do think the update is much more accurate.

[@Liam-fs5fe]

Alice Albescu I guess it was in the same area though?

[@rmathis717]

Whatever your genetic results reflect, you are very pretty.

[@bobbymarlin7629]

Damn you beautiful ❤️❤️ . You look like Aaliyah

[@wuilmermenjivar7467]

The mix in you give you all that beauty.

[@acebuchanan6409]

They are mislabeling ethnicities by county name instead of tribe names. If you look at the Benin Togo region you can see it's Central point is majority in the yoruba territory of Nigeria and also expands into almost all of West Africa! The Cameroon Congo Bantu region also engulfs half of Africa..

[@stephenanderson1594]

Me too I think its tribal genetics where African borders overlap tribal lines that existed before colonization from Europe. Cameroon Congo is way too broad.

[@paulamagaqa1752]

Bantu people cover central, eastern and southern africa.

[@Pilarfitvegas]

Love this - my Benin\Togo has increased and Nigeria 🇳🇬 is gone but Benin/Togo includes Nigeria as well. Look again at the map. My Irish ☘️ increased and England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 decreased a little 🤗😊♥️

[@janealae]

Our updates are drastic too! The most insane is knowing my mom’s ancestry because all four of her grandparents were born in Italy...to getting her initial results that she was only 45%...to now reading she’s 14%! Biggest surprise: she’s 66% French?!?! And myself, who initially thought I was half Italian, found out I was a mere 18%, and am now ZERO! 🤷🏻‍♀️ It’s like our whole lives have been a lie! 😂

[@KWSHOPS]

Ha! Atleast for me, the lie was short lived! I had no idea either way before I took the test. But my family swore up and down that we were Native American...And, we're not!

[@burgermister7580]

I was 7 percent FRENCH now I'm 74 percent I was 44 percent English now I'm only French and Irish I want my money back!

[@janealae]

do bla Thats a HUGE jump! Did you have a high percentage of “Western Europe”? I did. I now see why it turned into French!

[@janealae]

KWShops I think of it a lot like being an American: we may have no Native American DNA but we’re %100 American. I may have no Italian DNA but I’m definitely Italian American culturally!

[@PlannedObsolescence]

*Janealae* I’m a white American and I have Native American DNA, but it came from Canada. lol

[@freemanbako1586]

Welcome home Baby, from Nigeria

[@juanestebanaliaga1065]

Wow you're gorgeous

[@someguy3766]

Mix all those ingredients together, and you get a frigging gorgeous woman. Respect from an English relative across the pond! My results were like 70% British/Irish, 15% German/Dutch, 5% Scandinavian and the rest was broadly northwest European. Which is what I expected since my family has been here for our entire history.

[@KWSHOPS]

So sweet! Thank you so much

[@someguy3766]

@@KWSHOPS You're very welcome. :)

[@KennyBucketz]

I had 21% Nigeria too, but now I have 0%. Crazy. I was thinking maybe now they include Nigeria in another region, but since you have 2%, I guess it's still it's own region

[@MrAmhara]

It's because majority samples were from Nigeria. Overtime the labs obtained more Congo samples and realized many people showed Nigerian dna was from the fact Nigerians and Congo people share (overlap) some dna but were actually more closely related to Congo-Cameroon.

[@anthovision7048]

Yes Norway is part of Scandinavia

[@daniiiakasha1436]

When I first did the test, Greece and Italy was combined. I came up 67% Greece/Italy, which made sense because 3 of my grandparents were Greek immigrants. Then when they narrowed it down more, they decided that all of my Greece Italy was from Greece, Albania and Turkey 🇹🇷. I was glad that it was all Greek for me. Now they’re changing their mind and saying I’m 1/3 Italian. I’m not too happy about that. Nothing against Italians of today, but the ancient Romans were horrible. Ancient Greece was more beautiful in my mind. I was a huge proponent of this test until they couldn’t figure out if I’m Italian.

[@MVPProductionsBeats]

Is this safe

[@JLDReactions]

I dislike the new Cameroon/Congo/ Bantu peoples category. It's WAAY too broad. It'd be nice if they would include the names of tribes from whom they take they samples. What does it mean to be Nigerian?? Yoruba? Fulani? Hausa?

[@justcallmebrian793]

I think out of all the groups you mentioned Fulani DNA is more earlier to spot in comparison to other West and Central African groups.

[@vicky_uche8349]

I agree I believe it would be easier for some ppl to understand if Ancestrydna did it that maybe they will in the future. All these African countries are made up of different ethnic groups anyway.

[@JLDReactions]

@Brian Gibson That may be true, but also remember that before Fulani mixed with North Africans, they derived from a people very closely related if not the same to Mandinka, Wolof, Serer type peoples. Fulani started as a West African Nilotic tribe that received some North African gene flow. I'm not sure it can be distinguished except for the presence of North African.

[@justcallmebrian793]

I don't know whether the Fula were originally Nilotic that is something you have to discuss the fula people in regards to their history. You are correct the North African factor is the distinguishing factor of Fula DNA, they also get the middle east and weirdly Iberian Peninsula maybe that has something to do with the Almoravid conquest of Spain which they were part of. gainaako.wordpress.com/2013/07/20/the-fulani-and-the-conquest-of-spain/ With my DNA, i have a high Mali, but small levels of North AFrican still and also Portugal, and i have no records to Portugal in both maternal and paternal in family records. Due to my great grandmother appearance she definitely looks stereotypically Fulani. I ask several West Africans from namely Senegal, and Gambia, and all of them said she looks steretypically Fula. Also, i got one Fula person as a 4 or 5th cousin from my DNA matches. Which i think is interesting.

[@blazersun2246]

Good point The 'nigerian' they mean were MOSTLY from The Bight Of Biafra,especially in Virginia, Haiti and Carribean The historical accounts of the 'Igbo' or 'Ebo' slaves,who were known for revolts and the 'Ebo Landing' is a clear indication of their majority Thought the Yoruba were taken to Brazil?

[@keoshaquigley871]

New subbie here!

[@KWSHOPS]

Welcome!!

[@kandya8253]

My Nigerian percentage dropped from 22% to 2%...but 23andme still has me at 20% Nigerian. I also had a higher Native American percentage with the update. Pretty interesting!

[@SkyandQuill]

Kandy A suspicious. Same thing happened to me with the nigerian

[@kikikareema5912]

How much did the Native go up?

[@kailam.3163]

Yeah same, my native american went up, by like 1% lol

[@DONNYPESO]

Because they know that black Americans are not Africans a lot of them are indigenous go see who the Califians natives are from California

[@Isinforblood]

@donny peso goyard BPC yea true a lot of blacks are Native American And half aren’t known for the darker skin ones

[@janeedwards5947]

You're Very beautiful !

[@shoshanakirya-ziraba8216]

Go to West Africa and connect to the people and places ❤ I have traveled in Africa and it was very meaningful to me.

[@KWSHOPS]

I'm so excited to travel to West Africa!

[@MrAmhara]

Do you know the difference between West Africa and Central Africa? If you don’t just say Africa or the tribes someone is related to. Because, Congo, Cameroon, Angola ect are not West Africa.

[@jimbowman8306]

FYI the new Ancestry updates are not possibly correct. I have both my result and my mothers to illustrate how bad it is. Ethnic regions are somewhat subjective because we can sometimes infer things but not determine them absolutely, such as who went where in the past. We also know it is possible for siblings to inherit different percentages due to the random recombination of our autosomal DNA. What is not possible if for us to not inherit 50% of that random mix from each parent. In my case I only match my mothers ethnicity by 16%. This is not biologically possible it has to be 50% minimum. This indicates it is not an interpretation issue but rather a gross mathimatical miscalculation. Who ever is writing Ancestries algorithm has totally messed it up. that it was released to the public like this is inexcusable. So the old ones were not perfect but this is ridiculous to say the least. I have recomended Ancestry to many people but I can't do this until they openly admit they got it wrong and fix it.

[@shyshy80]

You resemble aaliyah 😊

[@treanthony9831]

🎶It goes on and on and on 🎶

[@Dr.TJW39]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@sapointi]

That's awesome you're pretty much 35/65 my mom 100% latina and she is 35% native American and 65% Spanish and she identifies as white Hispanic but her sister is as brown as you and she doesn't ever call herself white lmfao

[@kingfemmo]

Nigeria, Benin, and Cameroon were each recognized as independent nations in 1960, and the national boundaries of these nations were somewhat arbitrarily selected. Thus, common African tribal groups (or ethnic groups) can inhabit multiple modern day African nations. Nigeria is bordered by Benin on the west and Cameroon on the east. The Yoruba people (of what's unofficially known as Yorubaland) are common to both Nigeria and Benin. So it seems that your dominant African ancestry may be Yoruba (and/or Igbo, who are common to the Nigeria/Cameroon area of the African continent). Unfortunately, AncestryDNA, as good as it is, doesn't categorize by tribes at this time, but perhaps it will add that at some future date. So please don't think of yourself as mostly Benin and very little Nigerian, or mostly Cameroon/Congo and little to no Nigerian. Because it's a situation of somewhat artificial borders. With a population of about 180 million, Nigeria is the most populous nation on the African continent. It's also interesting that the capital city of Edo state, one of the 36 states in Nigeria, is Benin city, and the Edo people of Edo state, also known as the Bini, are believed to be the descendants of the people of the ancient African kingdom of Benin, the same kingdom the modern day nation of Benin is named for.

[@kevinanderson63]

tracingafricanroots.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/did-ancestry-kill-their-african-breakdown-part-1/ The results changed due to oversampling of Benin / Togo, Mali and Cameroon, Congo.

[@kingfemmo]

@@kevinanderson63 Thank you for that information and for the link.

[@edwardledesmaledesma9018]

Afrinana

[@jojoj3907]

I see you as beautiful lady ❤️

[@caseykunz7800]

One of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life....

[@checkthemikecrophone9050]

Ancestry dna doesn’t have details for African you should take African dna it’s much better and you are Nigerian as Benin Togo is lumped into Nigeria they don’t have Nigeria samples as much so your results will be updated again.

[@EmekaTalksTech]

mine changed from 77% Nigerian to 10% Nigerian...and I am actually 100% Nigerian...so hehe who knows :) Check out my results video

[@FranceFashion]

Your Absolutely Beautiful Katherine and Gorgeously Very Pretty Lady! I think I Love You

[@buntingy]

I thought you look very benin

[@DoctorDiqERDown]

You look east african or native american mixed I think we should just call ourselves black american NOT african

[@DoubleBeezy]

I say blk as a basic social construct meaning light skin or darker. But of course I'm mixed. I might have my kids put mixed race in the future because I hate the boxes, but of course they still can just say blk as a shade since Americans have to pick labels

[@misstube]

Why didn’t you just make it easy and say I’m 60% black 40% European (example ) a little annoying to break down so many nationalities

[@blackasiamagazine3118]

Ancestry DNA is total BS! I posted a few links on KW's last vlog related to this topic.

[@burgermister7580]

Mine are totally turned upside down. I was English Irish Spanish Jewish France Italy NOW IM ONLY FRENCH IRISH. AND MY MOM IS 100 PERCENT FRENCH NOBODY IS 100 PERCENT I THINK THEY ARE BULLSHIT

[@techystt]

You look Indian.

[@polybuzz8077]

I think dna reports er in reality just show results that what food you eat and were you live hahahahahaha 😂

[@bjames3605]

More proof that Black Americans do not come from Nigeria or West Africa in general. We are part of the Bantu people group.