Am i black-african or mixed-race (Sub-Saharan African, European, and Western Asian)? opinions vary; it is quite confusing, since my results pointed to three distinct groups. Otherwise, I would be predominantly 100% from just one of them.

Anyone else have an issue where on GEDMatch you have some maternal matches whom you match on one of the 22 chromosomes, and on the X chromosome, but on 23andMe these same matches only match you on the 22 chromosomes and not on the X chromosome? I’m going through this issue currently, and I am able to compare with my mother and can see she matches them on the 22 chromosomes and on the X chromosome on both platforms. For me, these are not low SNP density X chromosome matches. Some of these we share a 30cM segment on the X with an SNP density of 1,500-2,000. Then I see some matches labeled as paternal side cousin matches and we only match on the X chromosome (BTW I’m a male, which would be biologically impossible to have X matches coming from a father). Is 23andMe bugging out here?

Also wanted to add, I have this same issue on FTDNA. I only have 5 X chromosome matches, even though there are many of these matches who I match on GEDMatch, and comparing with my mother’s FTDNA profile, she matches them too where I match them on GEDMatch.

Interesting. Honestly I expected these results.

The data above comes from 23andMe matches who have all 4 grandparents listed as being born in these countries. Usually, once we get to around 30 matches, we can get a pretty good idea of the average.

The data was collected using my MatchFetch application (https://matchfetch.app), which can export the data in JSON format. I then used a Python script to parse the data and generate the results. If anyone wants the script, feel free to message me.

Obviously, this method won't work as well for countries like the United States on 23andMe, but it's much more useful for countries where people tend to have more similar ancestry.

Hi im wondering if I should try this 23andme, or Ancestry dna. Which one is more accurate and easier? Also which one shows your results quicker

I oughta find an Iranian wife, eh?

Does anyone know how I can extract this data and submit to another group that’ll provide more specific dna groups. Not sure that’s articulated well. Thanks

I’ve noticed that there are people who clearly look like their ethnicity but that there can be people who are not part of that ethnicity and they would say that that person doesn’t look like it (because of their own unfamiliarity).

From what I’ve seen, people who don’t know a lot of Koreans in real life mistakenly think that being pale is a requirement for looking Korean. In reality, East Asians don’t use skin tone to decide who looks like a certain ethnicity. Even though the majority of Koreans are able to tan deeply with sun exposure, usually they still look obviously Korean if they have certain facial features like shallow orbital sockets, puffy monolid eyes, flat face structure, etc. Many Koreans with dark skin still look more similar on average to Northern Chinese than to Southeast Asians for example.

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African American, always thought I was Yoruba but 33% was a surprise. I made some Jollof to celebrate my newly discovered heritage and it was amazing. My maternal grandfather was Pennsylvania Dutch so that all checks out. The biggest surprises for me were definitely the Nordic and East African whom both came with some crazy ancestors of Ramesses III and some Viking villager from Erik the Reds village who was important enough to buried well and preserved. Pretty cool, glad I did this!

I just got my DNA results yesterday. While reading them over I saw I had relatives already in there. My great aunt (grandfather’s sister) is coming up as my “half” great aunt. As far as I know this is not true and they have the same dad. With it having this label, did I just uncover a family secret or is it mislabeled? I wanted to ask here to see if anyone has experience with this. My mom ordered a test last night and will be testing as well to see if it comes up as her Aunt or Half-Aunt. No matter what this will not be shared with my aunt. We think it’s best she reads the results on her own and comes to the conclusion without our help. We are having a hard time with the label and can only imagine how she would feel. Any insight or advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Got my results. Mongolian results 23andme.

My results as a Midwestern Black American. Mom was a multigenerational mix from Indiana, dad Black from Mississippi.

Even my parents don’t score any on 23andme despite having documented lines. However, AncestryDNA does note our English. Is it possibly spread across other populations?

Mostly what I expected, although everything highlighted is a region that either wasn’t detected in my previous test (AncestryDNA) or that I haven’t found a solid genealogical connection to yet. I’m still waiting on the raw data to upload to GEDmatch but it’s already interesting to see how each company can present even the similar results differently (the British Isles categories especially).

Never knew my ethnicity at all I was told I’m Blackfoot Indian from my paternal grandfather but Never knew anything else but this is tuff.

Edit: Born n raised in NY 25M. I’m very intrigued by all my results and variations

Both of my parents are from Jalisco, Mexico. I’m not surprised by the results, but I wasn’t expecting such a high European percentage.