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Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

Northray — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 18:52:50 GMT

Okay so like I got my DNA done by Ancestry.Com and it came out like how I thought it would EXCEPT for 35% of my DNA which is listed in the "Low Confidence Regions". So basically I have 35% of most every race on the planet. I'm not kidding,

African Ivory Coast 8%,

European Jewish 8%

Irish/Scottish 8%

Scandinavian 5%

Asian 5%

And so on

I seriously don't know what to think about this category. So are they not sure? If so, why even list it?

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

chrystaltree — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:22:01 GMT

Isn't that a question for Ancestry.com ?

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

Preds — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:23:55 GMT

They list what they found. Mine showed 7% Europe South, 3% Scandinavia and 2% Finland/Nothwet Russia along with the others. To me, it's shows a migration because they all intermingle. Migrations for war, food, adventure, whatever.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

Northray — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:32:30 GMT

@chrystaltreewrote:
Isn't that a question for Ancestry.com ?

Of course and I did e-mail them. They gave a very vague, unsatisfying standard statement you can just google.

My question here is how do people feel about this category. For example, I tend to want to dismiss it because Ancestry.com is not sure of it, thus the "Low Confidence". On the other hand so then why list it at all? I just don't get it, so I want to find out how others feel about it.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

MoJoV — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:45:52 GMT

That is curious. By "low confidence region" do they mean they don't know? My younger granddaughter had hers just come back,too. She had 0.01% unassigned. Whatever that means.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

SilleeMee — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:56:00 GMT

I ignore that part of my profile. It's simply a prediction of what might be in my DNA and I look at this percentage as a guess rather than a given.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

Noel7 — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:01:59 GMT

My understanding is that there is such a small sample, they can’t be specific about the country. They can sometimes tell a general region, French-German can come out like that, the region of.

Notice they were not all listed as a specific country.

Some of mine on 23&Me came out non-specific Southern European. I assume that’s a similar category.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

puttypiesmom — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:13:56 GMT

I find it confusing that different dna companys have different information. Also, I didn't have a chance to read a good article about dna testing. What do they do with everyone's sample when they're done testing.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

Noel7 — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:20:28 GMT

@puttypiesmomwrote:
I find it confusing that different dna companys have different information. Also, I didn't have a chance to read a good article about dna testing. What do they do with everyone's sample when they're done testing.

@puttypiesmom

The data is kept for you to refer to and to be updated every so often.

Supposedly, Ancestry dot com covers more countries than 23&Me. Both constantly work on updates. You can use the privacy setting so your info isn’t out there.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

Roni18 — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:25:44 GMT

When I first did mine (about a year ago Christmas time) the explanation for this area was given as if it was less than 5% it meant that they were not sure -that it might be part of your ethnicity or that it might just be chance. Now the explanation is longer and talks about DNA ranges. https://www.ancestry.com/cs/dna-help/ethnicity/trace-regions

With a little more reading, I saw that they run 40 tests on your dna and the range indicates the lowest and highest scores from these 40 tests. If any of these 40 tests show a zero for that ethnicity then they put it in the low confidence regions.

Personally, I go by the original explanation- it could be there or it could be chance!

That being said, both of my parents tested and my low confidence regions appeared on one or the others DNA report also.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

Northray — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 22:52:00 GMT

Thanks for the responses. Guess I'm disappointed. I still don't know about 35% of my DNA then. That seems like a lot to me, 35%. But not important in the grand scheme of things right?

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

wildlifewitch — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 22:53:06 GMT

It goes to the NSA. You need to read the TOS with this stuff.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

ALRATIBA — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 23:10:01 GMT

@wildlifewitchwrote:
It goes to the NSA. You need to read the TOS with this stuff.

@wildlifewitch

That's nothing! The NIH is using actual human DNA to humanize mice! Google NIH humanized mice. So, if you donated any human tissue for research .. it may end up there!

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

SilleeMee — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 23:37:08 GMT

No one can use your DNA for anything without your written consent... signature on a dotted line. That's the law.

ETA - authorities can use your DNA without consent if you are a criminal.

Re: Ancestry.Com and the Low Confidence Regions category...

Noel7 — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 01:29:06 GMT

@Northraywrote:
Thanks for the responses. Guess I'm disappointed. I still don't know about 35% of my DNA then. That seems like a lot to me, 35%. But not important in the grand scheme of things right?

@Northray

You won’t know your complete DNA unless you have your father or a brother to test. You don’t carry the male gene. Do you have a living father or brother?