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MyHeritage v2.5 ethnicity update

Genetic Genealogy

I'm somewhat surprised by the accuracy improvement in this update, which came today for me...

Expected results based on tree are: 25% Ulster Scot, 50% other Irish, 6% English, 6% north-west France, 12% a village near the France/Switzerland border.

The previous report said: 65% Irish/Scottish/Welsh, 20% Scandinavian, 15% Greek/South Italian. Which is basically nonsense.

The new report says: 49% Irish, 30% Scottish/Welsh, 7% English, 5% Breton, 4% French, 2% North Italian, 2% Dutch, 1% Germanic.

All figures rounded to nearest integer for this post. The "scraps" all roughly add up to the Swiss village expected value, which is plausible as I'm sure that area has been subject to frequent movement and mixing.

Posted Mar 30, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC

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