23andMe Adds More Detail for Spanish and Portuguese Ancestry

[lilac9]

If you read the comments you'll see many native Iberians don't have it either.

I doubt I'd get it anyway unless I update my chip.

[Hrodric]

I guess only Iberians are getting this update because I have DNA relatives on the newer chip who haven't been updated. Apparently, Latinos are chopped liver on 23andme. But I won't give them more money to update my chip.

c'mon bro, I'm "100%" Iberian and still no update... it has nothing to do with the fact that you are latinos

[JMcB]

Yeah that's the new update, great! How does "Northern Irish and Central Scottish Highlands" fit your genealogical background? I can see in your description they seem to have missed your English side.

As far as the Genetic Groups are concerned, I would say they’ve done a nice job. Even though they’re about four years behind Ancestry in that regard. Still, it fits my ancestry, so I’ll take it. I doubt they’ll ever find a English Group for me because my ancestors began arriving here in the the early 1600s and for the most part, stopped coming by the late 1700s. While the Scots started later and were still arriving in the 1850s. Whatever English I may have, they’ve folded into Britain. So it’s hard to say what they actually got for me. Still, their overall numbers for Britain & Ireland are pretty close. Which is about all I expect. So I’ll take that, too.

[lilac9]

c'mon bro, I'm "100%" Iberian and still no update... it has nothing to do with the fact that you are latinos

Ok, bro. Touché. My mood wasn't the best when I wrote that. I can be a little bit what we call in Puerto Rico "lengui-larga"! Not sure if they use that expression in Spain or Portugal.

[MacEochaidh]

I'm only 25% Quebecoise and I got Porto "Highly Likely" and Madeira Islands "Likely". My maternal grandmother was born: 1893, Grand-Mere, Quebec. The only thing I can figure is my mtDNA T2g traces back to 1698, Cameret-sur-Mer, Bretagne with the surname "Arguin", which appears to be connected to Portugal and Portuguese Territories. I only show 6.3% Spanish & Portuguese on 23andMe and 3% Spain on Ancestry.

My North of Ireland and Central Scottish Lowlands "Highly Likely" and my North of Ireland and Scotland "Likely" are dead on.