Watch a Video Conversation Extender to CBC Article:
“Why you’re no longer 5% Portuguese: Ancestry explains DNA update”
Tons of ethnicity DNA testing knowledge bombs were dropped in the video above.
💥 Ba-boom! 😉
Here are the key takeaways:
⏰00:45 AncestryDNA updated all of their customers ethnicity estimates on September 12th, 2018 – 3 major improvements
⏰02:02 the motivation and intent in this video is to EXTEND the conversation
⏰02:35 the title of this article has a boo-boo because…
⏰04:15 “surprising results disappear”
⏰05:53 your DNA is compared to…
⏰06:30 always updating
⏰07:05 bye-bye low confidence regions
⏰08:24 example 1
⏰08:45 where the title for this article came from
⏰09:23 no context / not enough information to properly assess – a common problem
⏰11:35 paper research + DNA support = oh yeah
⏰12:19 define “significant change”
⏰13:25 will these ethnicity tests ever be 100% accurate?
⏰13:48 clues / could. be. clues.
⏰15:00 chromosome browsers rock and this DNA testing company doesn’t have one
⏰17:00 European ancestry + American DNA test takers
⏰19:44 your DNA doesn’t change, but your ethnicity results could change over time
⏰20:53 reference samples, ancient bones + pondering the quality of reference samples
⏰22:36 please stop posting your before-after screenshots of your ethnicity results
⏰23:50 example 2
⏰25:05 if so “fascinating” why hasn’t she looked at her updated results yet?
⏰26:20 Learn More // Watch this 4 minute video on the 3 Major Improvements
⏰27:09 Learn More // Quiz your Knowledge of Ethnicity DNA testing
Watch 4 minute video on the 3 Major Improvements to the Ethnicity Estimates at AncestryDNA
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