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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