Ancestry changes my DNA percentage and removes one

[s2ndjetli]

Hey all

Wondering if anyone has ever ran into this? Ill try and be short. A year and a half ago I did my DNA on an ex's account. Got my DNA results and had mixed emotions but it was what it was. Here we are today and I decide to look at my DNA however since me and my girlfriend back then are split she decided to have all the information deleted. So I call and explain I PAID for it with my credit card but it was on her account. They apologized and sent me a new kit. It became a debacle as they sent her emails on how it was progressing. What a mess. I FINALLY got it sorted out {kinda} and was able to redo my DNA. I get the results with Latino ethnicity mixed in with my Celtic. I WAS EXCITED.. 32 % !!! I started trying to find out in my tree where it originated from and a month later went back into the DNA results and BAM GONE !!!!!! It was exactly like the one I had done a year and a half ago which only showed my Celtic heritage.?? I also noticed a month ago when I got the results it detailed what counties in Ireland and cities in Scotland, that was gone as well.. I called and explained and was told unless I had a screen shot they did not see where this had ever happened ?? Im not happy and now dont know what to believe...

 

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[Tpmetal]

i think its a bad idea in general to be sending dna out to a private company that keeps it on record and does what they please with the info....

 

[Oddjob]

My results said I was a total prick.

 

[Mackaydon]

My said I was European; carbon dated to the Neolithic period.
Don.......

 

[s2ndjetli]

LOL

 

[RustyGold]

Try 23andme!

 

[s2ndjetli]

Im nervous about em all now, I also believe now there is a hidden agenda with em and today the news proved it.. its in a new post

 

[unclemac]

late to the party...those kits and companies are notoriously inaccurate. Me and my two sisters all had it done at the same time and (yes same father and mother for sure!) and all three came back completely different. Like not even in the same family different.

 

[Kace]

As has been said it's a Really Bad Idea to give your DNA to a company like that.

If you didn't see 60minutes or Dateline the other nite watch it. I can't remember which one but it was within the last week.

None of its private.

Kace

 

[smokeythecat]

I had mine done and all the deep dark family secrets were true!

 

[Terry Soloman]

[h=1]aHere is my timeline so far on Ancestry. I just ordered my DNA kit, so that I can smooth the process of joining the Sons of the American Revolution, as well as my sons and daughters (Daughters of the American Revolution). I want to be as positive as possible about my bloodline, and this is a very inexpensive way to do it. I was quoted $5,600.00 to verify my family tree - Wow!

Robert Lawrence Sr[/h][h=2]1371–1439[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1371 • Ashton Hall, Lancaster, Lancashire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 8 SEPT 1439 • Ashton Hall[/h]18th great-grandfather
[h=1]RICHARD WHITMORE[/h][h=2]1380–[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1380 • Whitmore, Staffordshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH Whitmore, Staffordshire, England[/h]17th great-grandfather
[h=1]George (of Malpas) Dorman, 13th great grandfather of Lady Diana Spencer[/h][h=2]1460–[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1460 • Cheshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH Unknown[/h]17th great-grandfather
[h=1]Robert Leigh died of Plague[/h][h=2]1372–1415[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1372 • Cheshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 26 SEP 1415[/h]17th great-grandfather
[h=1]Robert Legh[/h][h=2]1410–1479[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1410 • , Cheshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 1479 • Chorley, Lancashire, , England[/h]17th great-grandfather
[h=1]Robert Lee[/h][h=2]1395–[/h][h=2]BIRTH ABT 1395 • Langley, England[/h][h=2]DEATH Unknown[/h]16th great-grandfather
[h=1][/h][h=1][/h][h=1]James Ridley[/h][h=2]1402–1479[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1402 • 1673464, Shropshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 21 JAN 1479 • Cheshire, England[/h]16th great-grandfather
[h=1]15a Thomas Axtell[/h][h=2]1460–1485[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1460 • Berkhamstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 1485 • Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England[/h]15th great-grandfather
[h=1][/h][h=1]Thomas Weightman[/h][h=2]1425–1516[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1425 • Burbage, Leicestershire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 1516 • England[/h]15th great-grandfather
[h=1]Ralph Lee[/h][h=2]1420–1471[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1420 • Langley, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 1471[/h]15th great-grandfather
[h=1]Sir John Butterwicke Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield[/h][h=2]1538–1568[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1538 • Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 10 DECEMBER 1568 • Newton Kyme, Yorkshire, England[/h]14th great-grandfather
[h=1]Sir Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Brooke of Cobham, Knight Banneret[/h][h=2]1480–1541[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1480 • Chorley, Shropshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 1541 • Shropshire, England[/h]14th great-grandfather
[h=1][/h][h=1]Sir Richard Leigh[/h][h=2]1446–1508[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1446 • Langley, Shropshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 1508 • Willington, Durham, England[/h]14th great-grandfather
[h=1]Henry Whitman/Weightman/Whetman[/h][h=2]1463–1549[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1463 • Burbage, Leicestershire, ENGLAND[/h][h=2]DEATH 13 MAY 1549 • Holt, Norfolk, ENGLAND[/h]14th great-grandfather
[h=1][/h][h=1]James Gunn[/h][h=2]1420–1464[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1420 • Caithness, Stirlingshire, Scotland[/h][h=2]DEATH 1464 • St Tears, Scotland[/h]14th great-grandfather
[h=1]Daniel Gunne[/h][h=2]1460–1560[/h][h=2]BIRTH ABT. 1460 • Roslyn, Scotland, UK[/h][h=2]DEATH 1560 • Saintbury, Gloucestershire, England[/h]13th great-grandfather
[h=1]Richard Gunne[/h][h=2]1495–1587[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1495 • Saintbury, Gloucestershire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 28 JAN 1587 • Saintbury, Gloucestershire, England[/h]12th great-grandfather
[h=1]Sir Richard GUNNE[/h][h=2]1519–1587[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1519 • Saintbury, Glouchestershire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 1587 • Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland[/h]11th great-grandfather
[h=1][/h][h=1][/h][h=1]Nathaniel Jameson[/h][h=2]1576–[/h][h=2]BIRTH BET. 1576–1580 • Massachusetts USA[/h][h=2]DEATH Unknown[/h]11th great-grandfather
[h=1]Philip Fowler Jr. GG 9LT[/h][h=2]1590–1679[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1590 • Marlborough, Wiltshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 24 JUN 1679 • Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America[/h]10th great-grandfather
[h=1]Henry Goad[/h][h=2]1536–1616[/h][h=2]BIRTH ABT 1536 • Upper Areley,Staff,Engl[/h][h=2]DEATH 1616[/h]10th great-grandfather
[h=1][/h][h=1]James Jameson[/h][h=2]1610–1661[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1610 • Scotland[/h][h=2]DEATH 21 JAN 1661 • Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[/h]10th great-grandfather
[h=1]William Copp[/h][h=2]1589–1670[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1589 • Hatton, Warwickshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 27 FEBRUARY 1670 • Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA[/h]9th great-grandfather
John Haskell
1620–
BIRTH 1620 • Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts
DEATH Unknown
9th great-grandfather
[h=1]Alexander 201 Humble[/h][h=2]1625–[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1625 • Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England[/h][h=2]DEATH Unknown[/h]9th great-grandfather
Ebenezer Howard Heywood
1638–1690
BIRTH ABT 1638 • Massachusetts
DEATH 1690 • Salem Essex Massachusetts
8th great-grandfather
Capt. Joseph Allen
1653–1724
BIRTH 13 OCT 1653 • Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
DEATH 06 OCT 1724 • Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
7th great-grandfather
[h=1]William the Younger Cook[/h][h=2]BIRTH Selby, Skipwith, Yorkshire, England[/h][h=2]DEATH Selby, Skipwith, Yorkshire, England[/h]7th great-grandfather
[h=1][/h][h=1][/h][h=1]Rev John Edward Wilson[/h][h=2]–1761[/h][h=2]BIRTH Unknown[/h][h=2]DEATH 12 MAY 1761[/h]7th great-grandfather
[h=1]Abraham Goad[/h][h=2]1665–1741[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1665 • Rappahannock, Lancaster, Virginia, United States[/h][h=2]DEATH 23 MAY 1741 • North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States[/h]7th great-grandfather
[h=1]Patrick Hayes[/h][h=2]1717–1761[/h][h=2]BIRTH ABT 1717 • Ireland[/h][h=2]DEATH 1761 • Orange County, Virginia, USA[/h]6th great-grandfather
John Chapman
1702–1775
BIRTH 24 JANUARY 1702 • Charles Parish, York, Virginia, United States
DEATH 29 DECEMBER 1775 • Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
6th great-grandfather
[h=1]Christopher Humble[/h][h=2]1729–1819[/h][h=2]BIRTH ABT 1729 • Allenton, Northumberland, England[/h][h=2]DEATH 21 DEC 1819 • Crathorne, Yorkshire, , England[/h]6th great-grandfather
[h=1]Henry Newhouse[/h][h=2]1768–1852[/h][h=2]BIRTH 1768 • Greenbrier, Virginia, United States[/h][h=2]DEATH 1852 • Kanawha, Virginia, United States[/h]5th great-grandfather
John Chapman
1750–1785
BIRTH 1750 • Virginia
DEATH 1785
5th great-grandfather Corral, Continental Army


Joshua Morris
1752–1795
BIRTH 17 DEC 1752 • Culpeper, (Orange Co) Virginia, United States
DEATH 1795 • Teays Valley, Kanawha, Virginia, USA
5th great-grandfather
Henry Chapman
1777–1859
BIRTH 1 AUG 1777 • Montgomery, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States
DEATH 22 NOV 1859 • Teay Valley, Putnam County or Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
4th great-grandfather
Henry Williams
1790–1883
BIRTH 1790 • Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
DEATH JUN 1883 • United States
4th great-grandfather
John Hance
1820–1868
BIRTH 1820 • , , Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 16 OCT 1868 • , Bell, Texas, USA
3rd great-grandfather
[h=1]Samuel Ludwig Solomon[/h][h=2]1806–1859[/h][h=2]BIRTH 14 JULY 1806 • Ovelgonne, Duchy of Olderberg, Germany[/h][h=2]DEATH 18 APRIL 1859 • Columbia, Henry, Alabama, United States[/h]3rd great-grandfather
James Rowe
1852–1889
BIRTH MAR 1852 • Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
DEATH 08 DEC 1889 • Walker, Northumberland, England
2nd great-grandfather
James Forrest
BIRTH Scotland
DEATH Unknown
2nd great-grandfather
[h=1]Wiley F Soloman[/h][h=2]1848–[/h][h=2]BIRTH JAN 1848 • Alabama[/h][h=2]DEATH Unknown[/h]2nd great-grandfather
Edward Paugh Goodwin
1872–1933
BIRTH 12 SEPT 1872 • Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
DEATH 6 MAY 1933 • Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
great-grandfather
[h=1]John Franklin Solomon[/h][h=2]1872–1905[/h][h=2]BIRTH 2 SEP 1872 • Eufaula, Barbour, Alabama, USA[/h][h=2]DEATH 9 JAN 1905 • Apalachicola, Franklin, Florida[/h]great-grandfather
John G. Rowe
1887–1920
BIRTH 1887 • England
DEATH 1920 • Dolomite, Jefferson, Alabama
great-grandfather
Bartlett Strother Goodwin
1898–1967
BIRTH 25 JUN 1898 • Ravenwood, West Virginia, USA
DEATH 19 MAR 1967 • Miller, Georgia
maternal grandfather
[h=1]Earl Soloman[/h][h=2]1904–1976[/h][h=2]BIRTH ABT 1904 • Florida[/h][h=2]DEATH 20 DECEMBER 1976 • Tallahassee, Leon, Florida[/h]paternal grandfather

 

[GoldieLocks]

I trust Ancestry DNA, my only concern is that after I get mine done a woman seeking money, scam-artist? So she could, "definitively prove she and I have the same grand father." I do not trust her attempt to tell me she figured out he cheated on grandma and had her now deceased mother will come back to bother me once again.

 

[Iron Buzz]

All of these DNA labs are playing with statistics. Your DNA analysis only gives them a very general idea of where your ancestors came from. The rest is done by statistical analysis of the people from that region. If, say, the DNA shows that you had ancestors that came from central Europe, they know by statistics that the , say, 25% of the people from Central Europe are of Russian origin, 15% are German, etc (obviously, I'm pulling those percentages out of thin air). They can NOT tell you exactly where your ancestors came from, but they can give you the odds.

(and in my family tree, there are enough odds already)

 

[unclemac]

All of these DNA labs are playing with statistics. Your DNA analysis only gives them a very general idea of where your ancestors came from. The rest is done by statistical analysis of the people from that region. If, say, the DNA shows that you had ancestors that came from central Europe, they know by statistics that the , say, 25% of the people from Central Europe are of Russian origin, 15% are German, etc (obviously, I'm pulling those percentages out of thin air). They can NOT tell you exactly where your ancestors came from, but they can give you the odds.

...ah hell, I can do THAT by looking in the mirror!

 

[GoldieLocks]

Rootsweb is totally free to look up relatives others trees contain.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Traced mine back to early 1100s so far, turned out one of my ancestors is King John and one of his mistresses, you know the bad king in Robin Hood stories, King Richard's brother, of all the kings I could have been related to, it had to be King John.

 

[unclemac]

....mine takes me back to Odin and a frost giant... so take it with a grain of salt. However I will say that once you find that royal in the woodshed (and we ALL have them you can bet) the whole world of genealogy blasts off. the royals and the aristocracy kept real good records of who was marrying who.