My Living DNA results (Mexican)

[Jalisciense]

I believe this is the last update I have from LDNA. It’s taken from the original sample I gave them back in 2016



While I could quibble about some of the percentages, for the most part they’ve done a good job. As they’ve correctly identified all of the areas that have contributed to my ancestry.

From what I've seen, there are mostly only 2 options: Either very good or very bad results, rarely in between.

[Jalisciense]

There can be very large differences at LivingDNA between results based on LivingDNA's own test and results based on an upload of someone else's test.

For example, here's what I get based on my own LivingDNA test:

• 76.9% Great Britain and Ireland
  
• 16.4% Northwest Germanic
  
• 6.7% East Iberia
  

However, this is what I get based on an uploaded file from 23andMe (v2-v3):

• 45% Great Britain and Ireland
  
• 37.8% Northwest Germanic
  
• 15% East Iberia
  
• 2.2% Sardinia
  

LivingDNA is also the only company out of five -- the other four being 23andMe, Ancestry, FTDNA, and MyHeritage -- that failed to detect my small amount of Indigenous Americas ancestry, which is documented.  I will note that this is only 2%, but there is general agreement between the other companies and my paper trail as to this amount.

Based in your ancestry, Which one was more accurate? The swab DNA results or the upload raw data?

[geebee-1015]

There can be very large differences at LivingDNA between results based on LivingDNA's own test and results based on an upload of someone else's test.

For example, here's what I get based on my own LivingDNA test:

• 76.9% Great Britain and Ireland
  
• 16.4% Northwest Germanic
  
• 6.7% East Iberia
  

However, this is what I get based on an uploaded file from 23andMe (v2-v3):

• 45% Great Britain and Ireland
  
• 37.8% Northwest Germanic
  
• 15% East Iberia
  
• 2.2% Sardinia
  

LivingDNA is also the only company out of five -- the other four being 23andMe, Ancestry, FTDNA, and MyHeritage -- that failed to detect my small amount of Indigenous Americas ancestry, which is documented.  I will note that this is only 2%, but there is general agreement between the other companies and my paper trail as to this amount.

Based in your ancestry, Which one was more accurate? The swab DNA results or the upload raw data?

Overall I'd say that analysis based on the 23andMe data file upload was somewhat more accurate.  

Here's what I get for my paper trail:

• British & Irish 40.6%
  
• German (including mainly immigrants from Palatine Migration, plus small amount of Swiss as well an Alsatian 2nd great grandmother) 35.1%
  
• Menorcan Spanish 12.5%
  
• French 3.1%
  
• Indigenous American 2.0%
  

As noted, LivingDNA completely missed the Native American in both analyses, although it does show up in my paper trail and and at 23andMe, Ancestry, FTDNA, and MyHeritage.

[lg16]

Current 2024 results. Very accurate in my case. Very comparable to my AncestryDNA results. Saliva test with latest chip.

   

[Jalisciense]

Current 2024 results. Very accurate in my case. Very comparable to my AncestryDNA results. Saliva test with latest chip.

Nice bro, a lot of places xd

So your results were updated? Mine have not done so since 2021 when I transferred my raw data.

[lg16]

Current 2024 results. Very accurate in my case. Very comparable to my AncestryDNA results. Saliva test with latest chip.

Nice bro, a lot of places xd

So your results were updated? Mine have not done so since 2021 when I transferred my raw data.

It's not an update, just current results. When an update does come, I hope you get good results.

[Mabrams]

My results from V2 Sirius versus V1 GSA.

Both of these are from tests.  No uploads.

Roughly Similar results.  
Northumbria increased from 20 to 25%.  East Anglia and South Central England moved up from the bottom half to the near top.  
These increases may have come at the expense of Germany that decreased from 12% to 3%.

Which version is more accurate?  I dunno.  I am Super Colonial American and no site does a good job.  I do not have a good feel for my English regional ancestry so I cant say if Northumbria and East Anglia etc are good fits.

I do have paper trail back to Germanic countries of over 30% (albeit in 1600s, 1700s) so 12%, or worse yet 3%, seems like a major miss to me. 
Maybe some of my Germanic is embedded in East Anglia etc.

LivingDNA does have a nice Version history. 
My V2 started with the current version, which is 2.1.1
My V1 was an original 1.0, and was updated three times.  Version 1.0 was completely different.  The final version, shown below, was a correction for excess French.

[brunolord15]

Anyone know what would be Northeast germanic to livingdna? I get it a lot in several different results with livingdna

[boiler20100203]

Anyone know what would be Northeast germanic to livingdna? I get it a lot in several different results with livingdna

My results are heavy NE Germanic, I posted my variations in early posts on this thread.

My interpretation is that it’s East German - West, East and North Euro components mixed.

My direct paternal line is Pomeranian, but I’m heavily mixed with a paternal NW German grandma, maternalFrench grandma, maternal Russian grandfather and a set of paternal Scandinavian great grandparents. My best guess is that the calculator is reading my genetic average which is basically my paternal side since my maternal French and Russian cancel out.

My personal results are off - 60% NE German isn’t close, but it’s similar to what I get on the admix calculators like K15 etc…it’s just a closest population for me and my admix, like my Eurogenes PCA - NE German with a Swedish shift north. Hard to trust the result when grandma gets 92% France and I get 3%, but we share 23% DNA.