AncestryDNA Updates Ethnicity Again

As AncestryDNA says: "Your DNA doesn't change, but our science does."

I have been reading about others who have seen their AncestryDNA ethnicity estimates change and I discovered late last week that mine have as well.

You can see my prior ethnicity estimates at:

DNA Test Results (April 2012)
AncestryDNA Updates Ethnicity Results (October 2013)
Genetic Communities (March 2017)
AncestryDNA Updates Ethnicity Results (September 2018)
AncestryDNA Ethnicity (May 2019)

In May 2019, my ethnicity estimate showed the following, with 3,000 reference samples:

Region	Percentage	Range
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe	64%	33%-90%
Europe West	23%	0%-45%
Ireland & Scotland	6%	0%-16%
Scandinavia	3%	0%-13%
Iberian Peninsula	2%	0%-7%
Europe East	1%	0%-5%
European Jewish	<1%	0%-3%

As of November 2019, my ethnicity estimate shows the following, with 16,000 reference samples:

Region	Percentage	Range
England, Wales & Northwestern Europe	58%	57%-72%
Ireland & Scotland	36%	0%-36%
Germanic Europe	6%	0%-29%

Graphically, you can see the changes in the maps below:

Elizabeth's revised ethnicity map from September 2018

Elizabeth's revised ethnicity map from November 2019

From what I understand, the introduction of Sweden to the ethnicity estimate occurred for many who have England, Wales & Northwestern Europe in their ancestry.

Because my ancestors arrived to the North American continent between 1620 and the 1840s, and I have not confirmed all of my immigrant ancestors (not by a long shot), I cannot say for certain what I expect my ethnicity percentages should be except that England, Scotland, and Northwest Europe are regions that I would expect my ancestors to be from.

I always tell people that estimate is the key word when you're talking about your ethnicity results from DNA testing companies. (See the possible ranges in the tables above.)

If you have tested at AncestryDNA, have you checked to see if your ethnicity estimates have been updated?