In September last year, AncestryDNA's latest ethnicity (admixture) update told me that I was now substantially more Scottish than Irish, with my Scottish DNA component now at 82% and my Irish at 16%; for my father, he was at 92% Scottish and just 8% Irish (see https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/09/were-all-scottish-now.html).
Well Ancestry has revised the figures again. Apparently I am now 84% Scottish and 15% Irish, whilst my father's test shows him at 96% Scottish.
My father sadly passed away in February this year, but I think he would have been bemused to know that he had become the spiritual reincarnation of Jock Tamson!
You can read more about this Ancestry update at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna/lp/ancestry-dna-ethnicity-estimate-update
I'm heading off now to "trade in my lederhosen for a kilt"...!
(PS: Ancestry still can't spell 'whisky' when it refers to Scotland correctly - it's 'whiskey' when it is Irish!)
Chris
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