you can look at those videos right here on this screen and
going to keep on changing. So, this is also another con that I
those are my three pros and my three cons about Living DNA. If
that they're still working on that and you convict
Germany Living DNA doesn't. The Living DNA representative said
improvements and that's what you can expect with all of your
if you have any questions or comments about Living DNA, put
company identifies some of my wife's DNA as being from
or something like that where we're talking ten, 15,
they've not identified any DNA as being from this German
still working on our ethnicity results as far as this. We've
it in the comments below and make sure you subscribe to the
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are known and when we're not talking about trace populations
sometimes as much 50% of your DNA should probably be from
to show a better accuracy of where people might be from. So,
like oh I have a a one Native American ancestors seven
English DNA highlighted. It has some there up in Scandinavia,
region now there's obviously lots of migrations going around
noticed this with some people where certain populations that
hope that Living DNA can fix over the next while and start
ad mixture results. They are not going to be static. They're
area. Maybe not the exact same percentage but every other DNA
separate out you know where certain DNA is from but with my
wife with as much German heritage as she has I I would
some area. Other companies all identify it as that from that
talking about hey I got a grandparent that's from Germany
companies say as well. I didn't find anything unusual about
is from England and you can see that it has lots of this
her DNA that is from Germany. Now, she still has a lot that
DNA representatives about this and they said that yeah we're
of right now it's not very helpful for me so it's going to
be on the con list next is missing admixture populations.
generations back and it's not showing up on DNA. No this is
information that you're actually given from those DNA
that's missing is there is no German DNA that has been found
again, most of my ancestry is actually from Great Britain.
that. Now, with my wife, she has a significant portion of
what most people buy a DNA kit in order to get and yet, it is
So, this is interesting because I have, you know, the adminture
test results. I don't really have a complaint about mine but
some down in the Iberian Peninsula I but the one thing
wife at one of the conferences she went and talked with Living
So, that's what Living DNA said. That's what all the other
have expected at least you know a percent or two really should
you know be higher than that but they got nothing. No my
and mixture of this DNA it's really difficult to actually
now where they're missing populations. Add mixture or
the the least scientific, the least accurate of the
ethnicity or heritage results are funny because it's probably
something that's going to be changing in the future but as
algorithms just are not the same level that other companies
helpful for me and I've got a lot of British ancestry as well
that genetic genealogist are going to need it's not very
that's where the focus is and then on the cons, we have one
as my wife so I would expect more matches hopefully this is
very valuable. I need other people that match me in order
don't have matches. DNA with one person by itself is not
at the beginning which is great for Great Britain because
to do genetic genealogy. Now, this may be a result of the
matching algorithms are but in any case while this is a tool
Living DNA database is very small. It may be their matching
have no matches or we have very few matches. Now, it's very
match, zero matches. So, it's not like you just have a couple
accounts. The next con that I have to say is while Living DNA
average user to go in and figure out how to link those
of these companies customer service to find out if there's
has been working on their cousin matching and they got
their partnership with Find My Past. So, it might be that
another kit. Now, I did my Living DNA test before they had
or if you've been able to link your past results to find my
Past or Living DNA Unfortunately, I don't. Every
Living DNA results to my find my past account. This is very
two accounts together so that you have that information
time I go to the DNA link or the you know, upload my results
trees. Both of them in particularly are focused on the
significant amount of your heritage from the United
Coincidentally, the very first one happens to related to the
clicked and the options for opting in to matching are there
and they have been they've been this way for months and one
my Cornwall, I can see that yes, they do identify that a
to Ancestry or My Heritage. They provide records. They
to get from other companies. Now, how accurate this is, I'm
with other people on their website. Now, why I like
that developed and released now to the public, you're going to
know I've checked to make sure that all of the the buttons are
She has no matches we've been open as far as sharing so you
of hundred matches. You may log in and you may see that hey, we
turns out that 23 in me actually reported that I have
was feeling bad about that but then I went and looked at my
Cornwall for hundreds of years before that. So, I expected to
difficult to do any kind of genealogy through DNA if you
past and at some point, I'm actually going to contact one
have very few matches compared to all of the other genetic
wife's account.
two accounts because with every other company when when I've
genealogy companies. Now, when I say very few matches, I got
money to pay for another test from Living DNA in order to
partnership link where you go in and you click on the button,
it was because you took a test after they had this partnership
link that to Find My Past. So, if anybody out there actually
they're focused on J and genealogy and providing those
have records throughout the world. But that's what their
has their DNA results linked Find My Past, I'd be curious if
Kingdom, then I'd recommend that you take a look at both
focus is. So if you are from United Kingdom or you have a
available. That's what I was hoping to see on either Find My
They have them from people throughout the world and they
some cons that I'd like to point out as well.
those results can't be linked but if I do another test, then,
Living DNA and Find My Pass. Now, not everything is going to
or that, it brings me to the sign up page where I can buy
a way but right now, it's certainly not intuitive to the
You can also see that there's about a dozen different areas
used them that they have links like this, there's usually a
a breakdown that's really much more specific than you're going
England and it's actually one of the last places that got any
you put in your login information and it merges those
last pro and that is I can't find a way that I can link my
they have a partnership with Find My Past and for those who
one. One match. That's it. Not one good match. One match. I
it will be linked. I just haven't had the desire, the
allow you to build a tree and link those records and connect
here in Great Britain that my DNA is linked to and so this is
frustrating. I've tried to go in there a couple of times and
partnerships like this is because one company usually
see, well, there should be a button where I can link these
finite past is focused on records and building family
be smelling great all the time and I'll admit Living DNA has
records or they only have DNA tests from the United Kingdom.
can't do everything great. So, for instance, Living DNA,
United Kingdom. That doesn't mean that they only have
see a significant percentage of my DNA from Cornwall and it
that's for what I think as far as where the ethnicity and
know, about 12 and a half percent that I would expect but
from Cornwall England. Now Cornwall is the tiny corner of
DNA tests that support the genetic genealogy. Whereas
So, the very first thing that I like is their accurate hathel
thing that I like about Living DNA is their detailed Great
grandfather was from Cornwall and his ancestries all in
the third thing that I really like with Living DNA is that
significant portion of my ancestry is from Cornwall. So,
groups because they test a lot of snips on both the Y
not going to say that this is greatly accurate although with
adminture estimates are. I think still very reasonable.
don't know, Find My Past is a British company that is similar
allowed them to break up this Great Britain DNA into much
these are accurate necessarily but it's really interesting
Britain. Now what this has allowed them to do is it's
they've actually used some previous DNA studies from Great
thinks. With Living DNA they have advertised that their
down to the country or even smaller levels it's not so much
level that are also fairly accurate. However, once it gets
accurate as you know everybody would like or everybody even
focus is on Great Britain. And for their reference population
level and there's a few sub populations below a continental
actually see that. One of the things I did want to see first
Britain admixture. Now, I've told you before with adminture
off though is I have a significant portion of ancestry
adminture from the Romans from the Anglos and Saxons so it
smaller population groups. Now I'm not going to say that all
how they describe it. It is accurate at the continental
27% of my DNA from Cornwall which is more than the you
England and it's a little isolated from the rest of
or ethnicity or heritage depending on which company and
chromosome and on the mitochondrial DNA. The second
stayed its Celtic self for many many centuries. Well my great
is if you do the full mitochondrial DNA test from
The only way you're going to get a more accurate hapla group
expensive than just the autosomal test at Living DNA.
snips on the Y DNA that's tested. So when I say it's a
mitochondrial DNA and so these hapla groups are very specific
tested than 23 and me and there's seven times as many
with twenty-three and me and you've tested with Living DNA,
Family Tree DNA or if you do something like the big Y test
actually 50% more snips on the mitochondrial DNA that are
at Family Tree DNA and both of those are going to be much more
more accurate hapla group, basically, if you've tested
I would trust the Living DNA as the most accurate hapla group.
They test 22, 000 snips on the Y chromosome with the maternal
more snips. So, for instance, with the maternal hapla group.
that I like about Living DNA. Because of this there's
as far as where you lie and that is one of the great things
hapla group. I believe it's around 2500 snips on the
their autosomal test, you get that hapla group determination
DNA, you have to have used either their one of their Y DNA
and it is very accurate. Mainly because they're testing a lot
group determination. With Living DNA, if you pay for
hapharoop identification and if you've tested with family tree
test or their mitochondrial DNA test in order to get that hapla
Now, if you've tested with 23 and me, they also give you
like about Living DNA? The first thing that I really like
is they give you very accurate Hatha Group identification.
the pros of Living DNA. What are the things that I really
take a look for any updated videos. First, let's talk about
so make sure you come back to this channel frequently and
it. Well, they've released those features and so now,
may change over the years as they add and improve features
in 2016 and I think I did a DNA test with them in 2017 and for
that I wanted them to have released before I did my review
they're ready for my review. Please bear in mind that this
the longest time, people have been asking me to do a review
of Living DNA and I held off because there were some
features on it that were really needed for genetic genealogy
a little excited to be able to do it finally and that is what
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