MyTrueAncestry and Eurogenes K15 of Multi-Continentally Mixed People - My Mother and Me

 

Somebody told me that MyTrueAncestry's algorighm is based on Eurogenes K15 which I am very familiar with. I have used GEDmatch for over 12 years. I have done all the admixture/oracle analyses which do include Eurogenes K15. I also have been working with chromosome browser to examine matching segments with DNA relative matches and looked at chromosome paintings.

 GEDmatch Admixture analyses of my genome that I have done. 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151819608390901&type=3

Over the 12 years that I have done Genetic Genealogy, I have grown to take ethnic analyses with a strong grain of salt and focus mainly on DNA relative matches. 

My 7 ethnic analyses from DNA companies/sites

https://diversegenes.blogspot.com/2021/09/my-ethnic-analyses-ancestrydna-23andme.html

My Genealogical Ancestry

4th Generation Californian on my mother's side, and my father was 7th generation Louisianan

broken down by great grandparent

paternal grandfather's father: African American with some European born in Louisiana - Y DNA haplogroup was E-BY101982 (an E2-M85 haplogroup) which is also mine

paternal grandfather's mother: African American born in Louisiana 

paternal grandmother's father: African American born in Louisiana

paternal grandmother's mother: African American with English and Acadian (French in what is now known as Nova Scotia) born in Louisiana - Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup was  L3e1 

maternal grandfather's father: Cape Verdean (Portuguese and Sub Saharan African) American born in California

maternal grandfather's mother:born in California and had a father that was Puerto Rican (Spanish, Sub Saharan African, and Taino) and a mother that was Madeiran (Portuguese with Sub Saharan African) born in Hawaii - Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup was L0a2a2 

maternal grandmother's father: European American of mainly English ancestry with German, Swiss, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and Frisian born in Oregon -  Y DNA haplogroup was J-PH3125 (a J2a-L70 haplogroup) 

maternal grandmother's mother: Ashkenazi Jewish American born in Nebraska with a father born in Romania and a mother born in Courland (in what is now known as Latvia) in Russian Empire - Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup was J1c14 which is also mine

Genealogical family lines

https://diversegenes.blogspot.com/2020/12/my-genealogical-family-lines.html

Because of the Transatlantic Slave trade, I don't know anything about my Sub Saharan African ancestry, but I am sure that it's mainly from West and Central Africa. Most of the Sub Saharan African slaves were brought from West and Central Africa. Africa has over 3,000 ethnic groups, and that includes Nigeria having over 400 ethnic groups. My Sub Saharan African ancestry is highly likely to consist of many Sub Saharan African ethnic groups. I have some Indigenous  American segments on my paternal chromosomes and not just my maternal chromosomes and X Chromosome, but I don't know what kind of Indigenous American ancestry that I have on my father's side. I also have some Malagasy ancestry on my father's side.

My Eurogenes K15

My MyTrueAncestry Ancient Sample Breakdown

My MyTrueAncestry Deep Dive Breakdown 

 My 23andme Chromosome Painting

my DNA is phased due to my mother having tested

top chromosomes are maternal and bottom chromosomes are paternal

Even though I am around an even mix of Sub Saharan African, European, My Ancient Samples and Deep Dives are over 99 percent African.  They make me look like I am a full-blooded modern Sub Saharan African.

All of my closest genetic populations are African except for the last three which are Spanish and Portuguese which are part of my Cape Verdean, Puerto Rican, and Madeiran ancestry from my maternal grandfather.  At 42.1,  my closest genetic population Northeast Bantu is far too genetically distant from me which is a sign of somebody that is heavily admixed with non-African ancestry which shows in my Mixed Mode Populations as Portuguese, Spanish, and French which are part of my European ancestry.

MyTrueAncestry Ancient Sample Breakdown seem to be reflecting my closest genetic populations which are very genetically distant from me.

My Mother's Eurogenes K15

My mother's MyTrueAncestry Ancient Sample Breakdown

My mother's MyTrueAncestry Deep Dive Breakdown

My Mother's 23andme Chromosome Painting

Even though my mother is around 1/8 Sub Saharan African, her Ancient Sample Breakdown is all West Eurasian and her Deep Dive Breakdowns are over 96 percent West Eurasian.  They make her look like a full-blooded modern European.

All of my mother's closest genetic populations are European. At 14.76, her closest population Portuguese is too genetically distant from her which suggests non-European ancestry which shows in her Mixed Mode Populations. Portuguese and Spanish are part of her Cape Verdean, Puerto Rican, and Madeiran ancestry from her father.  German and Dutch are part of her maternal grandfather's ancestry. Romanian may be part of her Ashkenazi Jewish maternal grandmother's father who was born in Romania.

Her MyTrueAncestry Ancient Sample Breakdown seem to be reflecting her closest genetic populations which are genetically distant from her.

I wouldn't recommend MyTrueAncestry to people that are significantly mixed Sub Saharan African, European like myself unless you have a parent with ancestry that is predominantly European like my mother.  Then you can can just check your predominantly European parent's Ancient Samples and Deep Dives to learn about your own ancient/medieval ancestry. After all, your parent's ancestry is also your ancestry.  That's what I have to do. 

I would like to see Ancient Samples based on the actual ancient/medieval ancestry detected on one's chromosomes. 

Pictures of my mother