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What r/AncestryDNA is talking about this week

r/AncestryDNA has 178,535 members and 50 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 25.1 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

178,535members
50posts in the last 24 hours, newest 3 min ago
25.1comments an hour right now, newest 17 h ago
855points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/AncestryDNA this week

results85american29updated29journeys13mexican12white12italian8black7family7half7african5test5

Top threads this week

  1. 100% Indigenous Mexican with Results. Reupload
    855 points273 comments6 d ago
  2. From my reserve, Pikangikum

    My mom is from Pikangikum and her mom and siblings lived to be almost 100. People used to live a lot longer back then, but it must be those foods that they eat My dad is from Whitedog

    581 points89 comments5 d ago
  3. Surely there’s no way this is legit lol

    Was adding people from my family back to the 1500s, and came across this as soon as the 1400s hit

    511 points172 comments5 d ago
  4. Technically, I am related to Martin Luther King Jr…

    Just… not the one you’re thinking of. This was a funny find in my tree!

    424 points16 comments5 d ago
  5. Confused

    For context I live in SW England and my results are predominately British, Irish and Romanian. How accurate are these ‘famous ancestor’ things.

    192 points137 comments6 d ago
  6. What do your guys map looks like based off your results? Post what your map looks like in the comment section if you’d like.

    Also, I wanted to know what do you guys think of the new map look on Ancestry? Does anybody map looks like this? I want to hear your thoughts on this. Me personally, I like the old map better....

    122 points362 comments6 d ago
  7. My ancestors survived the Ottomans, blood feuds and Hoxha so I could pay $64 to learn they never left the mountain..
    110 points28 comments3 d ago
  8. Mixed Results 🇮🇹/🇪🇨
    110 points34 comments5 d ago
  9. Dominican, Puerto Rican, and African American

    My mom is Dominican, and my father was half-African American and half-Puerto Rican.

    104 points20 comments6 d ago
  10. Refined Results with the Update

    Personally, the update refined my results which now align more with my research. I’m from northern MB. In my last post, it was argued whether I looked Indigenous or not and also expressing...

    89 points14 comments4 d ago

Newest posts

  1. My Results as a Half Filipino, Half Anglo-Celtic Australian
    1 points0 comments3 min ago
  2. My Results as an US American. Family been in the continent since the Early 1700s atleast, maybe since 40,000yrs ago idk
    1 points0 comments1 h ago
  3. I lost one of my italian Journeys
    1 points0 comments1 h ago
  4. 100% Iberian
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  5. Got my results
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  6. I *might* be from the Black Sea coast, not sure though (/s)
    1 points0 comments3 h ago
  7. Results as a 1st gen Mexican-American
    1 points4 comments5 h ago
  8. Armenian/Irish Origins Updated results 2025 vs 2026
    1 points0 comments6 h ago
  9. My result as a Pole
    1 points0 comments6 h ago
  10. Got my results
    1 points13 comments9 h ago
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