Family DNA

  I manage DNA test for my family tree.  Here is a comparison between companies as to how they breakdown the ethnic percentages.   Using the DNA kit for family tree verification is very helpful,  but for ethnic history it falls into the entertainment only category.

 #1 Smith  @ Ancestry           #1 Smith @ FTDNA       #1 Smith @ MyHeritageDNA
Great Britain 76%               British Isles 31%             English  41.8%
Ireland/Scotland/Wales 7%           --                           Irish/Scottish/Welsh  4.9%
Scandinavia 2%                 Scandinavia  24%             Scandinavian   19.0%
Europe West 11%             West/Central Europe 46%   North /West Europe 25.8%
Finland/NW Russia 2%     Finland  0%                            --
     --                                   Iberia   0%                      South Europe/ Iberia  8.5%
Europe East 1%                East Europe  0%                                --
European Jewish < 1%             --                                                 --
             

#2 Turner @ Ancestry         Turner @ FTDNA          Turner at MyHeritage DNA
                                                         
                                  British Isles  97%                 North/West Europe 79.4%
                                 Scandinavia  0%                            Scandinavian  33.7%
                                                                                      Irish/Scottish/Welsh  24.3%
                                                                                      English  21.4%
                              Southeast Europe  0%                    South Europe  14.6%
                                Iberia 0%                                        Iberian  9.9%
                                                                                       Greek  4.7%
                                East Europe  0%                        East Europe  6.0%
                                                                                       Balkan  6.0%
                             North Africa  < 2%
                             South Central Africa< 1%
                             West Middle East  < 1%
                             Oceania  < 1%

Smith Turner child @ 23andMe
European 99.6%
    Northwestern European  99.4%
        British & Irish 52.1%
        French & German 29.8%
        Scandinavian 3.1%
        Broadly Northwestern European 14.4%
        Broadly European 0.2%
Sub-Saharan African  0.3%  *see note 1
        West African  0.2%
        Broadly Sub-Saharan African < 0.1%
East Asian & Native American 0.2% **see note 2
        Native American < 0.1%
        Broadly East Asian & Native American < 0.1%
Unassigned < 0.99.6%
          * NOTE 1 This person was likely born between 1720 and 1810.
         ** NOTE 2 This person or persons was likely born between 1690 and 1780.

 2017 :  AncestryDNA sold over 1.7 million of its DNA test kits over the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, and  the 23andMe DNA kit was one of the top five selling products for Amazon on Black Friday.  Sales are still ongoing at most of the better known labs.