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Why does my Free Ancestry report show different results from my Deep Ancestry report?

Updated over a week ago

The older Free Ancestry analysis used a different method β€” it only looked at Chromosome 1 and relied heavily on imputation (filling in gaps in your data). That approach could create false positives, especially for small ancestry segments.

Deep Ancestry is more accurate: it analyzes all your chromosomes and minimizes imputation. If you see differences between the two, Deep Ancestry is the one to trust.

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