This post is only going to focus on autosomal DNA results. Let me take care of some quick housekeeping, just in case you're reading the wrong post or need another post. If your issue is with the ethnicity estimate, keep reading and then there will be a link to help you jump to the information specific about ethnicity vs. If your parentage or a close relative's parentage seems to be the issue, please seek help for that specific issue. Remember, this post is aimed at people dealing with genealogy or 'historical' issues. 'Mis-attributed parentage' can happen at any point in history and how it affects you and what you can do varies. either your research is incorrect or something happened that you didn't know about-such as an adoption or an illegitimate birth). Pretty much everything else is a misunderstanding of what your results are telling you or are due to an error in your ancestry (i.e. A computer glitch sends you someone else's results.The lab mixes up your sample with someone else's.You mix your kit up with another kit you had someone else take.What Makes a DNA Test 'Wrong?'Д«efore I get going, what actually makes a DNA test 'wrong?'ДЇirst, receiving results that are not yours. To do that, we need to look at the different aspects you might say are 'wrong.' The advantage of doing this is, if there is something wrong with your results, this will help identify it. Let's figure out what could be wrong with your results/understanding of your results. If you've made it this far, I'm assuming you've accepted the fact that perhaps you aren't the world's greatest expert in genetic genealogy. In that case, go ahead and take the same test again, and again, and again, every time you get the same results. I can't help you if the only option you'll consider is that your results are wrong. If you are unwilling to start there, you can stop reading, now. So the best place to start to resolve your issue with your results is this, you need to accept that your results are most likely not wrong, but there is something you don't understand. Understanding your DNA results is not rocket science, either (understanding everything about DNA is pretty close, but you don't need that level of understanding to do basic genetic genealogy). commercials make it seem pretty easy and straightforwardВ but it's not. What to Do If You Think Your DNA Results are Wrong.ДЇirst, your results are most likely not 'wrong' you probably expected something different than you got and need to identify a solution other than taking the same test again.

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