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Concern About Overgeneralized DNA Ethnicity Estimate
Dear AncestryDNA Team, I am writing to express my concern regarding the ethnicity results provided through your DNA analysis. According to the report, my results show 100% Ethiopia & Eritrea, without offering any further breakdown or insight. While I appreciate the efforts of your platform in tracing ancestry, I find this result overly generalized and disappointing. Ethiopia alone is home to over 84 distinct ethnic groups, and Eritrea has at least 9 recognized ethnic communities, each with unique linguistic, historical, and genetic characteristics. It is highly unlikely that these diverse groups share identical genetic markers to the extent that they would be indistinguishable in a detailed DNA test. My expectation was to receive a more nuanced and regionally specific analysis. Given the complex genetic landscape of the Horn of Africa, with its ties to the Middle East, Jewish heritage, and ancient civilizations, a result categorizing all of this as simply “100% Ethiopia & Eritrea” feels overly simplistic and raises concerns about the depth of your reference data for East African populations. I respectfully request clarification regarding: The number and diversity of East African reference samples used in your analysis. Whether more detailed regional or ethnic breakdowns within Ethiopia and Eritrea will be available in future updates. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your response and any guidance you can provide regarding more in-depth ancestry analysis. Sincerely