06 February 2025
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Learn about MyHeritageDNA Ethnicity Estimates v. 2.5 announced by MyHeritageDNA in early 2025
About MyHeritageDNA Ethnicity Estimates v. 2.5
Building on MyHeritageDNA Ethnicity Estimates v. 1.95, which divided its userbase into 42 ethnicities, MyHeritageDNA Ethnicity Estimates v. 2.5 how provides 79 regions across the globe. Within these are 2,114 Genetic Groups.
What do the new MyHeritageDNA Ethnicity Estimates reveal?
These additional and refined ethnicities show 'different ethnicities for the different parts of a continent,' explained Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritageDNA.
There are now 24 ethnicities for Europe alone, with Scandinavia, for instance, being refined into Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. For Northern and Western Europe, meanwhile, the sub-divisions are for Germanic, French and Dutch.
For Asia there are now 20 ethnicities, while 35 cover areas including Africa, America, and the Middle East.
How do you get the new MyHeritageDNA Ethnicity Estimates?
The 79 new ethnicities are included for all new MyHeritageDNA users and also available as a free update for all existing MyHeritageDNA users. To get your new ethnicity estimate, log in at MyHeritageDNA, go to DNA and select 'Ethnicity Estimate' from the drop-down menu.
Your new ethnicity estimate report will be generated and emailed to you; you'll receive an email notification when it's ready.
You can revert to v. 1.95
MyHeritage understand that sometimes people find that a different version of their Ethnicity Estimate may fit their understanding of their genealogical research more closely. If this is you, then note that you may turn back from version 2.5 to version 1.95, if the previous ethnicity estimates fit more accurately for your understanding of your ancestry.
With your Ethnicity Estimate from MyHeritageDNA you may also download a short video of your percentages. This can be fun to share with family and friends, and provide an interesting record for your home archive as your ethnicity estimate will continue to evolve over time.
As ever, with DNA, note that it is your DNA match list - rather than you ethnicity estimate - that is very likely going to be more genealogically useful and informative to your research. The ethnicity estimates are ... estimates. The video could be fun to share though.
