23andMe no longer thinks I’m Spanish, Scandinavian, or Japanese!

James Grigg
4 min readOct 18, 2023

A look at the evolving analysis of my genetic ancestry from that fun genetic test thing you can do!

My genetic origins, as 23andMe understand it in 2023.

A few years ago I did one of those genetic ancestry tests from the company 23andMe. The results were, if I’m honest, less exciting than I anticipated. Looking more recently, it seems I’ve been downgraded to even less genetic diversity than a few years ago…

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James Grigg

Artist, environmentalist, vegan, feminist, atheist, nudist, cyclist, chocoholic, trekkie. Interested in issues of sustainability and equality — JamesGrigg.com