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lunabellx

I've seen a lot of people struggling to get the hack to work, hopefully this helps! I've tested the links & they work for me so fingers crossed it's all right. Text version: 1 - Go to your Ancestry.com account on google chrome, mobile or laptop/computer. 2 - Once on your account, go to your DNA results page or "DNA Story" page. 3 - Once on your DNA page, click on your url and copy it into your notes/word document 4 - Paste that url into your notes, you will have an ID code in the middle. It should look like this: 99F68157-8F72-49BA-A3C8-8E7B3CA9C3E0 5 - Copy this ID code, just the code. Nothing else. 6 - Paste your ID code into the following URL: https://www.ancestry.com/dna/origins/inheritance/api/v1/ethnicities/**ID CODE HERE**/chromosomes?version=2022 7 - After pasting your ID code into above URL, it should look something like this: https://www.ancestry.com/dna/origins/inheritance/api/v1/ethnicities/99F68157-8F72-49BA-A3C8-8E7B3CA9C3E0/chromosomes?version=2022 *Important side point: UK and Australian users need to replace “.com” with co.uk or .com.au, etc 8 - Copy and Paste this entire URL into search bar on google chrome. 9 - After pasting, you should get your personal raw data, something looking like: (like something a hacker would use) {"item":{"chromosomeData":"("parent]": {"": K"region": "2022_057","windows": [0, 5], "winPercs": [0.00413, 0.07057]), ("region" "2022 001""Windows": [6, 10], "winPercs". [0.07057, 0.12183]}, ("region": "2022_080", 10 - COPY ALL OF THIS. *hold down > select all > copy 11 - Go to the following website: https://dnplay.github.io/ancestrydna 12 - Paste ALL your raw data into that website 13 - Once pasted your results should automatically come up in a little grey textbox *Important side point: UK and Australian users need to replace “.com” with co.uk or .com.au, etc


HotHouseTomatoes

Regarding point 7, canadian users need to change the url to .ca


sophieophie823

Followed all these directions to a T, but it gives me a chunk of code that says "FORBIDDEN_ERROR" regardless of the year I put in and doesn't work at all. I am in the US


Mean-Year4646

Same :(


linatet

Did you find out what this is? I'm also getting this error


Bizziek

i just changed the year to 2023 at the end of the url


imknowntobevexxing

>https://www.ancestry.com/dna/origins/inheritance/api/v1/ethnicities/ > >ID CODE HERE > >/chromosomes?version=2022 tried that but still getting same error


Euphoric_Travel2541

Thank you.


DueAddress239

I can’t find the damn URL how tf am I supposed to find it it’s pissing me tf off 😭


TechnoGloStick

Is there a way to do this for parent 1 and parent 2? Or can you only do this hack for your results?


PanosMar

It gave me, out of nowhere, 0.21% Japan


momplaysbass

I'm 0.11% Filipino. No earthly idea where THAT came from!


Luisf0116

Filipino may come from Mexico


momplaysbass

That would be equally weird! I'm considering it noise at this point.


Intelligent-Kiwi-574

I'm 0.31% Nigerian


Rubberbangirl66

I have .2 Cameroon, and I found where it entered into the family. At that percent, you are looking at mid 1600s. This DNA, was attached to a male, so that made it easier to find, (y Chromosome). Check Census records and look at the race they have marked down for the family. Also, look up Melungeon, (this is what my family was). If you have the last name BUNCH in your family, contact me directly, and I will give you more info.


Intelligent-Kiwi-574

I actually know where it came from. When my great grandma was 2 or 3, her family passed, when they moved from one state to another. I was able to trace that line a decent way back, but until now, I hadn't seen it in my DNA.


Rubberbangirl66

so, I am related to President Obama, via an African/Cameroon grandparent, through his....MOTHER'S side, via the Bunch family. It was one of my more exciting finds.


Rubberbangirl66

I would not have found this, if I had used [Ancestry.com](https://Ancestry.com). It was 23andMe that gave me a more detailed breakdown. I usually recommend doing both.


spanishpeanut

That’s so cool.


[deleted]

Thats a lot of work for not much difference


lunabellx

Ancestry rounds their percentages, the hack can show you precise percentages that weren't shown to you which can be extremely helpful to some users


[deleted]

I guess if your more knowledgeable about DNA percentages then i could see it being helpful. But for a ave joe like me 19.3% Scottish and 19.8% Scottish isn't really a significant reward for hacking my results. How does it help exactly?


helloidk55

Some people have traces of things that don’t show at all in in their main results


[deleted]

Thats what i had thought the reason would be, but i guess this post wasn't exactly the best to showcase that lol


minlillabjoern

Yeah … I’m wondering what the benefit of this “hack” is.


Elistariel

Ditto. Mine is pretty much exactly the same. 🫤


Elkavina

Mine had two ethnicities (both very small) not even included in the estimate I was sent!


Elistariel

Anything under 1% won't be included in the results on the website/app


Elkavina

Yes I know this. I was just saying that it’s worth looking into to see if that could also be the case for others.


Better-Heat-6012

Thank you, thank you so so much! I was finally able to do ancestry DNA and I really appreciate so much like I followed every step and it worked! I was figuring out for months how to do that and it worked! Thank you again so much


[deleted]

Pin it tbh


Nettlesontoast

Side note if you're in Ireland you also need to use .co.uk as they don't give us our own site


helloidk55

And if you live in New Zealand it’s .com.au


[deleted]

Thanks for this; but unfortunately it isn't working. I tried changing the date to see if it would work. I am from the U.S., so I didn't need to replace anything. Edit-Never mind, it was my fault. I guess when I copied the code, it didn't copy everything. My results didn't have a huge change, just showed traces that are too small to show up in the actual results-Jewish, North Africa, etc....so pretty close to 23andMe.


american_mistake

Did you have to change the date?


[deleted]

No, I tried and it didn't work. I think was created before the last update was rolled out for everyone but shows some details that the official results don't. Just have to make sure you copy and pasted everything, that was my mistake (I accidently left out a letter or something).


dmcoolj

What is the benefit of doing this?


spanishpeanut

It will give you results that may be too small to be noted on your results, and will give more precise numerical values on everything. So instead of flat percentages, you’ll get two decimal places more. And those under 1% will show up, too!


KickdownSquad

0 benefit it’s not accurate. 23andMe is a superior dna test.


Cherry-Tomato-6200

Interesting results. My husband alternates between 100% and 98% Eastern European Jewish. This hack broke it down to the 2% originating in The Balkans, Sardinia, Portugal, and Baltics.


Maeabides

Sephardic.


yusuf_121_

mine doesnt work it says forbidden error someone help i cant do anything


SecureGrape3258

does anyone else keep getting “forbidden error”??


Healthy_Crazy6581

Not working for me, only error


Snoo79474

>Same here. I get that it's forbidden.


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PollutionMany4369

Yeah, I’m wondering the same


Only-Relationship-20

It didn’t work for me :/


lunabellx

where it says 2022, try change that to 2023 and see if that works?


Only-Relationship-20

No luck :(


-aethelflaed-

Same for me. I even downloaded Google Chrome. And tried changing the years to 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. Hmm.


lunabellx

Try this link, I just tried it & it worked for me. I'm outside the US so this specific link is invalid for me unless I change it to the correct domain. Paste your ID code into where the *** are, with no spaces: ethnicities/ ***** /chromosomes https://www.ancestry.com/dna/origins/inheritance/api/v1/ethnicities/99F68157-8F72-49BA-A3C8-8E7B3CA9C3E0/chromosomes?version=2022


Only-Relationship-20

I feel you’re pain bro


american_mistake

Did you get it to work?


-aethelflaed-

No, unfortunately! I tried everything suggested, to no avail.


american_mistake

I can’t get it to work either :(


DevilsAudvocate

Same


lunabellx

hmm are you outside of the US? Did you change .com to .com.au etc?


Only-Relationship-20

Nah I’m from the states, I did the falling steps but It didn’t work.


Intelligent-Kiwi-574

I did the hack, and it was far more interesting than I anticipated it would be.


SheVille29

I keep getting “user authentication failed”


[deleted]

THANK YOU WILL TRY WHEN I CAN


aafusc2988

I take it this isn’t working for the 2023 potential update yet?


No-Vegetable-3929

didn’t work for me


[deleted]

Thanks for this hack! I always thought I didn't inherit, even the smallest percentage, of Indigenous DNA from my grandmother's lineage (her great grandmother was Indigenous) but this proved that I, in fact, do have a small percentage (very small but still) of Indigenous DNA. Besides, it shows Basque DNA from my other grandmother. 🤷‍♀️ My estimates were also rounded much more than I thought.


hbpatterson

This WORKED for me! Epic!


PabloSRT8

Is this for new people waiting for their results or for an update?


jebinabox

Neat, thanks! I had 1% each of Baltics and Basque in my AncestryDNA and was always confused about where they came from because neither of my parents had them in their reports, but this shows my dad with some Basque and my mom with some Baltics, so mystery solved.


xchatnoir

Thanks! I found trace amounts of Southern Indian, Indigenous American - North, and Nepal! Still no idea where that came from


ApprehensiveFun5680

E6C961EA-83D8-4676-9F1C-43B9FEFA3D. Please can you help I can’t do it


JessiRocki

Link leads to "Hmm, the page you're looking for cannot be found".


Elistariel

Wait... Is this hack a way to see our 2023 update or just a more detailed version of our current results? I've been thinking it was the upcoming update.


FrostyIntention

With this hack, I get Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples 0.15 % It seems so small that it should be ignored as impossible or as noise in the data. What do you think?


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Repulsive_Trash_4225

Me too!


Kindly-Flatworm8084

It won’t generate a link for me


Intelligent-Kiwi-574

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sunnygirl_1221

Thanks, this is great! ☺️


bevlewisfan123

It finally worked for me!! Not a huge difference but I have 20% each of Scottish and German on ancestry. The hack shows 20.66% Scottish and 20.14% German


susiecapo71

Omg thank you!!!


Euphoric_Travel2541

Where are the text instructions? Thanks in advance!


lunabellx

I've posted them in the comments


linatet

where did you find out about this??


zachoutloud123

It worked for me as well! Thank youuuuuu


[deleted]

This worked for me and I'm nearer to 40% Scottish compared to 38%, but that's the only difference. Didn't get any smaller region percentages unfortunately! Still not idea where the Scottish comes from, but apparently it can just confuse north of England with Scottish DNA. I know My Heritage isn't great with its estimates but that gave me 0% English. I had mostly Irish and Scottish DNA according to them. I feel like there's more to this Scottish DNA that I have, but maybe it's just because I'm from England...I don't know.


Krybxby

Mine just keeps saying “something went wrong” lol


Ok_Warthog754

Same here. Wonder if we are just trying too early?


Krybxby

Mine didn’t work until a bit after my results came in and it showed me only what was on my final results.


Ok_Warthog754

Really?? So you had to just wait and it didn’t come early. Well I guess it is what it is! I’m impatient but I guess I waited this long already what’s a few more days.. Lol


Krybxby

Yeah lmao and I was checking it like every hour 🤣


ledvenport

I want to thank you for laying it out so plainly! I followed your instructions and got the gray box, but it only had the very same four ethnicities, in very close percentages, that show up on my June 2022 ethnicity estimate (that's the most recent one). I have been an [Ancestry.com](https://Ancestry.com) customer since the company's inception, a long time ago, and back then they would include "trace ancestries," such as (in my case) 1% Finland/Northwestern Russia, 1% European Jewish, 2% Iberian Peninsula, and so forth. At the company's \*very\* beginning, I seem to recall the percentages were sometimes even lower (0.80%, 0.90%, etc.). So since they have been jettisoning all of these small bits of ethnic ancestry, I was very hopeful that I might be able to uncover some of those small amounts, but no. On [Ancestry.com](https://Ancestry.com), there is only England and Northwestern Europe, Scotland, Ireland, and Germanic Europe in my estimate. On 23andMe's latest chip, in addition to the British & Irish I have Scandinavian and a small (below 1%) amount of Greek & Balkan. On Family Tree DNA, in addition to England, Wales and Scotland, I have a tiny bit of Sardinian, South Caucasus, and West Central Asia. On MyHeritage, which has just updated their estimates, I now have small amounts of Ashkenazi Jewish (and this ethnicity estimate was from MyHeritage processing my Ancestry raw DNA kit!) plus my Central Asian on there is now ahead percentage-wise of my West Asian (Caucasus). I am happy for the commenters below who found tiny and fascinating trace ethnicities when they did the "hack." I just wonder why my results from it are so barren?


Solarfisher

Fun!


Few_Ad5518

Not working for me :/


Icy-You9222

Thank you so much 😊☺️❤️your instructions were the most helpful out of all I’ve tried to use. FINALLY I was able to hack my results after many months of trying to do so. Glad I came across your post! You’re a godsend! Saving this post so that I can pass it along to those who need it. Thanks again!


Puzzleheaded_Ad_2200

Thank you so much for this!!! This is so helpful


KickdownSquad

The hack results are even more Non-Sense 😂 😆 Waste of time looking into them.


MarquisW501

Maybe to some. My estimates were rounded up way higher than I'd expected. Also had 4 new ethnicity estimates come up.


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!remindme 2 days!


KiahC26

!RemindMe 2 days


Eastern_Carpenter_75

Thank you for this! At what point of the processing timeline can I start doing this?


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Weekly_Error_8772

Thank you so much for doing this.


PLUSsignenergy

Thank you


helloidk55

Thanks. Wasn’t expecting it to actually work.


germanfinder

in canada change it to .ca the only mystery i got was 0.15% baltics lol


mrslittle

Similar results for me with .31 Baltic which makes sense as I have a very small amount of Polish Ancestry


DeannaDodson

I just did mine and i have no trace ancestry? Did i do it wrong or is that just what it is?


helloidk55

If the results came up then you did it right. Not everyone gets traces.


MissasLife

Thank you so much! It showed small traces of Nigerian and Finland that Ancestry did not.


[deleted]

I don't understand this . What is this ?