| Category | 23andMe | Ancestry | National | Notes |
| | | Genographic | |
| Scandanavian | 33.8 | 44.0 | | |
| British and Irish | 32.8 | 30.0 | | 23andMe combines Irish, Scottish, and English |
| Ireland, Scotland, Wales | | 11.0 | | Ancestry separates British from Ireland, Scotland, Wales |
| French and German | 1.7 | | | |
| Finnish (+Russian Ancestry) | 0.4 | 1.0 | | Ancestry includes Russian with Finish |
| Europe West | | 6.0 | | 23andMe does not have a Europe West category |
| Broadly Northwestern European | 26.5 | | 44.0 | |
| Total Northern European | 95.2 | 92.0 | 44.0 | National Genographic Ancestry 500 to 10,000 years ago |
| | | | Ancestry and 23andMe more recent |
| Iberian | 1.0 | 8.0 | | |
| Italian | 0.7 | | | |
| Sardinian | 0.2 | | | |
| Broadlly southern European | 0.6 | | | |
| Total Mediterranean | 2.5 | 8.0 | 34.0 | 23andMe and Ancestry call it southern European |
| | | | |
| Eastern European | 0.7 | | | |
| Askenazi Jewish | 0.1 | | | |
| Broadly European | 1.1 | | | 23andMe has more interesting small results |
| Native American | 0.3 | | | |
| Middle Eastern and North African | 0.1 | | | |
| Unassigned | 0.1 | | | |
| | | | |
| Southwest Asian | | | 20.0 | 23andMe and Ancestry don't have Southwest Asian Category |
| | | | |
| Totals | 100.1 | 100.0 | 98.0 | |
| | | | http://www.businessinsider.com/best-dna-test-23andme-ancestry-national-geographic-2017-4 |