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Our ancestry analysis uses genetic material inherited from both maternal and paternal ancestors to measure genetic connections to individual ethnic groups and major world regions. Top ranked results indicate places where a blend of ancestry is most frequent,
and where genetic ancestors left the strongest genetic traces. Results complement what you already know about yourself, your family, and your genealogy by putting your ancestry in a global perspective using molecular genetics.
Genetic Profile
The unique genetic profile uses allele values at 21 genetic markers within autosomal chromosomes. Each marker ("locus") contains two alleles -- one inherited from each parent -- for a total of 42 dimensions used to compute geographic ancestry. Values from all 21 markers are used to compute high-resolution population and world region matches.
Native Population Match
Top ranked matches in a database containing hundreds of native populations that have experienced minimal movement and admixture in modern history. Individual matches may not indicate recent social or cultural affiliation with a particular ethnicity. Instead, Native Population Match results identify populations where your DNA is most common, reflecting deep ancestral origins. For people of multiple family origins, these matches can also identify populations where similar combinations of genetic material have occurred.
Global Population Match
Top ranked matches in a database of over one thousand global populations, including native peoples as well as Diaspora groups that expanded from their homelands and sometimes admixed with other populations in recent history. The geographical distribution of Global Population Match results indicate closest genetic relatives today and peoples whose blend of geographical ancestry is most similar to your own.
World Region Match
World Region Match is the most comprehensive genetic ancestry analysis. These regions were shaped by long-term interactions between peoples within major geographic and cultural zones. World region results provide a broader overview of genetic ancestry among major regions of the world. The highest score indicates primary geographical affiliation; lesser scores suggest secondary regions where a blend of ancestry is present and/or possible sources of admixture.
GENETIC REGIONS
Each of these regions is statistically defined and corresponds to a genetically unique territory shaped by historic and prehistoric human interactions:
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Aegean: The eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia region, including modern territories of Southern Italy and Sicily, Greece, and Turkey.
Arabian: The Arabian Peninsula.
Eastern European: The Slavic speaking region of Eastern Europe.
Finno-Ugrian: The Uralic speaking region of Northeastern Europe.
Levantine: Populations along the coast of the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Mediterranean: The Romance speaking region of Southwestern Europe.
Mesopotamian: The historical “Cradle of Western Civilization” including modern Iran, Iraq and nearby territories.
North African: Populations of the Atlas Mountains and Sahara Desert.
Northwest European: The Celtic and Germanic speaking region of Northwestern Europe.
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Arctic: Inuit (Eskimo) peoples of Alaska and related peoples of far eastern Siberia.
Athabaskan: Athabaskan speaking Dine peoples of western North America, including the Desert Southwest and parts of
the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Mexican: Native peoples of Mexico, including the historical territories of the Aztec Empire.
North Amerindian: Native peoples of the region of North America including the Great Plains and western Great Lakes.
Ojibwa (East Algonquian): Eastern Algonquian speaking peoples of northeastern North America.
Salishan: Salish peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
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Amazonian: Peoples of the Amazon River Basin.
Andean: Peoples of the Andean Mountains of western South America, including the territories of the historical Inca Empire.
Central American: Peoples of the Central American Isthmus and northern South America.
Gran Chaco: Peoples of the Gran Chaco (“Great Hunting Land”) of South America.
Mayan: The Mayan speaking region of Mesoamerica.
Patagonian: The plains region of southern South America.
Mestizo (“mixed”) : Native Americans who have blended with Europeans and (to a lesser degree) Africans in recent history. This blending is most typical of Latin American Mestizo peoples, but can also be found in English and French speaking populations of North America (Metis).
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African Great Lakes: The Great Lakes region surrounding the Great Rift Valley in eastern Africa.
Horn of Africa: The eastern African lands along the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden that face the Arabian Peninsula.
Sahelian: The horizontal strip of grasslands between the dry Sahara Desert to the north and moist forests to the south, home to the historically influential Sahelian states.
Southern African: This southeastern region of Africa is home to Khoisan speakers as well as Bantu speaking cultures thought to have expanded from West Africa.
Tropical West African: The humid forested zone of West Africa facing the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean.
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Altaian: Altaic-speaking peoples of Central Asia,including the homelands of the historically nomadic Turkic peoples who have invaded Europe, the Near East, India, China, and other neighboring lands.
Eastern India: The eastern Indian Subcontinent.
North India: Northern India, Pakistan and neighboring territories, including the homeland of the ancient Vedic civilization.
South India: The southern Indian Subcontinent, including the Dravidian speaking peoples of Tamil Nadu and many other cultures.
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Chinese: This region is most characteristic of the predominant Han ethnic group of present day China.
Japanese: The Japanese Archipelago.
Malay Archipelago: Island Southeast Asia.
Manchurian: This region to the north of the longstanding Chinese civilization is home to Korean, Mongolic, and Tungusic peoples.
Southeast Asian: Peoples of Southeast Asia, including peoples of Thailand, Vietnam, and neighboring countries, as well as some ethnic groups of southern China.
Tibetan: The region including the Himalayan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau and extends to the western provinces of modern China.
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Australian: Aboriginal peoples of Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Polynesian: Literally meaning “many islands,” the Polynesian region includes related peoples living between Samoa and New Zealand in the west to Hawaii in the east.
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