Mortimer
10-12-2017, 11:42 PM
Southern Europe 45%
Southern Europe
This component of your ancestry originates along the northern Mediterranean coast. For millennia this part of the world was a hub for the movement of trading goods as well as ideas, and thus much of modern Western culture and thought can trace its origins to here. Your ancestors may have been some of the first farmers to migrate to Europe from the Middle East thousands of years ago. Historically, this region was the home to the vast Roman Empire, which brought with it great infrastructure, cities, and cultural development, but consequently led to homogenization of its peoples.
Today, this ancestral component is most common in people of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Greek descent, among other Mediterranean groups. This component is also found in people of French and British ancestry, as well as people from northern Africa. It is also a large component for people of Hispanic-American ancestry.
Eastern Europe 19%
Eastern Europe
This component of your ancestry originates in the plains that extend from the Danube River and the Black Sea north to the Baltic Sea and east to the Volga River and the Ural Mountains of Russia. Your ancestors who lived in this region thousands of years ago were likely hunters and gatherers who gradually adopted agriculture from their neighbors to the south and west. Some scientists believe that it was in this region of the world where horses were first domesticated.
Today, this part of the world is associated with Slavic and Baltic cultures, as well as Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, and German peoples.
Arabia 15%
Arabia
This component of your ancestry is associated with the region around the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Caspian Sea. This region was the first stepping-stone in modern humans’ migrations out of Africa. Prehistorically, Arabia is considered to be the earliest site of plant domestication and is also home to some of the oldest known buildings, and likewise the oldest known evidence of writing and possibly the earliest civilizations. Historically, the region saw continuous movement of groups for tens of millennia. One of the largest was the growth of Islam, centered in modern-day Saudi Arabia.
Today, this ancestral component occurs at highest frequency in people from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, and Iraq. Because of its importance geographically and culturally, this component is also seen in North and East Africa, parts of Europe, and to the east in Iran and Afghanistan.
Southern Asia 10%
Southern Asia
This component of your ancestry is associated with the region south of the Himalaya mountain range and north of the Indian Ocean, and around and in between the Indus and Ganges Rivers. Like the Middle East, South Asia is one of the oldest regions of Eurasia, and an area continuously transited –both eastward and westward—for tens of millennia. Prehistorically, South Asia is home to some unique branches of the human family tree, including both ancient and recent ones, and it is the possible center of domestication of the common chicken.
Today, South Asia is one of the most heavily populated regions of the world. This region includes the modern-day countries of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. This regional component also occurs in people from Afghanistan to the west, Myanmar to the east, and western China to the north. Likewise, it is quite common in people of South Asian ancestry, now living throughout the world.
Central Asia 7%
Central Asia
This component of your ancestry is associated with the region east of the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea, northeast of the Himalayan highlands, and west of Tibet. This part of the world saw the movement of cold-adapted migrants for tens of thousands of years. Its predominantly flat terrain allowed for faster migration east and west and thus became the major thoroughfare for the historic Silk Road.
Today, Central Asia is home to dozens of ethnic groups, many of which were associated with the break-up of the Soviet Union several decades ago. It includes the countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, and the Chinese region of Tibet.
Southeast Asia and Oceania 3%
Southeast Asia and Oceania
This component of your ancestry is associated with a vast area of the world that includes continental Southeast Asia, island Southeast Asia, and all of Oceania. Prehistorically, this part of the world was home to ancestral species such as Homo erectus and our recently discovered “hobbit” cousin Homo florensis. Additionally, this part of the world was one of the earliest stops for humans migrating from Africa, as there is evidence of human occupation that goes back 50,000 years in far southern and eastern reaches of Australia. Likewise, this region also includes the recently settled islands of Hawaii and New Zealand, the latter of which was discovered by Polynesian sailors less than 1,000 years ago.
Today, this ancestral component includes the continental areas of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia. Additionally, it includes the Indonesian and Philippine archipelagoes, the continental islands of New Guinea and Australia, and the thousands of islands that are part of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia.
What Your Results Mean
We compared your DNA results to the reference populations we currently have in our database and estimated which of these populations were most similar to you in terms of the genetic markers you carry. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you belong to these groups, but that these groups were a similar genetic match, and can therefore be used as a guide to help determine why you have a certain result. Remember, this is a mixture of recent (past six generations) and ancient patterns established over thousands of years, so you may see surprising matches. Read each of the population descriptions below to better interpret your particular results.
Your First Reference Population: Iberian (Spain & Portugal)
This reference population is based on groups native to Iberia, the peninsula of Spain and Portugal. The large Southern Europe component reflects the strong influence of agriculturalists from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East who arrived here some 10,000 years ago. While the Western European and Great Britain and Ireland components likely come from mixture with neighboring groups with genetic links to the pre-agricultural population of Europe—the earlier settlers. The North African component reflects the historic migration of populations north across the Strait of Gibraltar into Iberia in the past 2,000 years.
Your Second Reference Population: Tuscan (Italy)
This reference population is based on Italians native to Tuscany, in north central Italy. The Southern and Central European percentages reflect the strong influence of agriculturalists from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, who arrived in Italy more than 7,000 years ago. The Eastern European component likely comes from the pre-agricultural population of Europe—the earliest settlers, who arrived in Europe more than 30,000 years ago during the Upper Paleolithic period—and was perhaps increased during the conquest of northern Italy by the Germanic Lombards in the sixth through eighth centuries. Today, the northern European component predominates in northern European populations, while the Mediterranean component is more common in southern Europe.
Your Deep Ancestry
(1,000 Years - 100,000 Years Ago)
MATERNAL LINE
T2B5
0.1%
Your maternal haplogroup is shared by 0.1% of all participants in the project
PATERNAL LINE
E-L542
2.3%
Your paternal haplogroup is shared by 2.3% of all participants in the project
Your Hominin Ancestry
(50,000 Years Ago & Older)
As our modern human ancestors migrated through Eurasia, they met other hominin species and interbred. These “cousin” species, like the Neanderthals, are now extinct, but the genetic makeup of nearly everyone born outside of Africa today includes 1 to 2 percent DNA from these hominins, living relics of ancient encounters.
1.0%/Avg 1.3%
Southern Europe
This component of your ancestry originates along the northern Mediterranean coast. For millennia this part of the world was a hub for the movement of trading goods as well as ideas, and thus much of modern Western culture and thought can trace its origins to here. Your ancestors may have been some of the first farmers to migrate to Europe from the Middle East thousands of years ago. Historically, this region was the home to the vast Roman Empire, which brought with it great infrastructure, cities, and cultural development, but consequently led to homogenization of its peoples.
Today, this ancestral component is most common in people of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Greek descent, among other Mediterranean groups. This component is also found in people of French and British ancestry, as well as people from northern Africa. It is also a large component for people of Hispanic-American ancestry.
Eastern Europe 19%
Eastern Europe
This component of your ancestry originates in the plains that extend from the Danube River and the Black Sea north to the Baltic Sea and east to the Volga River and the Ural Mountains of Russia. Your ancestors who lived in this region thousands of years ago were likely hunters and gatherers who gradually adopted agriculture from their neighbors to the south and west. Some scientists believe that it was in this region of the world where horses were first domesticated.
Today, this part of the world is associated with Slavic and Baltic cultures, as well as Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, and German peoples.
Arabia 15%
Arabia
This component of your ancestry is associated with the region around the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Caspian Sea. This region was the first stepping-stone in modern humans’ migrations out of Africa. Prehistorically, Arabia is considered to be the earliest site of plant domestication and is also home to some of the oldest known buildings, and likewise the oldest known evidence of writing and possibly the earliest civilizations. Historically, the region saw continuous movement of groups for tens of millennia. One of the largest was the growth of Islam, centered in modern-day Saudi Arabia.
Today, this ancestral component occurs at highest frequency in people from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, and Iraq. Because of its importance geographically and culturally, this component is also seen in North and East Africa, parts of Europe, and to the east in Iran and Afghanistan.
Southern Asia 10%
Southern Asia
This component of your ancestry is associated with the region south of the Himalaya mountain range and north of the Indian Ocean, and around and in between the Indus and Ganges Rivers. Like the Middle East, South Asia is one of the oldest regions of Eurasia, and an area continuously transited –both eastward and westward—for tens of millennia. Prehistorically, South Asia is home to some unique branches of the human family tree, including both ancient and recent ones, and it is the possible center of domestication of the common chicken.
Today, South Asia is one of the most heavily populated regions of the world. This region includes the modern-day countries of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. This regional component also occurs in people from Afghanistan to the west, Myanmar to the east, and western China to the north. Likewise, it is quite common in people of South Asian ancestry, now living throughout the world.
Central Asia 7%
Central Asia
This component of your ancestry is associated with the region east of the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea, northeast of the Himalayan highlands, and west of Tibet. This part of the world saw the movement of cold-adapted migrants for tens of thousands of years. Its predominantly flat terrain allowed for faster migration east and west and thus became the major thoroughfare for the historic Silk Road.
Today, Central Asia is home to dozens of ethnic groups, many of which were associated with the break-up of the Soviet Union several decades ago. It includes the countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, and the Chinese region of Tibet.
Southeast Asia and Oceania 3%
Southeast Asia and Oceania
This component of your ancestry is associated with a vast area of the world that includes continental Southeast Asia, island Southeast Asia, and all of Oceania. Prehistorically, this part of the world was home to ancestral species such as Homo erectus and our recently discovered “hobbit” cousin Homo florensis. Additionally, this part of the world was one of the earliest stops for humans migrating from Africa, as there is evidence of human occupation that goes back 50,000 years in far southern and eastern reaches of Australia. Likewise, this region also includes the recently settled islands of Hawaii and New Zealand, the latter of which was discovered by Polynesian sailors less than 1,000 years ago.
Today, this ancestral component includes the continental areas of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia. Additionally, it includes the Indonesian and Philippine archipelagoes, the continental islands of New Guinea and Australia, and the thousands of islands that are part of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia.
What Your Results Mean
We compared your DNA results to the reference populations we currently have in our database and estimated which of these populations were most similar to you in terms of the genetic markers you carry. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you belong to these groups, but that these groups were a similar genetic match, and can therefore be used as a guide to help determine why you have a certain result. Remember, this is a mixture of recent (past six generations) and ancient patterns established over thousands of years, so you may see surprising matches. Read each of the population descriptions below to better interpret your particular results.
Your First Reference Population: Iberian (Spain & Portugal)
This reference population is based on groups native to Iberia, the peninsula of Spain and Portugal. The large Southern Europe component reflects the strong influence of agriculturalists from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East who arrived here some 10,000 years ago. While the Western European and Great Britain and Ireland components likely come from mixture with neighboring groups with genetic links to the pre-agricultural population of Europe—the earlier settlers. The North African component reflects the historic migration of populations north across the Strait of Gibraltar into Iberia in the past 2,000 years.
Your Second Reference Population: Tuscan (Italy)
This reference population is based on Italians native to Tuscany, in north central Italy. The Southern and Central European percentages reflect the strong influence of agriculturalists from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, who arrived in Italy more than 7,000 years ago. The Eastern European component likely comes from the pre-agricultural population of Europe—the earliest settlers, who arrived in Europe more than 30,000 years ago during the Upper Paleolithic period—and was perhaps increased during the conquest of northern Italy by the Germanic Lombards in the sixth through eighth centuries. Today, the northern European component predominates in northern European populations, while the Mediterranean component is more common in southern Europe.
Your Deep Ancestry
(1,000 Years - 100,000 Years Ago)
MATERNAL LINE
T2B5
0.1%
Your maternal haplogroup is shared by 0.1% of all participants in the project
PATERNAL LINE
E-L542
2.3%
Your paternal haplogroup is shared by 2.3% of all participants in the project
Your Hominin Ancestry
(50,000 Years Ago & Older)
As our modern human ancestors migrated through Eurasia, they met other hominin species and interbred. These “cousin” species, like the Neanderthals, are now extinct, but the genetic makeup of nearly everyone born outside of Africa today includes 1 to 2 percent DNA from these hominins, living relics of ancient encounters.
1.0%/Avg 1.3%