New Populations:

We are pleased to announce the addition of several new populations to our database:

New African populations:

• Bubi (Biko Island, Equatorial Guinea) (125)
• Zimbabwe (104)

New Australian populations:

• Aboriginal (Desert Region, Australia) (2516)
• Aboriginal (East Arnhem, Australia) (240)
• Aboriginal (Fitzmaurice River Region, Australia) (1073)
• Aboriginal (Gulf Region, Australia) (97)
• Aboriginal (Kimberley, Australia) (62)
• Aboriginal (Northeast Australia) (74)
• Aboriginal (Northwest Australia) (49)
• Aboriginal (Rainforest Region, Australia) (48)
• Aboriginal (Riverine Region, Australia) (1084)
• Aboriginal (Southeast Australia) (817)
• Aboriginal (Spencer, Australia) (59)
• Aboriginal (Tiwi Islands, Australia) (61)
• Aboriginal (Torres Strait, Australia) (21)
• Aboriginal (West Arnhem, Australia) (279)
• Aboriginal (West Cape, Australia) (33)

New East Asian populations:

• Dongxiang (Qinghai, China) (80)
• Han (Henan, China) (208)
• Hui Chinese Muslim (China) (144)
• Miao (Guangxi, China) (274)
• Mongolian (China) (173)
• Salar (Qinghai, China) (98)
• Salar (Xunhua, Qinghai, China) (258)
• Tibetan (China) (168)
• Uyghur 3 (Chinese Turkestan) (50)
• Uyghur 4 (China) (148)

New European populations:

• Belarus (2020)
• Caucasian (Minnesota, U.S.A.) (160)
• Dusseldorf, Germany (158)
• Hamburg, Germany (108)
• Republic of Ireland (580)
• Republic of Macedonia (100)

New South Asian populations:

• Roma (Republic of Macedonia) (102)
• West Punjabi (Pakistan) (82)

Updated World Regions:

The inclusion of additional population data allows us to refine our world region algorithm. Our algorithm now distinguishes the following well defined genetic clusters present in our global population database:

European:

• Eastern European: The Slavic speaking region of Eastern Europe.
• Finno-Ugrian: The Uralic speaking region of Northeastern Europe.
• Mediterranean: The Romance speaking region of Southern Europe.
• Northwest European: The Celtic and Germanic speaking region of Northwestern Europe.

Native American:

• Arctic: Inuit peoples of Alaska.
• Amazonian: The Amazonian Rainforest.
• Athabaskan: Athabaskan speaking peoples of western North America.
• Central Amerindian: Native peoples of Mexico, Central America and the Andes.
• Northeast Amerindian: Native peoples of eastern North America.
• Salishan: Salish speaking peoples of the American Pacific Northwest.
• Mestizo (not shown): Native Americans mixed with Europeans and Africans.

African and Near Eastern:

• Arabian: The Arabian Peninsula.
• Asia Minor: The Levant and Anatolia to the Iranian Plateau.
• India: The Indian Subcontinent.
• India Tribal (not shown): Tribal peoples of eastern India.
• North African: North Africa.
• North India: Northern India.
• Southern African: Southern Africa.
• West African: Coastal West Africa.

Asia/Pacific:

• Australian: Aboriginal peoples of Australia.
• Chinese: The Chinese region.
• Japanese: The Japanese Archipelago.
• Malay Archipelago: Island Southeast Asia.
• Mongolian: Altaic-speaking peoples of Central and North Asia.
• Polynesian: The Polynesian Islands.
• Southeast Asian: Mainland Southeast Asia.
• Tibetan: The Tibetan Plateau.

New Graphical World Region Map:

Our high resolution world region analysis now includes a map feature. Each world region is indicated by a yellow circle scaled according to the strength of your match score. Your top matches appear as large yellow circles, while secondary matches are smaller or invisible to graphically reflect the overall distribution of your DNA profile in living world populations.

Website Updates:

All Sample Results have been updated and can be viewed by clicking here. Our global survey of human variation in dozens of ethnic groups around the world has also been updated and can be viewed by clicking here.

Previous customers who would like to update their results to include these new clusters can order an Update through our secure online checkout.