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  • 3000+ geographic regions
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European
Ashkenazi Jewish
  • Belarusian Jews
  • Lithuanian Jews
  • Western European Jews
  • Southeastern Polish Jews
  • Eastern Polish and Western Ukrainian Jews
  • West Central Ukrainian Jews
  • Central European and Western Ukrainian Jews
Eastern European
  • Belarus (6+ regions)
  • Czech Republic (14+ regions)
  • Estonia (15+ regions)
  • Hungary (19+ regions)
  • Latvia (16+ regions)
  • Lithuania (10+ regions)
  • Poland (16+ regions)
  • Russia (79+ regions)
  • Slovakia (8+ regions)
  • Slovenia (40+ regions)
  • Ukraine (25+ regions)
Northwestern European
British & Irish
  • Republic of Ireland (26+ regions)
  • United Kingdom (164+ regions)
  • Guernsey
  • England
  • Wales
  • Central North Midlands
  • Cumbria
  • East Anglia
  • Lancashire
  • Lancashire and West Yorkshire
  • North Central England
  • North East England
  • Northern England and Southern Scotland
  • Northern West Midlands
  • South England
  • South West England
  • South England, South West England, and East Anglia
  • West Lancashire and Merseyside
  • West Midlands
  • West Yorkshire
  • Yorkshire, Humberside and the East Midlands
  • Ireland
  • Central and Northern Ireland
  • Central and Southern Ireland
  • Donegal
  • Galway
  • Galway and Central Ireland
  • Mayo
  • North Central Ireland
  • Northern Ireland and Central Scottish Lowlands
  • Northern Munster
  • Southern Leinster
  • Southern Munster
  • Southwest Munster
  • Grampian
  • Northeastern Coastal Scotland
  • Northern and Central Scotland
  • Northern Isles
  • Scotland and Northern Ireland
  • Scottish Highlands and Western Islands
  • Scottish Lowlands and Southern Uplands
French & German
  • The Campine
  • East Flanders and western Flemish Brabant
  • Wallonia and the southern Campine
  • West Flanders and the Upper Scheldt
  • Brittany
  • Paris Basin
  • Massif Central and Eastern Aquitaine Basin
  • Lorraine and the Upper Rhine Valley
  • French Netherlands
  • Normandy and northern Pays de la Loire
  • Northern Pyrenees and Garonne River Basin
  • Rhône and Upper Loire Valleys
  • Corsica and Southeastern France
  • Southern Pays de la Loire
  • Gascony and French Basque Country
  • Upper Garonne and Northwest Aquitaine
  • Limousin and Northern Aquitaine
  • Corsican Highlands
  • Caen, Upper Normandy and Pas-de-Calais
  • Savoy and the Jura Mountains
  • Moselle and Alsace
  • Lower Normandy
  • Western Massif Central and Occitanie
  • Lower Brittany
  • The Cévennes
  • Central Brittany
  • Northern Rhône-Alps
  • Artois and French Flanders
  • Northern Pays de la Loire
  • Vosges and Southern Lorraine
  • Southern Massif Central and Languedoc Coastal Plain
  • Rhône-Alps and Provence
  • Walloon Flanders and French Hainaut
  • Saint-Etienne, Ardèche, and Upper Loire
  • Upper Brittany
  • Forez and East Central Auvergne
  • Austria (9+ regions)
  • Belgium (3+ regions)
  • France (13+ regions)
  • Germany (16+ regions)
  • Luxembourg (3+ regions)
  • Netherlands (12+ regions)
  • Switzerland (26+ regions)
Scandinavian
  • Denmark (5+ regions)
  • Iceland (7+ regions)
  • Norway (19+ regions)
  • Sweden (21+ regions)
  • Faroe Islands (1+ region)
Finnish
  • Finland (18+ regions)
Broadly Northwestern European
Southern European
Sardinian
Italian
  • Italy (20+ regions)
  • Malta (30+ regions)
  • Central Lombardian Prealps
  • Modena and Reggio Emilia
  • Central Ligurian Apennines and Western Emilia-Romagna
  • Central Po Valley
  • Southeastern Po Valley
  • Northeastern Venetian Plain
  • Corsica and Southern France
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  • The Valtellina
  • Western Gulf of Genoa and the Monregalese
  • Garda Mountains
  • Marche and the Central Adriatic Coast
  • Central Arno Basin
  • Western Arno Basin and Magra Valley
  • Western Po Valley
  • Dolomites Region
  • Adige River Basin
  • Southern Venetian Plain
  • Western Great Pre-alpine Lakes
  • Northern Po Valley
  • Northwestern Venetian Plain
  • Northwestern Po Valley
  • Lucanian Apennines
  • Salento Peninsula
  • Southern Gulf of Naples
  • Isthmus of Catanzaro
  • Irpinia Region
  • Campanian Valley
  • Southern Calabrian Apennines
  • Foggia
  • Vibo Valentia Peninsula and Gioia Tauro Valley
  • Molise
  • Northern Gulf of Naples
  • Volturno Valley and the Matese
  • Pescara and Vomano Valleys
  • L’Aquila
  • Eastern Bari
  • Western Bari
  • La Sila
  • Sangro River Valley
  • Latin Valley
  • Calabrian Serre
  • Platani Basin
  • Southern Trapani
  • Northern Trapani
  • Central Sicily
  • Eastern Messina
  • Western Messina and the Aeolian Islands
  • Mount Etna and the Simeto Basin
  • Eleuterio Basin
  • Ragusa Hyblaean Plateau
  • Syracuse Hyblaean Plateau
  • Sciacca Verdura Basin
  • Gulfs of Palermo and Castellammare
  • Gulf of Termini Imerese
  • Malta and South Central Sicily
  • Campidano Plain and Gennargentu Mountains
  • Northeastern Sardinian Highlands
  • Coghinas, Mannu, and Temo Basins
Spanish & Portuguese
  • Portugal (20+ regions)
  • Spain (19+ regions)
  • Aragon, La Rioja, and Navarre
  • Aveiro
  • Badajoz and Córdoba
  • Balearic Islands, Alicante, and Southern Valencia
  • Basque of Alava, Gipuzkoa, and Western Navarre
  • Basque of Biscay
  • Basque of Gipuzkoa
  • Basque of Southwestern France
  • Canary Islands
  • Cantabria
  • Castile and León
  • Catalonia
  • Central Asturias
  • Central and Eastern São Miguel Island
  • Central and Southern Portugal
  • Eastern Andalusia
  • Eastern Asturias
  • Eastern La Mancha
  • Eastern Navarre
  • Estremadura
  • Flores, Corvo, and Graciosa Islands
  • Granada
  • Guarda and Viseu
  • Huelva, Seville, and Badajoz
  • Madeira
  • Madrid and North Central Spain
  • Madrid and South Central Spain
  • Malaga
  • Minho and Vila Real
  • Murcia
  • Northern Galicia
  • Pico and Faial Islands
  • Porto
  • Salamanca
  • Santa Maria Island
  • Southern Andalusia
  • Southwestern Galicia
  • São Jorge Island
  • Terceira Island
  • Valencia and Castellón
  • Western Asturias
  • Western Galicia
  • Western São Miguel Island
Greek & Balkan
  • Albania (11+ regions)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (4+ regions)
  • Bulgaria (28+ regions)
  • Croatia (20+ regions)
  • Greece (13+ regions)
  • North Macedonia (50+ regions)
  • Moldova (35+ regions)
  • Montenegro (17+ regions)
  • Romania (42+ regions)
  • Serbia (24+ regions)
Broadly Southern European
Broadly European
East Asian
Japanese
  • Japan (47+ regions)
Korean
  • North Korea (8+ regions)
  • South Korea (16+ regions)
Chinese
Northern Chinese & Tibetan (latest genotyping chip)
  • Mainland China (16+ regions)
Southern Chinese & Taiwanese (latest genotyping chip)
  • Mainland China (12+ regions)
  • Taiwan (19+ regions)
South Chinese (latest genotyping chip)
  • Mainland China (3+ regions)
Broadly Chinese
Indonesian, Thai, Khmer & Myanma
  • Cambodia (19+ regions)
  • Indonesia (28+ regions)
  • Malaysia (13+ regions)
  • Myanmar (14+ regions)
  • Thailand (51+ regions)
  • Laos (14+ regions)
Vietnamese
  • Vietnam (53+ regions)
Chinese Dai
Filipino & Austronesian
  • Philippines (18+ regions)
  • Guam (1+ regions)
  • American Samoa (3+ regions)
  • Samoa (1+ regions)
  • Tonga (2+ regions)
  • Northern Mariana Islands (2+ regions)
  • Madagascar (3+ regions)
  • Palau (2+ regions)
  • Micronesia (4+ regions)
Northern Asian
Siberian
Manchurian & Mongolian
  • Mongolia (19+ regions)
Broadly Northern Asian
Broadly East Asian
Indigenous American
Indigenous American
  • Alaska
  • Columbia River Basin
  • Great Basin & Lower Colorado Basin
  • Great Lakes and Canada
  • Northeast
  • Plains
  • South Central
  • Southwest
  • Cuba (Indigenous)
  • Puerto Rico (Indigenous)
  • Dominican Republic (Indigenous)
  • Southern Caribbean (Indigenous)
  • Northern Mexican Plateau
  • Mexican Volcanic Cordillera—East Central
  • Mexican Volcanic Cordillera—West
  • Plains of Northeastern Mexico
  • Sonoran Desert and Baja California
  • West Central Mexico
  • East Central Mexico
  • Upper Santiago River Basin
  • Mexican Volcanic Cordillera—West Central
  • Yucatán Peninsula
  • Balsas River Basin—Central Guerrero
  • Valley of Oaxaca—Ejutla
  • Valley of Oaxaca—Tlacolula
  • Sierra Norte of Oaxaca
  • Chiapas Highlands
  • Isthmus of Tehuantepec—Oaxaca
  • Sierra Madre del Sur—Coast
  • Balsas River Basin—Huitzuco
  • Mexican Volcanic Cordillera—South Central
  • Balsas River Basin—North Guerrero
  • Mexican Volcanic Cordillera—Citlaltépetl and Tehuacán
  • Balsas River Basin—Tierra Caliente
  • Mexican Volcanic Cordillera—West Puebla
  • Balsas River Basin—Southwest Puebla
  • La Mixteca
  • Mexican Volcanic Cordillera—Veracruz
  • Balsas River Basin—West Guerrero
  • La Mixteca—North
  • Central Guatemalan Highlands
  • Motagua River Valley and the Eastern Guatemalan Highlands
  • Western Guatemalan Highlands
  • Northwestern Guatemalan Highlands
  • Ch’orti’ of Guatemala and Honduras
  • Goascorán River Basin and Comayagua Valley
  • Central Sierra Madres
  • Western Honduran Highlands
  • Central Honduran Highlands
  • Central American Volcanic Cordillera — El Salvador
  • Pacific Lowlands of Western Panama
  • Guna Yala and East Central Panama
  • Coclé and West Central Panama
  • Coclé and the Azuero Peninsula of Panama
  • Central Valley of Costa Rica
  • West Central Nicaragua — Northeast Cocibolca
  • Northern Nicaraguan Highlands and Los Maribios
  • West Nicaragua — Xolotlán and Cocibolca
  • Tupí-Guaraní speakers
  • The Argentine Chaco and Pampas
  • Northeastern Brazilian Plateau
  • Southern Brazilian Highlands
  • Guaraní
  • Lokono-Arawak of the Guianas
  • Mapuche of Chile
  • Quechua and Aymara peoples
  • Northern Ecuadorian Andes
  • Southern Ecuadorian Coast
  • Southern Ecuadorian Andes
  • Venezuelan Coastal Range
  • Northern Venezuelan Andes and the Maracaibo Basin
  • Southern Venezuelan Andes
  • Colombian Caribbean Coast
  • Altiplano Cundiboyacense of Colombia
  • Colombian Central and Western Andes
  • Peruvian Amazon Basin
  • Northern Peruvian Andes and Chira Valley
  • Bolivian Amazon
  • Southern Peruvian Andes and Andean Plateau
Western Asian & North African
Northwest Asian
Cypriot
  • Cyprus (5+ regions)
Anatolian
  • Turkey (western regions) (52+ regions)
Iranian, Caucasian & Mesopotamian
  • Armenia (11+ regions)
  • Azerbaijan (23+ regions)
  • Georgia (11+ regions)
  • Iran (31+ regions)
  • Iraq (17+ regions)
  • Turkey (eastern regions) (28+ regions)
Broadly Northwest Asian
Arab, Egyptian & Levantine
Peninsular Arab
  • United Arab Emirates (5+ regions)
  • Bahrain (3+ regions)
  • Kuwait (3+ regions)
  • Oman (6+ regions)
  • Qatar (1+ regions)
  • Saudi Arabia (12+ regions)
  • Yemen (17+ regions)
Levantine
  • Jordan (10+ regions)
  • Lebanon (6+ regions)
  • Syria (14+ regions)
  • Aleppo Plateau
  • Central Highlands of Palestine
  • Central Lebanon Coast
  • Central West Syria
  • Druze
  • Greater Bethlehem
  • Greater Damascus and the Orontes River Valley
  • Greater Ramallah
  • Highlands of Palestine and the Southern Coastal Plain
  • Lower Galilee
  • Northern Levant
  • Northern Levant Coast
  • Northwestern Highlands of Palestine and Northern Plain of Sharon
  • Northwestern Jordanian Highlands
  • Northwestern Lebanon
  • Palestine and Israel
  • Palestine, Israel & Northwestern Jordan
  • Qadisha Valley and Northern Mount Lebanon
  • Sawad al-Urdunn and Galilee (Al-Jalil)
  • Southern Beqaa Valley and Greater Damascus
  • Southern Beqaa Valley Lowlands
  • Southern Lebanon
  • Southern Plain of Sharon and Central Highlands of Palestine
  • The Hauran, Ajloun Mountains, and Mount Lebanon
  • Wadi al-Nasara and Homs
  • Zahlé and the southern Beqaa Valley Uplands
Egyptian
  • Egypt (24+ regions)
Coptic Egyptian
Broadly Arab, Egyptian & Levantine
North African
  • Algeria (40+ regions)
  • Libya (14+ regions)
  • Morocco (10+ regions)
  • Tunisia (21+ regions)
Broadly Western Asian & North African
Sub-Saharan African
African Hunter-Gatherer
  • Mbuti people
  • Baka & Biaka people
Congolese & Southern East African
Angolan & Congolese
  • Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) (4+ regions)
  • Shona & Nguni peoples
  • Luba & Kete peoples
  • Kongo & Mbundu peoples
Southern East African
  • Kenya (2+ regions)
  • Rwanda (3+ regions)
  • Kikuyu & Kamba peoples
  • Luhya & Luo peoples
  • Maasai people
  • Rundi peoples
  • Hadza & Sandawe
Broadly Congolese & Southern East African
West African
Ghanaian, Liberian & Sierra Leonean
  • Ghana (7+ regions)
  • Liberia (7+ regions)
  • Sierra Leone
  • Ashanti people
  • Ewe, Fon, Ga-Dangme, & Fante peoples
  • Mende people
  • Temne & Limba peoples
  • Peoples of Liberia
Senegambian & Guinean
  • Guinea (4+ regions)
  • Cape Verde (16+ regions)
  • Gambia
  • Senegal (6+ regions)
  • Mandinka people
  • Fula & Wolof peoples
Nigerian
  • Nigeria (27+ regions)
  • Edo & Ijaw peoples
  • Igbo people
  • Yoruba people
  • Esan people
  • Bamileke & Kom peoples
Broadly West African
  • Cameroon (5+ regions)
  • Mauritania (2+ regions)
Northern East African
Ethiopian & Eritrean
  • Ethiopia (8+ regions)
  • Eritrea (5+ regions)
  • Peoples of central and western Ethiopia
  • Tigrinya speakers
Somali
  • Somalia (12+ regions)
Sudanese
  • Sudan (10+ regions)
  • South Sudan
Broadly Northern East African
Broadly Sub-Saharan African
  • ‡Khomani San
Central & South Asian
Central Asian
  • Afghanistan (24+ regions)
  • Kazakhstan (15+ regions)
  • Kyrgyzstan (7+ regions)
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan (5+ regions)
  • Uzbekistan (12+ regions)
Northern Indian & Pakistani
  • India (northern regions) (15+ regions)
  • Pakistan (7+ regions)
Bengali & Northeast Indian
  • Bangladesh (7+ regions)
  • India (northeastern regions) (7+ regions)
  • Nepal (5+ regions)
Gujarati Patidar
Southern Indian Subgroup
Kannadiga, Tamil, Telugu & Sri Lankan
  • Sri Lanka (7+ regions)
  • India (southern regions) (9+ regions)
Malayali Subgroup
Broadly Central & South Asian
  • Mauritius (4+ regions)
Melanesian
Broadly Melanesian
  • Fiji (5+ regions)
Additional Ancestry Regions
Caribbean
  • Aruba (1+ regions)
  • Cuba (16+ regions)
  • Dominican Republic (32+ regions)
  • Puerto Rico (78+ regions)
  • Jamaica (14+ regions)
  • Haiti (10+ regions)
  • Bahamas (22+ regions)
  • Trinidad & Tobago (14+ regions)
  • St. Vincent & the Grenadines (5+ regions)
  • Antigua & Barbuda (4+ regions)
  • Barbados (10+ regions)
  • Grenada (5+ regions)
  • Martinique (4+ regions)
  • Dominica (7+ regions)
  • St. Lucia (9+ regions)
Mexico & Central America
  • Belize (6+ regions)
  • Costa Rica (7+ regions)
  • El Salvador (14+ regions)
  • Guatemala (22+ regions)
  • Honduras (17+ regions)
  • Mexico (32+ regions)
  • Nicaragua (17+ regions)
  • Panama (9+ regions)
South America
  • Argentina (21+ regions)
  • Bolivia (8+ regions)
  • Brazil (27+ regions)
  • Chile (14+ regions)
  • Colombia (28+ regions)
  • Ecuador (20+ regions)
  • Guyana (9+ regions)
  • Paraguay (14+ regions)
  • Peru (25+ regions)
  • Uruguay (19+ regions)
  • Venezuela (23+ regions)
Afro-Caribbean Peoples
  • Afro-descendant Peoples of the ABC Islands
  • Antiguan and Barbudan
  • Bahamian
  • Barbadian
  • Afro-descendant Peoples of Bermuda, and Turks & Caicos
  • Afro-Cuban
  • Dominican (Dominica)
  • Afro-Dominican (Dominican Republic)
  • Garifuna of Eastern Central America
  • Afro-descendant Peoples of the Cayman Islands
  • Afro-descendant Peoples of Grenada, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines
  • Jamaican
  • Montserratian
  • Northern Haitian
  • Haitian
  • Afro-descendant Peoples of the Western Leeward Islands
  • Afro-Puerto Rican
  • St. Lucian
  • Afro-Tobagonian
Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews
  • Adeni Jews
  • Bene Israel
  • Bukharan Jews
  • Caucasus Jews
  • Central North African Jews
  • Eastern Sephardic Jews
  • Georgian Jews
  • Iraqi Jews
  • Persian Jews and Kurdish Jews
  • Syrian Jews
  • Western North African Jews
  • Ancestry Detail Reports (48 reports)

    Population-specific reports with maps covering 3000+ regions, offering a granular view of your ancestry, plus immersive educational content.

    Reports included:
    Americas (Caribbean, Mexico & Central America, Indigenous American, South America);
    East Asia (Chinese, Chinese Dai, Filipino & Austronesian, Indonesian, Thai, Khmer & Myanma, Japanese, Korean, Manchurian & Mongolian, Siberian, Vietnamese);
    Europe (Ashkenazi Jewish, British & Irish, Eastern European, Finnish, French & German, Greek & Balkan, Italian, Sardinian, Scandinavian, Spanish & Portuguese);
    Oceania (Melanesian);
    Central & South Asia (Bengali & Northeast Indian, Central Asian, Gujarati Patidar, Malayali Subgroup, Northern Indian & Pakistani, Southern Indian & Sri Lankan, Southern Indian Subgroup);
    Sub-Saharan Africa (African Hunter-Gatherer, Angolan & Congolese, Ethiopian & Eritrean, Ghanaian, Liberian & Sierra Leonean, Nigerian, Senegambian & Guinean, Somali, Southern East African, Sudanese);
    Western Asia & North Africa (Anatolian, Coptic Egyptian, Cypriot, Egyptian, Iranian, Caucasian & Mesopotamian, Levantine, North African, Peninsular Arab)

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  • Cilantro Taste Aversion
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  • Dandruff
  • Earlobe Type
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  • Eye Color
  • Fear of Heights
  • Fear of Public Speaking
  • Finger Length Ratio
  • Flat Feet
  • Freckles
  • Hair Photobleaching (hair lightening from the sun)
  • Hair Texture
  • Hair Thickness
  • Ice Cream Flavor Preference
  • Light or Dark Hair
  • Misophonia (hatred of the sound of chewing)
  • Mosquito Bite Frequency
  • Motion Sickness
  • Newborn Hair
  • Photic Sneeze Reflex
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  • Skin Pigmentation
  • Stretch Marks
  • Sweet vs. Salty
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The DNA Relatives feature is one of the most interactive features of 23andMe, allowing you to opt in, find and connect with genetic relatives and learn more about your family. We’re extremely confident in the percentages of shared DNA we return to customers in this feature. However, the predicted relationship provided in this feature is just that -- a prediction based on the information we have. The reason we aren’t always 100% confident in the relationship prediction is that some relationships involve similar percentages of shared DNA. For example, it’s sometimes difficult for us to distinguish between a grandparent/grandchild relationship and a half-sibling relationship based on your DNA composition alone.

We have a high confidence in the accuracy of your results and the science behind them. Our scientists test and validate each step of the process we use to estimate our customers' ancestry percentages. Importantly, we are transparent about the results of these tests, and you can read about it in our Ancestry Composition Guide.

Your 23andMe reports will tell you about your genetic ancestry, and you may learn that you share recent ancestors with a group of people who identify as belonging to a particular ethnic group. However, DNA cannot estimate your “ethnicity” or your “race,” because understandings of these concepts are socially constructed and depend on context, place, and time. We recommend that you use your genetic reports together with your family history to build a complete understanding of your ancestry.

Our ability to identify a parent-child or full sibling relationship is very good. That said, it is possible for a genetic testing company to be wrong about half-siblings. The amount of genetic material shared by half-siblings is 25%, on average. However, the same amount of genetic material can also be shared between a nephew and an uncle or between a grandchild and a grandparent. When interpreting, 23andMe may make a mistake.

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