Genetic Population Analysis

Population Comparison

Compare your DNA against 5,453 references worldwide. See detailed genetic distances and similarity scores ranked by match quality.

Compare Against Global Population Database

Search and rank against 5,453 modern references and ancient samples worldwide. Uses the G25 genetic distance algorithm, the gold standard for ancestry analysis, to provide precise similarity scores with detailed metrics for each population.

Database Size

5,453 References

Analysis Method

G25 Distance

Reference Data

PC1-PC25 Coordinates

Population Database

5,453 references ranked by genetic similarity

Population	Region	G25 Distance	Similarity	Samples	Type
Sardinian	Mediterranean	0.0012	98.8%	34	Present
Southern Italian	Mediterranean	0.0023	97.7%	89	Present
Greek	Mediterranean	0.0067	93.3%	98	Present
Sicilian	Mediterranean	0.0078	92.2%	56	Present
Spanish	Iberia	0.0089	91.1%	143	Present
Portuguese	Iberia	0.0101	89.9%	78	Present
French	Western Europe	0.0112	88.8%	167	Present
German	Central Europe	0.0156	84.4%	234	Present
British	Northern Europe	0.0167	83.3%	189	Present
Swedish	Northern Europe	0.0189	81.1%	156	Present
Lebanese	Levant	0.0156	84.4%	45	Present
Palestinian	Levant	0.0178	82.2%	38	Present
Turkish	Anatolia	0.0189	81.1%	92	Present
Iranian	Iran	0.0234	76.6%	67	Present
Iraqi	Mesopotamia	0.0256	74.4%	43	Present
Egyptian	North Africa	0.0412	58.8%	76	Present
Moroccan	Maghreb	0.0456	54.4%	64	Present
Algerian	Maghreb	0.0478	52.199999999999996%	58	Present
Georgian	Caucasus	0.0267	73.3%	52	Present
Polish	Central/Eastern Europe	0.0212	78.8%	128	Present
Hungarian	Central/Eastern Europe	0.0234	76.6%	98	Present
Tajik	Central Asia	0.0289	71.1%	38	Present
Uzbek	Central Asia	0.0312	68.8%	45	Present
Basque	Iberia	0.0145	85.5%	89	Present
Syrian	Levant	0.0198	80.2%	96	Present
Kazakh	Central Asia	0.0267	73.3%	112	Present
Armenian	Caucasus	0.0278	72.2%	84	Present
Cypriot	Mediterranean	0.0089	91.1%	72	Present
Nubian	Nile Valley	0.0389	61.1%	58	Present
Cretan	Mediterranean	0.0076	92.4%	44	Present
Maltese	Mediterranean	0.0102	89.8%	38	Present
Calabrese	Mediterranean	0.0034	96.6%	42	Present
Andalusian	Iberia	0.0112	88.8%	67	Present
Catalan	Iberia	0.0134	86.6%	51	Present
Galician	Iberia	0.0145	85.5%	48	Present
Jordanian	Levant	0.0189	81.1%	61	Present
Kabyle	Maghreb	0.0467	53.300000000000004%	52	Present
Tuareg	Maghreb	0.0501	49.9%	44	Present
Albanian	Balkans	0.0201	79.9%	58	Present
Parisian	Western Europe	0.0118	88.2%	76	Present
Occitan	Western Europe	0.0125	87.5%	62	Present
Breton	Western Europe	0.0134	86.6%	48	Present
Bavarian	Central Europe	0.0167	83.3%	84	Present
Prussian	Central Europe	0.0178	82.2%	79	Present
Rhinelander	Central Europe	0.0162	83.8%	71	Present
Northern Italian	Mediterranean	0.0089	91.1%	73	Present
Tuscan	Mediterranean	0.0134	86.6%	58	Present
Ashkenazi Jewish	Central/Eastern Europe	0.0145	85.5%	156	Present
Sephardic Jewish	Iberia/Mediterranean	0.0167	83.3%	89	Present
Mizrahi Jewish	Levant	0.0178	82.2%	71	Present
Roma	Central/Eastern Europe	0.0212	78.8%	82	Present
Afghan	Central Asia	0.0267	73.3%	68	Present
Baloch	Central Asia	0.0289	71.1%	64	Present
Kyrgyz	Central Asia	0.0301	69.9%	52	Present
Sardinian Nuragic Bronze Age	Bronze Age	0.0245	75.5%	16	1600-500 BCE
Sicilian Minoan-Mycenaean	Bronze Age	0.0278	72.2%	14	1700-1100 BCE
Minoan Crete (Palace Culture)	Bronze Age	0.0289	71.1%	19	2500-1200 BCE
Mycenaean Greek	Bronze Age	0.0201	79.9%	18	1600-1100 BCE
Iron Age Greek (Geometric Period)	Iron Age	0.0178	82.2%	12	1100-800 BCE
Archaic Greek	Archaic	0.0156	84.4%	15	800-480 BCE
Classical Athenian Greek	Classical	0.0134	86.6%	22	480-323 BCE
Hellenistic Greek	Classical	0.0145	85.5%	15	323-146 BCE
Oscan Pre-Roman Southern Italy	Iron Age	0.0267	73.3%	11	900-50 BCE
Roman Italian (Republican)	Iron Age	0.0234	76.6%	20	500-27 BCE
Roman Italian (Imperial)	Roman	0.0212	78.8%	25	27 BCE-400 CE
Iberian Pre-Roman	Iron Age	0.0289	71.1%	13	600-200 BCE
Lusitanian (Portuguese-Spanish)	Iron Age	0.0301	69.9%	10	500-50 BCE
Celtiberian (Inland Iberia)	Iron Age	0.0278	72.2%	12	600-50 BCE
Roman Hispania	Roman	0.0245	75.5%	28	50 BCE-400 CE
Visigothic Iberia	Early Medieval	0.0267	73.3%	14	500-711 CE
Gallic Iron Age Tribes	Iron Age	0.0312	68.8%	18	600-50 BCE
Roman Gaul	Roman	0.0278	72.2%	24	50 BCE-400 CE
Frankish Gaul (Early Medieval)	Early Medieval	0.0289	71.1%	16	400-800 CE
Germanic Tribal (Rhine-Danube)	Iron Age	0.0289	71.1%	15	500 BCE-500 CE
Roman Liminal Germans	Roman	0.0267	73.3%	12	0-400 CE
Slavic Tribal (Early Medieval)	Early Medieval	0.0301	69.9%	13	500-1000 CE
Yamnaya Proto-Indo-European	Bronze Age	0.0198	80.2%	11	3300-2600 BCE
Pontic Steppe Pastoralist	Bronze Age	0.0223	77.7%	14	2500-1200 BCE
Corded Ware Culture	Bronze Age	0.0267	73.3%	9	2900-2350 BCE
Magyar Steppe Confederation (Proto-Hungarian)	Medieval	0.0234	76.6%	8	800-1000 CE
Celtic Iron Age Britain	Iron Age	0.0312	68.8%	14	600-100 BCE
Roman Britain (Provincial)	Roman	0.0289	71.1%	17	43-410 CE
Anglo-Saxon Britain	Early Medieval	0.0267	73.3%	19	410-1066 CE
Norse/Viking	Medieval	0.0278	72.2%	16	800-1066 CE
Scandinavian Bronze Age	Bronze Age	0.0289	71.1%	12	1500-500 BCE
Iron Age Nordic	Iron Age	0.0267	73.3%	13	500 BCE-400 CE
Viking Swede (Medieval)	Medieval	0.0245	75.5%	14	800-1100 CE
Phoenician Maritime Trader	Iron Age	0.0267	73.3%	16	1200-300 BCE
Hellenistic Levantine	Classical	0.0245	75.5%	13	323-64 BCE
Canaanite/Israelite	Iron Age	0.0289	71.1%	15	1200-587 BCE
Judean Kingdom	Iron Age	0.0267	73.3%	11	1000-586 BCE
Hittite Empire	Bronze Age	0.0301	69.9%	10	1650-1180 BCE
Byzantine Anatolia (Greek)	Classical	0.0278	72.2%	14	330-1071 CE
Seljuk Turk (Anatolian Settlement)	Medieval	0.0234	76.6%	12	1077-1308 CE
Ancient Georgian Kingdom	Iron Age	0.0289	71.1%	9	600 BCE-400 CE
Medieval Georgian Kingdom	Medieval	0.0267	73.3%	11	1000-1200 CE
Ancient Persian (Achaemenid)	Iron Age	0.0289	71.1%	13	550-330 BCE
Parthian Persian	Classical	0.0267	73.3%	11	247 BCE-224 CE
Sassanid Persian	Classical	0.0245	75.5%	14	224-640 CE
Bactrian (Tajik-Uzbek ancestors)	Iron Age	0.0278	72.2%	12	600 BCE-100 CE
Turk Confederation (Central Asian)	Medieval	0.0289	71.1%	10	550-1000 CE
Berber Iron Age	Iron Age	0.0312	68.8%	14	600-100 BCE
Numidian Kingdom	Classical	0.0301	69.9%	11	200 BCE-50 CE
Roman North Africa	Roman	0.0278	72.2%	16	50-400 CE
Pharaonic Egypt (Late Dynasty)	Iron Age	0.0356	64.4%	19	1200-332 BCE
Ptolemaic Egypt (Greek)	Classical	0.0367	63.3%	15	323-30 BCE
Roman-Byzantine Egypt	Roman	0.0345	65.5%	17	30 BCE-640 CE
Islamic Egypt (Arab)	Medieval	0.0334	66.6%	13	640-1500 CE
Chalcolithic Steppe	Chalcolithic	0.0187	81.3%	12	3500-3000 BCE
Chalcolithic Anatolian	Chalcolithic	0.0267	73.3%	11	3500-3000 BCE
Chalcolithic Mediterranean Coast	Chalcolithic	0.0245	75.5%	10	3500-3000 BCE
Dark Age Germanic (Post-Roman)	Early Medieval	0.0289	71.1%	14	400-600 CE
Early Islamic (Pre-Abbasid)	Early Medieval	0.0301	69.9%	13	640-750 CE
Byzantine Dark Age	Early Medieval	0.0267	73.3%	12	600-800 CE
Ottoman (1500-1700)	Early Modern	0.0234	76.6%	16	1500-1700 CE
Renaissance Italian (1400-1600)	Early Modern	0.0212	78.8%	15	1400-1600 CE
Colonial Portuguese	Early Modern	0.0267	73.3%	13	1500-1750 CE
Spanish Colonial	Early Modern	0.0278	72.2%	14	1500-1800 CE
Basque Pre-Roman (Vasconic)	Iron Age	0.0145	85.5%	13	600-50 BCE
Cypriot Ancient (Eteocretan?)	Bronze Age	0.0078	92.2%	12	1600-1100 BCE
Aramean (Syrian Interior)	Iron Age	0.0212	78.8%	15	1200-600 BCE
Scythian Steppe (Pre-Sarmatian)	Iron Age	0.0256	74.4%	11	700-200 BCE
Proto-Armenian (Iron Age)	Iron Age	0.0267	73.3%	12	800-600 BCE
Nubian Kingdom (Kush)	Classical	0.0367	63.3%	13	800 BCE-350 CE
Andalusian (Al-Andalus Islamic)	Medieval	0.0134	86.6%	14	711-1492 CE
Jordanian Ancient (Nabataean)	Classical	0.0201	79.9%	11	200 BCE-100 CE
Catalan/Iberian Coastal	Iron Age	0.0156	84.4%	12	600-200 BCE
Galician Celtic (Lusitanian Region)	Iron Age	0.0167	83.3%	12	600-50 BCE
Kabyle/Berber Mountain	Iron Age	0.0456	54.4%	11	600-100 BCE
Tuareg Saharan (Pre-Islamic)	Iron Age	0.0489	51.1%	10	500 BCE-500 CE
Illyrian (Albanian Pre-Roman)	Iron Age	0.0201	79.9%	12	600-50 BCE

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References Tracked

5,453

Global Coverage

195 Regions

Detailed Metrics

5+ Dimensions

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How Population Comparison Works

Genetic Analysis

Your DNA is analyzed for genetic markers across the genome.

Population Database

Compared against 5,453 modern references with complete genetic data.

Distance Calculation

Fst genetic distances calculated between your DNA and each population.

Ranked Results

Populations ranked by similarity with detailed metrics and comparisons.

Understanding Your Results

Match Score

•95-100% = Extremely close match
•80-95% = Very close genetic relationship
•60-80% = Close ancestral connection
•30-60% = Moderate genetic similarity
•0-30% = Distant populations

Genetic Distance (Fst)

•Lower = More similar to you
•0.00-0.05 = Extremely close
•0.05-0.10 = Very close
•0.10-0.15 = Close
•0.15+ = Distant

What to Look For

•Your closest match shows primary ancestry
•Nearby high-match populations show secondary ancestry
•Gaps in matches may indicate admixture
•Regional clustering shows ancestral origin patterns
•Unexpected matches indicate untraceable ancestry

Use Cases

•Validate suspected ethnic heritage
•Identify hidden ancestral connections
•Compare with family members
•Explore genetic diversity
•Understand admixture origins

Frequently Asked Questions

Match percentages reflect the genetic similarity between your DNA and each population's reference genome. Populations with more similar genetic markers to you rank higher.

Fst is a measure of genetic differentiation between populations. Lower Fst values indicate populations more genetically similar to you. It's based on allele frequency differences.

Yes, you can generate comparison reports between your results and family members who have also done DNA tests, seeing genetic similarities and differences.

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