Global Ancestry K24 2021 with Jewish Populations
Global Ancestry K24 is a modern-era admixture calculator that decomposes your genome into 24 regional reference populations across Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. Ideal for curious consumers, genealogists, and researchers, it delivers fine-scale ancestry proportions, highlights migration signals, and connects genetic patterns to historical events — with clear caveats about interpretation.
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Global Ancestry K24 (Modern)
Global Ancestry K24 is a high-resolution admixture calculator that estimates genome-wide ancestral proportions using a curated panel of 24 modern and ancient-informed reference populations. It analyzes contributions from major global regions — Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas — and distinguishes fine-scale clusters such as European Jewish, Finland_Northwest_Russia, Near_East, and Africa_Southcentral_Hunter_Gatherers.
Who it's for
- Individuals with modern genotype data (chip or sequencing) curious about detailed regional ancestry
- Genealogists and family historians seeking deeper context beyond country-level labels
- Researchers and educators who want an intuitive breakdown that connects genetics to migration history
What you learn
- Percentage ancestry across 24 reference populations (e.g., Benin_Togo, Iberian_Peninsula, Asia_South, Melanesia)
- Relative affinities that highlight recent and ancient admixture events
- Signals that can suggest historical processes (Bantu expansions, Eurasian steppe and farmer movements, transcontinental contact, indigenous American and Oceanian contributions)
Context and method K24 is built from carefully chosen reference groups to capture geographic and historical structure. The calculator uses model-based clustering to assign portions of an individual’s genome to these reference clusters, providing an interpretable snapshot of genetic ancestry in a modern context.
Why it matters
- Granular: distinguishes neighboring European, African, and Asian sources that broader tools may conflate
- Educational: links genetic signatures to known migration and demographic events
- Practical: useful for personal curiosity, hypothesis testing, and cross-validating other ancestry results
Important notes Results are estimates dependent on the reference panel and sample quality. Small percentages may represent deep shared ancestry or modeling noise. Interpret results as one line of evidence among
参考人口
计算器中用作遗传参考的种群
24 Reference Populations
Africa
- North Africa: Populations from the northern region of the African continent.
- Africa_Southcentral_Hunter_Gatherers: Indigenous groups traditionally living as hunter-gatherers in south-central Africa.
- Africa_Southeastern_Bantu: Populations primarily associated with Bantu-speaking groups in southeastern Africa.
- Benin_Togo: Ethnic populations from the West African regions of Benin and Togo.
- Cameroon_Congo: Populations from the central African regions of Cameroon and Congo.
- Ivory_Coast_Ghana: Ethnic groups native to the regions of Ivory Coast and Ghana in West Africa.
- Mali: Populations from the West African country of Mali.
- Nigeria: Diverse ethnic groups from the West African nation of Nigeria.
- Senegal: Ethnic populations from the West African country of Senegal.
Asia
- Asia_Central: Populations residing in the central part of Asia.
- Asia_East: People from the eastern region of Asia including countries like China, Japan, and Korea.
- Asia_South: Populations from the southern part of Asia, including regions such as India and Pakistan.
Europe
- Caucasus: Ethnic groups from the Caucasus region, straddling Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
- Europe_East: Populations from Eastern European countries.
- European_Jewish: Jewish communities primarily from Europe.
- Finland_Northwest_Russia: Populations from Finland and the northwest region of Russia.
- Great_Britain: People from the island comprising England, Scotland, and Wales.
- Iberian_Peninsula: Populations from the regions of Spain and Portugal.
- Ireland: People native to the island of Ireland.
- Italy_Greece: Populations from Southern European countries Italy and Greece.
- Scandinavia: Ethnic groups from the Nordic countries, primarily Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
Oceania
- Melanesia: Indigenous people from the Melanesian region in the Pacific, including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, etc.
Americas
- Native_American: Indigenous populations of the Americas.
Middle East
- Near_East: Populations from the region encompassing Western Asia and parts of North Africa.
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什么是“混合分析”?
混合分析是用来通过将你的DNA与来自世界各地的参考人群进行比较来估计你的基因祖先的一种方法。 把它看作是创造了你的基因化妆的食谱, 即成分是不同的祖先种群。
此计算器使用 24 仔细选择 modern 作为参考,可以详细分解您的遗传遗产。
如何运作
- 将您的 DNA 与 24 个参考人群进行比较
- 以 Modern 人群作为遗传参考
- 结果显示你的基因与这些种群相似
- 使用不同的参考面板更准确
了解你的成果
您的研究结果将显示与这些参考人群的遗传相似性的百分比。请记住这些要点:
- 结果反映了遗传相似性,而不是直接祖先
- Modern populations are used as references
- 表明相对遗传贡献的百分比
- 结果是根据现有参考数据作出的估计数