myOrigins® Version 3.0 was released on September 22, 2020. Most customers have received their updated results.
To see if you've received your myOrigins® 3.0 results, go to your myOrigins® page:
- On the myOrigins® sidebar (on the left of the page), Version 3 is displayed in the heading when your results have been updated.
- If your kit displays Version 2, your results will be ready soon. In the "updates" section (upper-left corner) of your dashboard, you will see a note that states when your Version 3 results will be ready. You will also receive an email once your results are updated.
Who are you?
That’s a question with many possible answers. You are the sum of a lifetime of experiences. You are the result of the choices you have made. You are the result of truths your parents instilled in you. You are the outcome of values drawn from your culture.
From a genetic perspective, however, you are the outcome of a long process of genealogical fusion. A man and a woman coming together, one of the millions on a vast constellation that explodes out across the earth and coalesces back to a few ancient progenitors.
The personal tree of life continues through you.
How can you summarize the shape of this tree and all of its branches? There is no one way.
myOrigins® attempts to reduce the wild complexity of your genealogy to the major historical-genetic themes that arc through the life of our species since its emergence 100,000 years ago on the plains of Africa. Each of our 90 Population clusters describes a vivid and critical color on the palette from which history has drawn the brushstrokes that form the complexity that is your own genome. Though we are all different and distinct, we are also drawn from the same fundamental elements.
The explanatory narratives that are displayed for each of your Population Clusters on your myOrigins® page attempt to shed some detailed light upon each of the threads that we have highlighted in your genetic code. Though the discrete elements are common to all humans, the weight you give to each element is unique to you. Therefore, each individual receives a narrative fabric tailored to their own personal history, a story stitched together from bits of DNA.
Continent-level Populations, Super Populations, and Population Clusters
On your myOrigins® (version 3), your Population Clusters are grouped by Super Populations per Continent-level Population, and your results will be displayed in a hierarchical structure as follows:
- Continental Region - The main region of the world in which one or more Super Populations are located.
- Super Population - The region in which one or more Population Clusters are found. A Super Population may also illustrate a relatedness among the Population Clusters found in this region.
Please note that for certain populations the name of the Super Population might match the name of the Continent-level Population
- Population Cluster - A FamilyTreeDNA reference population to which a user matches. A Population Cluster can be one specific group or a few related but separate groups of people.
The following lists our Super Populations for each Continent-level Population, and then our Population Clusters per Super Population.
Africa
Central Africa
Central Africa contains the following Population Clusters:
- Atlantic Equatorial Africa
- Northern Congo Basin
- Southern Congo Basin
East Africa
East Africa contains the following Population Clusters:
- Eastern Lake Victoria Basin
- Western Lake Victoria Basin
Eastern Sahel
Eastern Sahel contains the following Population Clusters:
- East African Savannah
- Nile River Basin
Horn of Africa
Horn of Africa contains the following Population Clusters:
- Eritrea, Northern Ethiopia & Somalia
- Southern Ethiopia
Rainforest Forager
Rainforest Forager contains the following Population Clusters:
- African Rainforest Forager (East)
- African Rainforest Forager (West)
- African Rainforest Forager (North)
San
San contains the following Population Cluster:
- San Forager
South Africa
South Africa contains the following Population Cluster:
- Southern Africa
West Africa
West Africa contains the following Population Clusters:
- Ghana, Togo & Benin
- Guinea & Sierra Leone
- Liberia & Ivory Coast
- Nigeria
- Senegal, Gambia & Guinea-Bissau
Americas
Americas
Americas contains the following Population Clusters:
- Amerindian – Amazon
- Amerindian – Andes & Caribbean
- Amerindian – Argentina & Chile
- Amerindian – Central & South Mexico
- Amerindian – Central America
- Amerindian – North America
- Amerindian – North Mexico
- Amerindian – Yucatan Peninsula
Arctic
Arctic
Arctic contains the following Population Clusters:
- Inuit
- Northeastern Siberia
Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia contains the following Population Clusters:
- Mongolia
- Southern Siberia
Central Siberia
Central Siberia contains the following Population Clusters:
- Central & Eastern Siberia
- Taimyr Peninsula
- Yakut
Indian Subcontinent
Indian Subcontinent contains the following Population Clusters:
- Eastern India
- Northern India
- Southern India
- Western India
Island Southeast Asia
Island Southeast Asia contains the following Population Clusters:
- Malaysia & Western Indonesia
- Northern Borneo
- Philippine Lowlands
- South Wallacea Islands
- Southern Borneo
Kalash
Kalash contains the following Population Cluster:
- Kalash
Myanmar
Myanmar contains the following Population Cluster:
- Myanmar
Northeast Asia
Northeast Asia contains the following Population Clusters:
- Japan
- Korean Peninsula
- Northern Han
Philippine Indigenous
Philippine Indigenous contains the following Population Clusters:
- Philippine Austronesian
- Philippine Melanesian
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia contains the following Population Clusters:
- Laos, Vietnam & Cambodia
- Southern Han
- Thailand and Southern China
- Yao
West Central Asia
West Central Asia contains the following Population Clusters:
- Afghanistan & Northern Pakistan
- Indus Valley
Western Siberia
Western Siberia contains the following Population Clusters:
- Northwestern Siberia
- Western Siberian Plains
Europe
Baltic
Baltic contains the following Population Clusters:
- Baltic
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe contains the following Population Clusters:
- East Slavic
- Magyar
- West Slavic
European Jewish
European Jewish contains the following Population Cluster:
- Ashkenazi Jewish
Finnish
Finnish contains the following Population Cluster:
- Finland
Southern Europe
Southern Europe contains the following Population Clusters:
- Basque
- Greece & Balkans
- Iberian Peninsula
- Italian Peninsula
- Malta
- Sardinia
Western Europe
Western Europe contains the following Population Clusters:
- Central Europe
- England, Wales, and Scotland
- Ireland
- Scandinavia
Middle East & North Africa
Arabia
Arabia contains the following Population Clusters:
- Arabian Peninsula
- Yemenite Jewish
Caucasus
Caucasus contains the following Population Clusters:
- Eastern Caucasus
- Northern Caucasus
- Southern Caucasus
Middle East
Middle East contains the following Population Clusters:
- Druze
- Anatolia, Armenia, and Mesopotamia
- Northern Levant
- Sephardic Jewish
- Southern Levant
Middle East Jewish
Middle East Jewish contains the following Population Cluster:
- Mizrahi Jewish
North Africa
North Africa contains the following Population Clusters:
- Bedouin
- Maghreb & Egypt
Oceanic
Polynesian
Polynesian contains the following Population Cluster:
- Polynesia
Sahul
Sahul contains the following Population Clusters:
- Melanesia
- Sahul