Ancient Eastern European Report
A deep ancestry experience connecting your DNA to ancient people of the Eastern European plain and Baltic corridor.
26 articles
What is the Ancient Eastern European Report?What the report covers, the 228 ancient genomes behind it, and the two ways it reads your DNA.
How is this different from standard ethnicity estimates like AncestryDNA or 23andMe?How this ancient-DNA report differs from AncestryDNA- or 23andMe-style estimates.
Is this a 'modern ethnicity' report? What do the regional labels mean?What the eight regional anchors mean — and what they deliberately don't claim.
What countries does the Ancient Eastern European Report cover?The countries this report covers, and the ancient DNA reason each one is included.
Why don't you include the Balkans (Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, etc.)?Why the Balkans tell a different genetic story and sit outside this report's scope.
Why aren't there Caucasus samples in this report?Why the Caucasus belongs to a different genetic story than the Eastern European plain.
Why doesn't the report include Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia)?Why Central Europe's distinct prehistory keeps it out of the Eastern European anchor set.
Why does the report stop at the Ural Mountains for Russia?Why the Urals mark both the Europe-Asia line and a real genetic boundary for this report.
What do my regional percentages actually mean?What your percentages really measure: how your DNA clusters with each regional pattern over deep time.
Do my regional percentages add up to 100%?How regional shares are normalized, and what happens with ancestry from outside the region.
My family is from X country, but my percentage there is 0% or very low. How is that possible?The reasons a country tied to your family can still show a low percentage.
I have a strong signal in a region where I don't have any known ancestry. Why?Why deep, widespread ancient signals can appear even without recent family ties to a region.
What time periods does the ancient DNA dataset cover?The eight eras the dataset spans, from ice-age hunters to the medieval period.
Why use modern geographic names as anchors instead of pure ancient DNA regions?Why we use modern-named anchors mapped onto ancient DNA rather than ancient samples alone.
What are Ancient DNA Matches?The ranked list of real excavated individuals whose DNA is closest to yours.
How are ancient matches scored and ranked?How we combine genetic-distance measures to rank your closest ancient matches.
What are Shared DNA Segments with Ancient Individuals?The stretches of your genome, measured in centimorgans, that you may share with ancient individuals.
What's the difference between Ancestral DNA Affinity and Shared DNA Segments?How overall genetic distance and shared segments differ, and what each one tells you.
How accurate is the Ancient Eastern European Report?The factors that shape precision: sampling gaps, DNA quality, ancient migration, and statistical noise.
Can this report prove or disprove my family stories or genealogical records?Why genetic ancestry can support or complicate a family story, but can't confirm specific ancestors.
Will my report update over time?Yes — your matches and anchors can shift as new ancient genomes and methods arrive.
Is this a medical or health report?No — this report is for ancestry and education only, not medical or health insights.
What DNA data is used, and how is my privacy protected?How we compute your results from your genotype data, and why we never publish your raw DNA.
What should I do if my results don't match what I expected?Where to look — regional definitions, ancient matches, and neighboring anchors — when results surprise you.
Does this report work if I only have a small amount of Eastern European ancestry?Yes — even a small Eastern European share can reveal meaningful ancient connections.
How does this report relate to other ancestry reports I may have?How this Eastern European report fits alongside your broader and region-specific ancestry reports.