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.