Greek & Mediterranean Report
A deep ancestry experience connecting your DNA to ancient people of the Greek world, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean.
27 articles
- What is the Ancient Greek & Mediterranean Report?What the report covers, the 415 ancient genomes behind it, and the two ways it reads your DNA.
- How is this different from standard ethnicity estimates (e.g. AncestryDNA, 23andMe)?Three ways 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 thirteen regional anchors mean — and what they deliberately don't claim.
- Which countries does the Greek, Balkan, and Mediterranean scope actually include?The thirteen-country scope, and the scientific reason each one earns its place.
- Why are there no Italian, Iberian, or French samples?Why Italy, Iberia, and France have their own reports rather than anchors here.
- Why are there no Eastern European samples (Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Baltics, Moldova)?Why the steppe-Baltic corridor is covered by the dedicated Ancient Eastern European Report.
- Why is Hungary excluded even though it's so close to the Balkans?Why Hungary's record belongs to Central European builds, and how the Danubian story still enters via Romania.
- Why are there no Levantine or North African samples?Why those regions sit in separate reports, and what the Anatolian samples here cover.
- Why is the Bosnian anchor shown through overlapping Croatian and Serbian maps?Why we read Bosnian ancestry through the Croatian and Serbian maps, given just one ancient sample.
- What do the regional percentages mean?What your percentages really measure: how your DNA clusters with each regional pattern over deep time.
- Do the regional percentages add up to 100%?How regional shares are normalized, and what happens with ancestry from outside the region.
- My family is from a country or region where I show 0% or very low. How is that possible?The reasons a region tied to your family can still show a low percentage.
- Why do I have a strong signal in a region where I have no known ancestry?Why deep, widespread ancient signals can appear even without recent family ties to a region.
- What time periods does the dataset cover?The ten eras the dataset spans, from 43,000-year-old hunters to the early modern period.
- Why not build the regional breakdown entirely from ancient DNA instead of using modern-named anchors?Why we use modern-named anchors mapped onto ancient DNA rather than ancient samples alone.
- What are the 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 specific ancient individuals.
- The report shows two match tables — what's the difference between Ancestral DNA Affinity and Shared DNA Segments?How Ancestral DNA Affinity and Shared DNA Segments differ, and what each one tells you.
- How accurate is the 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 the 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 — ancient matches, neighboring anchors, and the era timeline — when results surprise you.
- Does this report work if I only have a small amount of Greek or Balkan ancestry?Yes — even partial Greek or Balkan ancestry can surface meaningful ancient connections.
- How does this report relate to other ancestry reports I may have?How this Greek-anchored report fits alongside your broader estimates and other region-specific ancient reports.