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.