Living DNA (African Ancestry)

Service Description

You probably have a rich and proud history. Are you from the Mali Empire, The Songhai Empire or even the Ghanaian Empire. You could actually be all the way from the East of Africa. The Rich Kingdoms of Ethiopia, Nubia, Egypt, Great Zimbabwe, or the Swahili Empire. When we analyze your sample in our lab, we look at hundreds of thousands of positions, or markers, in your DNA to find those identifiers. Based on which ones we find, we can tell you around how much of your DNA comes from those different groups and regions around the world. Are you Native American? Scandinavian? North African? Chances are, your DNA can tell you. It’s a new way of looking at your past that often holds a few surprises. Once we have identified groups that your family belonged to, we might also be able to tell you how they might have moved from one place to another over the centuries. Perhaps they sailed across the Atlantic as part of a wave of migrations to the New World. Or maybe they stayed in the Old World, settling in new locations as history unfolded around them. By combining our patented DNA science with deep historical knowledge, an AncestryDNA test delivers a unique and compelling way to visualize your family’s past, with interactive maps and historical context to help tell the story. It may support the narrative you think you know or provide you with new directions to take your research. Uncovering your genetic traits. It’s no secret that your DNA helps to determine what you look like, from the color of your eyes to the shape of your earlobes. But there are other personal traits hidden in your genes that may surprise you. Are you genetically predisposed to have detached earlobes? Do your eyes dazzle with especially intricate irises? Have your ancestors bequeathed you an unshakeable aversion to cilantro? Our new traits experience goes beyond your ethnicity to show you what runs in your family and how it affects you, inside and out. Surveys, interactive content, and scientific insights give you a unique look at how your DNA helps to shape who you are.