Global Ancestry K28 2024
Modern World K28 is a curated K=28 admixture calculator that estimates proportions from 29 modern reference populations across Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Designed for genealogists, researchers and curious users, it reveals regional ancestry signals and historical mixing patterns with balanced global coverage and fine regional resolution.
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Über diesen Rechner
Modern World K28 is a curated K=28 admixture calculator designed to dissect contemporary global ancestry into 29 well-chosen reference components. It analyzes autosomal DNA to estimate the proportional contributions from modern and regionally informative populations — from African hunter-gatherers, Bantu and West African groups to Europe’s British, Iberian, Italian and Balkan clusters; from diverse Asian components including South, East, NorthEast and Southeast Asia, to Central Asian (Iranic, North, South) and Austronesian signals; and to Oceanian and Indigenous American ancestries. Built for a broad audience — genetic genealogists, population geneticists, anthropologists, and curious individuals with diverse backgrounds — this tool translates genome-wide variation into accessible regional affinities.
Users gain quantitative insights into recent and relatively deep ancestry: which continental and regional lineages are present, approximate proportion estimates, and comparative affinities among neighboring populations. Because the reference set is curated for the modern era, it highlights patterns shaped by historical migrations and demographic events such as the Bantu expansion, Eurasian steppe movements, Mediterranean and Balkan admixture, Austronesian dispersal, and Native American roots, while also distinguishing finer European and Asian substructure.
Modern World K28 is valuable because it balances global breadth with regional resolution. It helps validate other ancestry reports, guides further genealogical research, and provides teaching-ready results for understanding how historical population dynamics are reflected in individual genomes. Results are best interpreted alongside historical, archaeological, and genealogical context: proportions are model estimates, not definitive labels, but they offer a clear, quantitative snapshot of how an individual’s DNA relates to contemporary world populations.
Referenzpopulationen
Die in diesem Rechner als genetische Referenzen verwendeten Populationen
28 Referenzpopulationen
Africa
- African Hunter-Gatherers: Indigenous populations relying on hunting and gathering.
- Bantu: Widespread ethnic groups across sub-Saharan Africa.
- North Africa: Populations from countries like Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco.
- North East Africa: Regions including the Horn of Africa, such as Ethiopia and Somalia.
- West African: Populations from West African nations like Nigeria and Ghana.
Asia
- Central Asia (Iranic): People from Iran and surrounding areas with Iranian languages.
- Central Asia (North): Turkic and other groups from Kazakhstan and neighboring regions.
- Central Asia (South): Populations from regions like Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
- East Asia: Populations from countries like China, Korea, and Japan.
- NorthEast Asia: Siberian and Far Eastern Russian populations.
- South Asia: Primarily from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
- South West Asia: Including the Arabian Peninsula and Mesopotamia.
- SouthEast Asia: Populations from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and more.
- Vietnam-South China: Populations from regions entwining Vietnamese and South Chinese cultures.
- West Asia: Including the Middle Eastern populations like those from Turkey and Iran.
Oceania
- Austronesian: Populations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, like the Philippines and Fiji.
- Oceania: Indigenous groups from the Pacific Islands including New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
Europe
- British and Irish: Populations from Great Britain and Ireland.
- Central Europe: Encompasses countries like Germany, Austria, and Poland.
- Eastern Europe: Populations from countries such as Russia, Ukraine, and the Balkans.
- Finland: Finnish populations with distinct Finno-Ugric roots.
- Greek and Balkans: Encompasses populations from Greece and Balkan countries.
- Iberian Peninsula: Spanish and Portuguese populations.
- Italy: Populations from Italy, known for a mix of Mediterranean and European influences.
- North West Europe: Includes populations from France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
- Scandinavia: Populations from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Mediterranean
- East Mediterranean: Includes populations from Cyprus, Lebanon, and nearby areas.
- North East Africa: As above, regions like the Horn of Africa are included.
Indigenous American
- Indigenous American: Native populations from North and South America.
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Was ist eine Admixture-Analyse?
Bei einer Admixture-Analyse wird Ihre genetische Ähnlichkeit geschätzt, indem Ihr DNA mit Referenzpopulationen aus verschiedenen Weltregionen verglichen wird. Die Komponenten des Modells stehen für diese Referenzen und hängen von den zugrunde liegenden Daten und Annahmen ab.
Dieser Rechner nutzt 28 sorgfältig ausgewählte modern Populationen als Referenzen und ermöglicht eine detaillierte Darstellung Ihrer genetischen Ähnlichkeit.
So funktioniert es
- Ihr DNA wird mit 28 Referenzpopulationen verglichen
- Modern-Populationen dienen als genetische Referenzen
- Die Ergebnisse zeigen Ihre genetische Ähnlichkeit zu diesen Populationen
- Ein vielfältiges Referenzpanel verbessert die Schätzungen
Ihre Ergebnisse verstehen
Ihre Ergebnisse zeigen Prozentsätze der genetischen Ähnlichkeit zu diesen Referenzpopulationen. Beachten Sie diese Punkte:
- Die Ergebnisse spiegeln genetische Ähnlichkeit wider, nicht nachgewiesene direkte Abstammung
- Modern-Populationen werden als Referenzen verwendet
- Die Prozentsätze geben relative Beiträge im Modell an
- Die Ergebnisse sind Schätzungen auf Basis der verfügbaren Referenzdaten