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Paleolithic & Mesolithic
30,000-6,000 BCEForager communities who left traces in caves from the Alps to Sicily, such as Grotta dell'Uzzo.
From early foragers to Roman and medieval Italy
Compare your DNA with ancient reference individuals from the Italian peninsula, Sicily, and Sardinia. Explore genetic similarity to Paleolithic foragers, Neolithic farmers, Nuragic and Etruscan communities, Greek colonists, Roman-era populations, and medieval groups without treating a statistical match as proof of direct descent.
Long before Rome, people were already living across this land, leaving traces in caves and shelters from the Alps to Sicily.
Paleolithic and Mesolithic foragers were joined by Neolithic farmers who brought agriculture, settling from the Po Valley to the Stentinello culture of Sicily. The Chalcolithic and Bronze Age saw Bell Beaker networks, the Remedello culture, and the Nuragic civilization of Sardinia.
In the Iron Age, Etruscan communities flourished in central Italy while Greek colonists founded cities such as Himera in Sicily. Rome later unified the peninsula, and Late Antique and medieval populations followed. Your report compares your DNA with reference individuals from each of these periods.
Explore the timeline"The stones remember. The mosaics remember."
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Forager communities who left traces in caves from the Alps to Sicily, such as Grotta dell'Uzzo.
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Early farming settlements from the Po Valley to the Stentinello culture of Sicily.
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Remedello metalworkers, Terramare villages, and the Nuragic towers of Sardinia.
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Etruscan cities of central Italy and Greek colonies such as Himera in Sicily.
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Communities of Latium and the expanding Republic across the peninsula.
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A connected Mediterranean world, documented in cemeteries from Rome to Pompeii.
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Late Antique and early medieval communities that followed the Western Empire.
More than a list of percentages: a guided look at how your DNA compares with ancient Italian reference individuals.
We scan your autosomal DNA in short segments and compare each one against every ancient Italian genome using identical-by-state (IBS) segment matching, weighting longer, rarer shared segments more heavily.
A panel-specific 0-100 statistical similarity score weighting shared-segment evidence at 50%, ADMIXTURE distance at 31.25%, and Monte Carlo fit at 18.75%. It is not an ancestry percentage or proof of direct descent.
The fixed regional ADMIXTURE reference panel defines stable PCA axes; your kit is projected afterward without moving the reference samples.
See the archaeological sites across Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia where your closest reference matches were excavated.
Your genetic similarity to ten periods, from Paleolithic foragers to Etruscan, Greek colonial, Roman, and medieval populations.
Meet the ancient reference individual whose DNA is most similar to yours, with their time, place, and archaeological context.
Our AI assistant explains your results in historical and archaeological context. AI output is informational and is not proof of ancestry.
Compare your DNA with reference samples from areas such as Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Sicily, and Sardinia.
Find ancient Italians who share your mtDNA maternal or Y-DNA paternal lineage branch.
See whether your strongest genetic similarity points to early foragers and farmers, Bronze Age newcomers, or later historical populations.
Explore excavated sites such as Pompeii, Cerveteri, Tarquinia, Himera, and Grotta dell'Uzzo where reference samples were found.
Your report includes an interactive map of archaeological sites across Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia where your closest reference matches were found.
Explore the map preview below, or search the complete reference panel in the table. Genetic similarity to these individuals does not mean they are your real ancestors.
Map preview This map shows a preview of 150 of 521 reference individuals used in this report. Search the complete list in the table below.
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This portrait is an AI-generated speculative reconstruction and may be historically or biologically inaccurate. It is not a photograph of the individual.
These portraits are AI-generated artistic interpretations, not photographs. The archaeological samples behind them are real, recovered from burial sites across Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia.
Our database includes 566 authenticated ancient Italian individuals.
Your report will reveal which ancient Italian individuals share the strongest genetic similarity with you.
Your Ancient Italy Index is a panel-specific statistical similarity score weighting shared-segment evidence at 50%, ADMIXTURE distance at 31.25%, and Monte Carlo fit at 18.75%. It is not an ancestry percentage or proof of direct descent.
All ancient DNA samples come from peer-reviewed academic publications, with full citations provided in your report.
Each short segment of your autosomal DNA is compared against every ancient Italian genome, weighting longer, rarer shared segments more heavily.
A fixed regional reference panel defines stable PCA axes, and your kit is projected afterward without moving the reference samples.
Plain-language explanations place your results in historical context. AI output is informational and is not proof of ancestry.
Illustrative examples of report output, not your personal results.
One similarity score built from three kinds of evidence, with every component shown in the report.
Similarity to reference individuals from each era, from earliest to latest.
Cultures
Regions
Which archaeological cultures and present-day regions your closest reference individuals come from.
Ancient individuals on the same maternal or paternal lineage branch, each labelled by the kind of evidence linking them to you.
Notable sites where reference samples were excavated, with historical context and periods of use.
Reference-fixed PCA chart: the Ancient Italy reference panel defines the axes, and your sample is projected onto them.
All figures above are illustrative example values, not your results. Every report also includes print, CSV export and a shareable summary card.
From cave-dwelling foragers and Nuragic tower builders to Etruscan cities and Imperial Rome. Compare your DNA with reference individuals spanning more than 30,000 years of Italian history.
The stones remember. The mosaics remember.
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