Thank you for purchasing the Ancestral Origins™ product. This document will help you understand your ancestral report and get the most out of what is represented on your customised map.

ABOUT THE POPULATION MATCH MAP AND ITS STRENGTH INDICATOR GRAPH

Each dot in the large population match map represents an individual population that the tested individual's genetic profile was compared with. Hundreds of populations, comprising fifteen anthropological regions, are utilised to create this map.

Through several stages of analysis and statistical calculation that take genetic and anthropological factors into account, populations that the tested profile is most likely to be genetically linked with become apparent. The populations with an apparent link to the tested profile are indicated by highlighting them in green or yellow, depending on the strength of the link.

Each population's dot has a shape that indicates which anthropological region it belongs to. This, in addition to the colour of the population’s dot, allows the populations and regions that the tested individual is most closely related to (in a “geogenetic sense”) to be seen at a glance.

The populations in the African Immigrant, European Immigrant, and Hispanic Immigrant anthropological regions are known as “dispersed” populations, and indicate migration to North America from other native lands. Where possible, they have been placed where they belong in North America. However, with the dispersed populations that appear in the ocean, only the ethnicities of the people sampled and the fact that they are somewhere in North America is known, not their current specific location.

The Population Match Map has a Strength Indicator Graph on the right side of the poster. Where the colours of dots in the Population Match Map indicate the strength of each individual population, the bars in the population match strength indicator graph display the overall strength of all the populations contained in each matched anthropological region in comparison with other matched regions.

ABOUT THE NATIVE REGION MATCH MAP AND ITS STRENGTH INDICATOR GRAPH

A modified set of analyses and statistical calculations have been performed to identify the so-called “Native Regions” of the tested genetic profile. Most people will only have one or two regions. These anthropological regions indicate a more “deep roots” match than does the Population Match, and as such there are no “dispersed” anthropological regions indicated on this map. If there is more than one match, the strongest match is indicated in green, the rest in yellow.

The Native Region Match Strength Indicator Graph displays the strength of the tested profile's native region matches in relation with each other. Of course if there is only one match, there will be only one bar.

UNDERSTANDING MIGRATION

It is not uncommon to find some surprises in your Ancestral OriginsTM map. One key to understanding your unique geogenetic makeup is to understand the history of human migration and how natural migrations along with conquest and discovery have contributed to the mixing of people and nations.

PERSONAL PROFILE AND TOP PERSONAL MATCHES FOR:

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STR DNA PROFILE		ABOUT YOUR PROFILE
LOCUS Normal Range Allele(s)
		Your STR PROFILE is a permanent means of individual identification. Unlike a name that may be shared, a identification card number that can be stolen, or photographs that change over time, your personal DNA identity remains constant from the moment of conception to the end of life. Your profile demonstrates your genetic similarity to family members as well as the genetic uniqueness that distinguishes you from the rest of the world. Should you or your family need help from a law enforcement agency – such as in search for a missing person due to abduction, accident, or a natural disaster – your profile is fully compatible with the internationally recognized DNA identity standards.
RANK POPULATION RELATIVE MATCH STRENGTH REGIONAL AFFILIATION 1 Portugese   122.44   Southern European 2 Madeira Archipelago   112.81   Southern European 3 NCSBI Cauc.   65.84   European Immigrants 4 Canary Islands   59.85   Southern European 5 Austrians   55.86   Northern European 6 Connecticut Cauc.   51.95   European Immigrants 7 Italian   46.91   Southern European 8 Italians   41.11   Southern European 9 Serbian   32.92   Southern European 10 Bosnian   28.15   Southern European 11 Swiss Cauc.   25.50   Northern European 12 Minnesota Caucasians   22.82   European Immigrants 13 PC/BT Cauc.   19.90   European Immigrants 14 Alabama Cauc   17.33   European Immigrants 15 United Kingdom   14.76   Northern European 16 PBSO Cauc.   12.23   European Immigrants 17 Portugese   9.53   Southern European 18 United Kingdom   7.07   Northern European 19 Spanish   4.55   Southern European 20 Greek   2.24   Southern European

The Population refers to the name given to the database by the researcher that produced and released the data for use by the FoggPopper™ analysis suite. Some populations have identical names due to the lack of a systematic standard for naming these populations at this time. The Relative Match Strength is an indication of how likley it would be to find an your exact profile in the population listed, i.e., the higher the Relative Match Strength, the more likely it would be to find your profile in the indicated Population. The colored shaded numbers of the Relative Match Strength numbers correpond to the color coding of the individual populations on your map. The Regional Affiliation refers to the 15 anthropological regions currently included in the database (FoGG DB).