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Tag: DNA Reference Population

Finding your Bio People – Things to Ponder – Before you test. Where to Test Part I

February 1, 2019 Sarah

Wither you are adopted or not DNA testing can effect yours and others lives in many ways. Don’t take testing lightly. Think about it. Talk

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Reference Populations of Testing Companies

Each testing company uses different reference populations and ethnicity breakdowns, so ethnicity results will vary by company. As an example for Eastern European Genealogy from this May 2018 article from Family Tree the reference populations companies use to determine this group were as follows:

  • 23andMe: Southern European, Eastern European, and Ashkenazi Jewish
  • AncestryDNA: Eastern European, European Jewish, and Finnish and Russian (see our January/February 2018 issue for information on place clues in your AncestryDNA “DNA Story”)
  • Family Tree DNA: Sephardic Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Finland, West and Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and East Europe
  • Living DNA: Northeast Europe and the Baltics, Southeast Europe, Germanic, and Western Russia
  • MyHeritage DNA: Ashkenazi Jewish, Balkan, Baltic, East European, and Finnish(2)
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