About the DNA Tribes® Global Population Database

DNA Tribes® analysis identifies the peoples and places where your geographical genetic ancestry is most strongly represented.  
DNA Tribes is the only personal genetic analysis that compares your genetic profile to a population database that includes over
259,000 individuals from 842 populations around the world, including 606 indigenous populations:























A Detailed World Map of Genetic Territories

Your DNA Tribes® report also includes a unique high resolution World Region Match analysis that measures your genetic
connections to major genetic regions identified exclusively by DNA Tribes® original research:
Please click each continent for a
complete list of populations currently
in our global database:


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European and Near Eastern Regions:
  • Aegean: The eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia region,
    including modern territories of Southern Italy and Sicily,
    Greece, and Turkey.
  • Arabian: The Arabian Peninsula.
  • Eastern European: The Slavic speaking region of
    Eastern Europe.
  • Finno-Ugrian: The Uralic speaking region of
    Northeastern Europe.
  • Levantine: Populations along the coast of the eastern
    Mediterranean Sea.
  • Mediterranean: The Romance speaking region of
    Southwestern Europe.
  • Mesopotamian: The historical “Cradle of Western
    Civilization” including modern Iran, Iraq and nearby
    territories.
  • North African: Populations of the Atlas Mountains and
    Sahara Desert.
  • Northwest European: The Celtic and Germanic speaking
    region of Northwestern Europe.

Native North American Regions:
  • Arctic: Inuit (Eskimo) peoples of Alaska.
  • Athabaskan: Athabaskan speaking Dine peoples of
    western North America.
  • Mexican: Native peoples of Mexico, including the
    historical territories of the Aztec Empire.
  • North Amerindian: Native peoples of the Great Plains
    region of North America.
  • Ojibwa (East Algonquian): Eastern Algonquian speaking
    peoples of northeastern North America.
  • Salishan: Salish of the Pacific Northwest.

Native Central and South American Regions:
  • Amazonian: Peoples of eastern South America, including
    the Amazonian Basin and extending to present day
    southern Brazil and northern Argentina.
  • Andean: Peoples of the Andean Mountains of western
    South America, including the territories of the historical
    Inca Empire.
  • Central American: Peoples of the Central American
    Isthmus and northern South America.
  • Mayan: The historically Mayan region of Mesoamerica.
  • Patagonian: The plains region of southern South
    America.

  • Mestizo (“mixed”) (not shown): Native Americans who
    have blended with Europeans and (to a lesser degree)
    Africans in recent history.  This blending is most typical of
    Latin American populations, but can also be found in
    English and French speaking regions of North America.
Sub-Saharan African Regions:
  • East African: The Great Lakes and Horn of Africa. This
    region is home to the source of the White Nile River and is
    united by the Swahili language.
  • Southern African: This southeastern region of Africa is
    home to Khoisan speakers as well as Bantu speaking
    cultures that have expanded from West Africa in ancient
    times.
  • West African: Coastal West Africa, the origin point for
    many African Diaspora communities now living around the
    world.  

Central and South Asian Regions:
  • Altaian: Altaic-speaking peoples of Central Asia, including
    the homelands of the historically nomadic Turkic and
    Mongolic peoples who have invaded Europe, the Near
    East, India, China, and other neighboring lands.
  • Eastern India: The eastern Indian Subcontinent.
  • North India: Northern India, Pakistan and neighboring
    territories, including the homeland of the ancient Vedic
    civilization.
  • South India: The southern Indian Subcontinent, including
    the Dravidian speaking peoples of Tamil Nadu and many
    other cultures.

East Asian Regions:
  • Japanese: The Japanese Archipelago.
  • Malay Archipelago: Island Southeast Asia.
  • North Chinese: This region includes the “cradle of Chinese
    civilization” along the Yellow River, and is home to not only
    northern Han Chinese, but also Koreans and Mongolic and
    Tungusic peoples.
  • South Chinese: Southern China, including southern Han
    Chinese as well as other ethnic groups.
  • Southeast Asian: Mainland Southeast Asia.
  • Tibetan: The region including the Himalayan Mountains
    and the Tibetan Plateau and extends to the western
    provinces of modern China.

Pacific Regions:
  • Australian: Aboriginal peoples of Australia and Papua New
    Guinea.   
  • Polynesian: Literally meaning “many islands,” the
    Polynesian region includes related peoples living between
    Samoa and New Zealand in the west to Hawaii in the east.  
A New Genetic Map of
Interconnected World Regions:

More information about the affiliations of
populations around the world revealed by
DNA Tribes® analysis is available here in
our detailed global survey.
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