Your Regional Ancestry: Reference Populations
RUSSIANS
This reference population is based on samples collected from Russians living in Russia. The dominant 51% Northern European component likely reflects the earliest settlers in Europe, hunter-gatherers who arrived there more than 35,000 years ago. The 25% Mediterranean and 18% Southwest Asian percentages arrived later, with the spread of agriculture from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East over the past 10,000 years. As these early farmers moved into Europe, they spread their genetic patterns as well. Today, northern European populations retain the links to both the earliest Europeans and these later migrants from the Middle East. The 4% Northeast Asian component reflects mixing with native Siberian populations, including the reindeer-herding Saami people of far northern Russia and Scandinavia.
TATAR (RUSSIA)
This reference population is based on samples collected from the Tatar people of Russia, a Turkic-speaking group that originated in the region of present-day Mongolia and settled on the Volga River in the 7th century. Their genetic results reflect their origin, with 16% Northeast Asian a major component. However, there has been substantial mixing with western Eurasian populations (including Russians) over the years, resulting in the 40% Northern European, 21% Southwest Asian, and 21% Mediterranean components more typical in Europe.
MONGOLIAN
This reference population is based on samples collected from the native populations of Mongolia. In addition to the 67% Northeast Asian component typical of Siberian and Mongolian populations, there is also a western Eurasian contribution of 12% Southwest Asian, and 6% Northern European, which shows the connection to steppe nomads of western Eurasian origin, as well as migrations from the Middle East with the spread of agriculture over the past 10,000 years, along with some recent migration from Russian populations. The 9% Southeast Asian component is likely a result of admixture with groups further to the south, such as the Chinese. The 4% Native American component reflects the fact that the ancestors of today’s Native Americans probably originated in this region.
RUSSIANS
This reference population is based on samples collected from Russians living in Russia. The dominant 51% Northern European component likely reflects the earliest settlers in Europe, hunter-gatherers who arrived there more than 35,000 years ago. The 25% Mediterranean and 18% Southwest Asian percentages arrived later, with the spread of agriculture from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East over the past 10,000 years. As these early farmers moved into Europe, they spread their genetic patterns as well. Today, northern European populations retain the links to both the earliest Europeans and these later migrants from the Middle East. The 4% Northeast Asian component reflects mixing with native Siberian populations, including the reindeer-herding Saami people of far northern Russia and Scandinavia.
TATAR (RUSSIA)
This reference population is based on samples collected from the Tatar people of Russia, a Turkic-speaking group that originated in the region of present-day Mongolia and settled on the Volga River in the 7th century. Their genetic results reflect their origin, with 16% Northeast Asian a major component. However, there has been substantial mixing with western Eurasian populations (including Russians) over the years, resulting in the 40% Northern European, 21% Southwest Asian, and 21% Mediterranean components more typical in Europe.
MONGOLIAN
This reference population is based on samples collected from the native populations of Mongolia. In addition to the 67% Northeast Asian component typical of Siberian and Mongolian populations, there is also a western Eurasian contribution of 12% Southwest Asian, and 6% Northern European, which shows the connection to steppe nomads of western Eurasian origin, as well as migrations from the Middle East with the spread of agriculture over the past 10,000 years, along with some recent migration from Russian populations. The 9% Southeast Asian component is likely a result of admixture with groups further to the south, such as the Chinese. The 4% Native American component reflects the fact that the ancestors of today’s Native Americans probably originated in this region.
