An update to our 23andMe Ancestry Service adds new granularity for people with connections to Eastern European and Finnish settlers in the U.S. We’ve also added new Amish and Mennonite Genetic Groups across North America, and Genetic Groups connecting customers to Northwestern Europeans in South Africa. From the Wends of Texas to European South Africans from the Bushveld region, even Canadian Doukhobors and Mennonites from the Prairies and Great Plains, this update can provide unique connections around the globe.
With this latest update 23andMe can now connect customers on our latest genotyping chip, to 4000+ geographic regions, ethnolinguistic groups, and cultural groups around the world. 23andMe+ Premium members will also be able to see any distant Genetic Group connections they may have to these regions.
Ancestry Composition Update
23andMe’s Ancestry Composition report is a living analysis that improves as we add new reference data. Underlying our Ancestry reports are powerful algorithms and analytical tools developed by 23andMe population geneticists and engineers to offer our customers more insights into their ancestral origins.
Recently, we’ve updated results for people with connections to French and German Groups in North America, South Asia, Greece and the Balkans, and African American Groups, for instance.
Find out more
If you are a 23andMe customer with the latest genotyping chip, V5, you can see your results in your Ancestry Composition report.
Curious if you’re connected? Discover 23andMe’s Ancestry Service and more.
Below are the Genetic Groups 23andMe has added as part of this update
- Big Blue River Basin Early Czech Americans
- Big Blue River Basin Mennonites
- Burleson County Early Czech Americans
- Bushveld European South Africans
- Canadian Doukhobors
- Central Great Plains Mennonites
- Central Minnesota Early Finnish Americans
- Early Czech Americans from Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties
- Early Czech Americans from Wharton and Fort Bend Counties
- Early Polish Americans from Robertson and Harris Counties
- Eastern Cape European South Africans
- Ellis County Early Czech Americans
- Flint River Basin Early Polish Americans
- Greater Milwaukee Early Polish Americans
- Greater Winnipeg Mennonites
- Highveld European South Africans
- Houghton County Early Finnish Americans
- Huron County Early Polish Americans
- Indiana Amish
- Iron County Early Finnish Americans
- Kashubian Canadians
- Keweenaw Bay Early Finnish Americans
- Lake Leelanau Early Polish Americans
- Lancaster County Amish
- Lavaca County Early Czech Americans
- Lavaca River Basin Early Czech Americans
- Lower Delaware River Basin Mennonites
- Lower Missouri River Basin Mennonites
- Lower Platte River Basin Early Polish Americans
- Lower Susquehanna River Basin Mennonites
- Marathon County Early Polish Americans
- Mennonites from the Red and Seine River Basins
- Navidad River Basin Early Czech Americans
- Nebraska Till Plains Early Czech Americans
- Northeastern Michigan Early Polish Americans
- Northern Ohio Mennonites
- Pembina Valley Mennonites
- Peshtigo River Basin Early Polish Americans
- Pinnebog River Basin Early Polish Americans
- Portage County Early Polish Americans
- Saginaw Bay and Lake St. Clair Early Polish Americans
- San Antonio River Basin Early Polish Americans
- San Gabriel River Basin Early Czech Americans
- Schuylkill River Basin Mennonites
- Shawano County Early German Americans
- Shenandoah Valley Mennonites
- Somerset County Amish
- Southern Great Lakes Mennonites
- Southern Ontario Mennonites
- The Prairies and Great Plains Mennonites
- Upper Mississippi River Basin Early Polish Americans
- Upper Peninsula and Iron Range Early Finnish Americans
- Vaal River Basin European South Africans
- Wends of Texas
- West Michigan Early Polish Americans
- Western Cape European South Africans
- Williamson County Early Czech Americans
