AncestryDNA® Regions & Journeys Tips

We’re excited to help you understand the math and science behind your AncestryDNA® Origins results. These articles explain how ancestral regions and journeys are created and how to best interpret your results.

Introducing your ancestral regions

Introducing your ancestral journeys

What are subregions?

What is a reference panel?

How are journeys identified?

How are journeys used in my Origins results?

Why you might have more (or less) of a certain region...

How is the range calculated?

How do I get assigned to journeys?

Why do some journeys move?

How does SideView™ technology split your results by parent?

How does parental inheritance work?

How does AncestryDNA discover the stories behind journeys?

What do the dots and lines on the map represent?

What are ethnic groups?

Whitepaper Regions

Will I get journeys for all the places my family is from?

How will journeys change over time?

FAQ

Why is a close family member assigned to a journey that I don’t have?

Who are the other people who share my journey?

Whitepaper Journeys

FAQ