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23andMe Reference Populations Database Library

23andMe Reference Populations (Detailed Version)


Update Timeline


2025

・Eastern European

May 8, 2025 |【v6.0】

23andMe has added new Genetic Groups for Eastern European. New Genetic Groups added as part of this update: 8 new Genetic Groups in Belarus, 10 in Moldova and nearby regions, 24 in Russia and 6 in Ukraine.

New Genetic Groups in Eastern Europe

・Eastern European

April 18, 2025 |【v6.0】

23andMe has added new Genetic Groups for Eastern European. New Genetic Groups added as part of this update: 17 new Genetic Groups in Czechia, 5 in Estonia, 6 in Hungary and nearby regions, 3 in Latvia, 11 in Lithuania, 32 in Poland, 15 in Slovakia and 9 in Slovenia.

New Genetic Groups in Eastern Europe

・European Diaspora (US, Canada and South Africa)

February 28, 2025 |【v6.0】

23andMe has added granularity for Eastern European, Finnish, Amish, Mennonite, and Northwestern European Genetic Groups in the US, Canada and South Africa.

European Diaspora Genetic Groups Update

・European Diaspora (French & German in Canada and the US)

February 15, 2025 |【v6.0】

23andMe has added 50 new Genetic Groups in Canada, connecting customers to both early British/Irish settlers as well as early French settlers, and 170 new Genetic Groups in the US connecting customers to early German settlers, Cajuns, Pennsylvania Dutch, and other groups with French & German ancestry.

More Detailed Genetic Groups in the US and Canada

・South Asian