<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_gray.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Updates for #Ancestry Composition (Regional populations) and #Recent Ancestor Locations (Country Matches & Genetic Groups)
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23andMe Reference Populations (Detailed Version)
2024October 15, 2024｜【v6.0】
23andMe released a new feature this week to help people with African American ancestry connect to one of 213 genetic communities of people of African descent in the United States. #Ancestry Composition v6.0 #Genetic Groups
New 23andMe Update Connects Many African American Customers to Southern Roots
September 19, 2024｜【v6.0】
23andMe+ Premium members using “Historical Matches” can now learn if they might be connected to Ötzi through their DNA. Ötzi’s genome indicates he likely had darker skin, brown eyes, and was balding and that he was genetically related to the waves of people who migrated into Europe from Anatolia during the Neolithic Period (starting around 7000 BCE) and brought with them their knowledge of farming. #Ancestry Composition v6.0 #Historical Matches
August 15, 2024｜【v6.0】
23andMe has added 26 new Medieveal Avars ruled in what is now Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Austria, Croatia, and Serbia to the Historical Matches feature #Ancestry Composition v6.0 #Historical Matches
New Historical Matches Could Connect You to the Medieval Avars
July 25, 2024｜【v6.0】
23andMe is adding 12 Genetic Groups for Japanese. #Ancestry Composition v6.0 #Genetic Groups