Akar Nusa
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What is DNA ancestry, in one page
A plain picture of what ancestry tests read.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟What DNA can and cannot say about you
DNA shows ancestry, not race, faith or citizenship.
科学 · 阅读约 4 分钟Why DNA does not prove race, religion or bumiputera status
Race is a social idea; ancestry is a family map.
科学 · 阅读约 4 分钟Your mother line (mitochondrial DNA): a thread from your mother's mother
A mother-line thread goes back thousands of years.
科学 · 阅读约 4 分钟Your father line (Y chromosome): a thread from your father's father
Only sons carry this thread.
科学 · 阅读约 4 分钟Region estimate: how the percentages are made
Compare your DNA with reference groups to find the best match.
科学 · 阅读约 5 分钟Why Malaysians are so mixed
Trade winds and borders made Malaysia a crossroads.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟Haplogroups: family trees of mother and father lines
A haplogroup is a branch name, like a surname for a very big family.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟Why a haplogroup is not a nationality
A branch can sit in many peoples.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟How far back can a line go?
A mother line can reach 70,000 years; a normal paper trail reaches 400.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟How many ancestors do you really have?
You have more than a thousand ancestors in 10 generations.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟Admixture: how two peoples become one family
A neutral guide to mixed ancestry.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟Can a DNA test find a long-lost relative?
Shared DNA can find cousins, with consent and care.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟Privacy and consent: who sees your DNA story
Our rules about privacy and the Personal Data Protection Act.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟How reliable is a region estimate?
Estimates are best guesses with a range.
科学 · 阅读约 3 分钟Why different companies give different percentages
Different reference sets, different answers.
Why DNA from your 5th great-grandparents may be missing
Some ancestors never gave you a single piece of DNA.
Two siblings can have different region estimates
Each child gets a different half of each parent.
Genetic drift and bottlenecks: why small peoples look different
Small groups shift more and show old patterns.
Archaic ancestry: Neanderthal and Denisovan bits
Tiny ancient pieces still live in us.
Ancient DNA: how old bones are read
The science of reading 8,000-year-old DNA.
与这个书架相关的 12 条家族血脉
某条血脉在某地常见，并不表示那里每个人都携带它，它也从不决定一个人是谁。
