Native American Research

About this project

This project is for people with Native American DNA who want to help build better data sets. Every kit added gives us a clearer picture of how Native ancestry connects across regions.

Member kits are compared with each other and with Indigenous reference kits on GEDmatch. The more people take part, the better we can see which segments are shared, and where those connections point geographically.

Research goals

Build a larger set of Native American kits for comparison

Map where shared Native segments cluster by region

Compare member kits against Indigenous reference kits on GEDmatch

How members' kits are used

Member kits are compared with each other and with Indigenous reference kits on GEDmatch: one-to-one comparisons, the 3D Chromosome Browser, segment triangulation and Multi-Kit Analysis. Findings are reported to the project as segment positions, cM, SNP counts and kit counts.

Members are identified in project findings by kit number only. Names, emails and enrollment details are never published.

Requirements

Every applicant is checked against these rules when they submit. Applications that don't meet them can't be submitted.

%K13 Native ancestry

At least 5% K13 Amerindian + Siberian on GEDmatch's Eurogenes K13 calculator.

✓Enrollment status

Federally recognized tribe (U.S.) accepted
State-recognized tribe (U.S.) accepted
First Nation (Canada) accepted
Not enrolled / descendant accepted

◈Tribes and nations

Any tribe or nation.

#GEDmatch kit

A GEDmatch kit that has finished batch processing. Any testing company works once it's uploaded to GEDmatch.

Finding your K13 result

Sign in to GEDmatch and open Admixture (heritage).
Choose Eurogenes, then the K13 model, enter your kit number and run it.
Copy the table of results. You can paste it straight into the join form, and the Amerindian and Siberian numbers are filled in for you.