DNA Clans

Explore your DNA ties to ethnic and indigenous groups from around the world. Compare your DNA profile to over 5,000 scientifically published geographical studies to discover your own Maternal and Paternal DNA Clans.

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EUROPE

Modern humans first arrived in Mediterranean Europe at the end of the Pleistocene Ice Age around 45, 000 to 43, 000 years ago. They then advanced northward following the retreating ice sheets to populate the entire continent. Europe is the second smallest continent in the world. Almost 40% of its landmass belongs to Russia.

MIDDLE EAST

The earliest human migrations out of Africa happened through the Middle East over the Levantine corridor, the narrow strip of land that connects Africa to Eurasia. Modern humans arrived in Middle East 100, 000 years ago and continued to expand East. The Middle East is considered the birthplace of modern human civilizations. Ur and Babylon,  located between the Middle Eastern rivers of Euphrates and Tigris were two of world’s first cities.

ASIA

Modern humans arrived in Asia by land, following the herds of bison and mammoth, and by sea, crossing the Indian Ocean. By about 40, 000 years ago they had already reached as far as Indonesia. Asia is the largest and most populous continent, home to 4.5 billion people almost 60% of the total world population.

AFRICA

Africa is the birthplace of all modern humans, who originated at least 200, 000 to 150, 000 years ago. Around 40, 000 year ago they started expanding “out of Africa” to colonize the entire planet. There are 1.3 billion people living in Africa today, and speak more than 1, 500 different languages.

OCEANIA

When modern humans arrived in Australia 50, 000 years ago, they had for the first time gone beyond the area inhabited by archaic humans, the Homo erectus. These settlers were seafaring folk that braved the straights between Sunda (Southeast Asia) and Sahul (Australia) at a time when sea levels were much lower. Oceania, which includes Pacific Islands and Australia, is the smallest continent of the world.

SOUTH ASIA

Modern humans migrated to South Asia along the Indian Ocean about 60, 000 years ago. They populated these regions for sometime before spreading further into Eurasia. People living in isolated areas of the Indian Ocean have the oldest non-African DNA markers.

NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

Hunter-gatherers first entered North America through the Beringia land bridge between Siberia and Alaska, when sea levels were lowered during the last Ice Age. These settlers then expanded rapidly throughout both North and South Americas around 14, 000 years ago, to populate both continents. “The Americas” take its name from the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who explored the New World after its discovery.