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AncestryDNA provides 5x more detail than other tests*—so order a kit, get your results, and start planning your next trip.
*5x more regions than MyHeritage, Nat Geo Geno 2.0, and Family Tree DNA. 2x more regions than 23andMe.
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The largest DNA network in the world has helped more people find the story in their DNA. Discover yours—and learn who your ancestors were and where they came from.
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AncestryDNA can estimate your origins to more than 350 regions around the world—
5x more regions than other DNA tests.*
covered by the AncestryDNA test.
A Comprehensive List of AncestryDNA Regions
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America
- Native American
- New Mexico
- Central & Southern New Mexico
- Northern & Central New Mexico
- Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato & Michoacán
- Western & Central Mexico
- Central Mexico
- Colima & Western Michoacán
- Jalisco
- Northeastern Michoacán
- Northwestern Michoacán
- Chihuahua & Durango
- Chihuahua Altiplano
- Durango
- Northeastern Chihuahua & Far West Texas
- Northern Chihuahua & Southwest New Mexico
- Southeastern Chihuahua
- Zacatecas & Aguascalientes
- Northwest Mexico & the Southern California Coast
- Baja Peninsula & Southern California Coast
- Sinaloa
- Sonora & Southern Arizona
- Northeastern Mexico & South Texas
- Coahuila & South Texas
- Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas & South Texas
- San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon & South Texas
- Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon & South Texas
- Nuevo Leon, Northern Tamaulipas & South Texas
- Ecuador, Peru & Chile
- Nicaragua & Costa Rica
- Central America
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Africa
- Africa North
- Ivory Coast/Ghana
- Benin/Togo
- Cameroon/Congo
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Africa Southeastern Bantu
- Africa South-Central Hunter-Gatherers
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Europe
- Europe East
- Northeast Italy, Croatia & Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland & Lithuania
- Czech Republic
- Lesser Poland
- Lithuania
- Malopolska & Swietokrzyskie
- Mazovia & Lodz
- Małopolska & the Tatras
- Pomerania
- Poland, Slovakia, Hungary & Romania
- Eastern Hungary, Eastern Slovakia, Northwest Romania & Western Ukraine
- Eastern Slovakia
- Eastern Slovakia & Southern Poland
- Hungary & Slovakia
- Ireland/Scotland/Wales
- Ulster, Ireland
- Derry & Inishowen
- Donegal East
- Donegal Southwest
- North Midlands
- Ulster East
- Connacht, Ireland
- Connemara
- Galway
- Mayo & Galway
- Mayo & Sligo
- North Connacht
- Munster, Ireland
- Cork
- Kerry
- Limerick & Kerry
- Southern Ireland
- West Cork
- West Kerry
- Scotland
- Central Scotland & Ulster, Ireland
- Northeast & Central Scotland
- Scottish Highlands & Eastern Nova Scotia
- Scottish Highlands & Nova Scotia
- Europe South
- Greece, Turkey & Albania
- Sicilians in Sicily & Calabria
- Sicilians in Sicily & Reggio Calabria
- Southern Italy
- Calabria
- Campania
- Campania & Basilicata
- Campania & Molise
- Lazio & Campania
- Puglia
- Salerno
- Umbria, Abruzzo & Lazio
- Northern Italy
- Scandinavia
- Sweden
- Götaland & Svealand
- Western Götaland & Eastern Norway
- Western Svealand
- Western Norway
- Hordaland & Rogaland
- Rogaland & Vest-Agder
- Sørlandet
- Vestlandet
- Central Norway
- Hedmark & Akershus
- Trøndelag & Hedmark
- Eastern Norway
- Buskerud & Oppland
- Østlandet
- Østlandet & Sør-Trøndelag
- Østlandet & Vestlandet
- Great Britain
- Northern England & the Midland
- East Midlands
- West Midlands & North West England
- Yorkshire & Pennines
- Wales & the West Midlands
- North Wales
- South Wales
- West Midlands
- Southern England
- Devon & Cornwall
- East Anglia & Essex
- South East England
- Northern England
- Europe West
- Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg
- Western Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Northern Germany
- Schleswig-Holstein & Lower Saxony
- Brandenburg & Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Germany & the Midwestern United States
- Alsace-Lorraine & North Dakota
- Baden-Württemberg & the Dakotas
- Saxony, Iowa & Illinois
- Hessen, Kansas & Nebraska
- Northwest Germany & the Midwest
- Northwest Germany, the Netherlands & the Midwest
- Southern Germany & the Midwest
- European Jewish
- Jewish Western & Central Europe
- Jewish Western Ukraine, Moldova & Eastern Romania
- Jewish Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
- Jewish Central & Eastern Europe
- Jewish Lithuania, Latvia & Belarus
- Jewish Poland, Slovakia, Hungary & Moravia
- Jewish Northeast Poland, Lithuania, Latvia & West Belarus
- Jewish Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine & Western Russia
- Iberian Peninsula
- Finland/Northwest Russia
- Finland
- Lakeland & Lapland
- Pohjanmaa
- Western Finland & Oulu
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Asia
- West Asia
- Caucasus
- Armenians
- Middle East
- Syrian-Lebanese
- Asia Central
- Asia East
- Philippines & Guam
- Asia South
- Pacific Islander
- Melanesia
- Polynesia
- Hawaiʻi, Tonga & Samoa
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European Migrations
- Portuguese
- Azores, Madeira & Hawaii
- Portugal & Brazil
- Azores & San Francisco Bay Area
- Madeira & Hawaii
- Central California Portuguese
- Portuguese Islanders
- Azores
- Mississippi & Louisiana Settlers
- South Mississippi & Alabama Gulf Coast Settlers
- South Central Mississippi Settlers
- Southwest Mississippi Settlers
- Mississippi-Louisiana Border Settlers
- Central Louisiana Settlers
- Southwest Mississippi & Greater New Orleans Settlers
- Eastern North Carolina Settlers
- North Carolina Coast & Virginia Coastal Plains Settlers
- Eastern North Carolina & Tennessee-Kentucky Border Settlers
- North Carolina, Virginia Coast & Maryland Coast Settlers
- Southeastern North Carolina Settlers
- North Carolina Coast Settlers
- South Carolina Settlers
- South Alabama & Florida Panhandle Settlers
- South Carolina Midlands & Coastal Plains Settlers
- Carolina Sandhills & Central Louisiana Settlers
- Coastal Carolinas Settlers
- Georgia & Florida Settlers
- Coastal Georgia & Northeast Florida Settlers
- North & Central Florida Settlers
- Southeast Georgia Settlers
- South Carolina, Georgia & Northeast Florida Coast Settlers
- Central Georgia Settlers
- Southern States Settlers
- Central Georgia & Central Alabama Settlers
- Carolina Border Settlers
- Central Alabama Settlers
- Western South Carolina & Central Mississippi/Alabama Settlers
- Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi & Tennessee Settlers
- Tennessee & Southern States Settlers
- East Tennessee & Blue Ridge Mountains Settlers
- West Tennessee Settlers
- Upper Middle Tennessee Settlers
- Western Kentucky & Southern Illinois Settlers
- Middle Tennessee Settlers
- West Tennessee, Western Kentucky & Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Settlers
- West Tennessee, Arkansas & Northeast Texas Settlers
- Northern Arkansas & Middle Tennessee Settlers
- Arkansas Wine Country Settlers
- Tennessee Upper Cumberland Settlers
- Northern Arkansas Settlers
- Central Arkansas & Tennessee Tri-State Area Settlers
- Northwest Arkansas Settlers
- Southeast Tennessee Settlers
- Arkansas River Valley Settlers
- Northeast Arkansas Settlers
- Middle Tennessee & Ozarks Settlers
- Western North Carolina Settlers
- North Carolina Foothills & Upstate South Carolina Settlers
- Western North Carolina & North Georgia Settlers
- Great Smoky Mountains Settlers
- Western North Carolina & Northeastern Georgia Settlers
- Northeast Georgia & Upstate South Carolina Settlers
- North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains Settlers
- North Alabama Settlers
- Greater Atlanta, Georgia, Settlers
- Southern Appalachia Settlers
- Tennessee River Valley Settlers
- Greater Birmingham, Alabama, Settlers
- Northeast Mississippi & West Central Alabama Settlers
- Northwest Alabama Settlers
- West Central Alabama Settlers
- Northwest & Central Alabama Settlers
- Central Alabama Settlers
- Central North Carolina, Southeast Missouri & Southern Illinois Settlers
- Central North Carolina Settlers
- Southwestern North Carolina & Southern Illinois Settlers
- North Carolina Sandhills Settlers
- Southeast Missouri Settlers
- Carolina Piedmont Settlers
- Central Appalachia Settlers
- Southern West Virginia Settlers
- Southwestern Virginia & Eastern Kentucky Settlers
- Southwestern West Virginia Settlers
- Virginia Blue Ridge Highlands Settlers
- Southeastern Kentucky & Southwestern Virginia Settlers
- Lower Midwest & Virginia Settlers
- Virginia Settlers
- Potomac River Valley & Central Kentucky Settlers
- Lower Midwest Settlers
- Shenandoah Valley & Northern Virginia Settlers
- Missouri Ozarks & East Tennessee Settlers
- Kentucky Cumberland Plateau Settlers
- South Central Appalachia Settlers
- Southwestern Virginia & Northwestern North Carolina Settlers
- North Carolina Piedmont Settlers
- North Carolina High Country Settlers
- Great Smoky & Blue Mountains Settlers
- Eastern Kentucky & Northeast Tennessee Settlers
- Northeast Tennessee & Southwestern Virginia Settlers
- Appalachian Kentucky & Virginia Settlers
- Kentucky Eastern Pennyroyal & Tennessee Upper Cumberland Settlers
- Southeastern Kentucky & Holston River Valley Settlers
- Eastern Kentucky & Southwestern Virginia Settlers
- Southeastern Kentucky Settlers
- Kentucky Eastern Pennyroyal Settlers
- Ohio River Valley, Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Settlers
- Upper Ohio River Valley Settlers
- Western Ohio, Indiana, Illinois & Southeast Iowa Settlers
- West Virginia Settlers
- Potomac River Valley Settlers
- Central Ohio & Potomac River Valley Settlers
- Mid-Atlantic States Settlers
- Delmarva Peninsula Settlers
- Maryland & Delaware Settlers
- Chesapeake Bay Settlers
- New Jersey Settlers
- Delaware Valley Settlers
- Pennsylvania Settlers
- South Central Pennsylvania & Western Maryland Settlers
- Southeast Pennsylvania & Ohio Settlers
- Central Pennsylvania Settlers
- Susquehanna River Valley Settlers
- Poconos & North Jersey Settlers
- Western Pennsylvania Settlers
- Pennsylvania, Ohio & Indiana Settlers
- Southwest Pennsylvania & Western Maryland Settlers
- Pennsylvania Dutch Country Settlers
- Northern Ohio Swiss Settlers
- Alleghenies & Northeast Indiana Settlers
- South Pennsylvania & Central Maryland Settlers
- Pennsylvania Highlands Settlers
- Northeastern States Settlers
- Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts Settlers
- New England & Eastern Great Lakes Settlers
- New York Settlers
- Metropolitan New York Settlers
- Southeastern New York Settlers
- New York City & Long Island Settlers
- Lower Hudson Valley & North Jersey Settlers
- Mountain West Mormon Pioneers
- New England Settlers
- Massachusetts, Vermont & New Hampshire Settlers
- Maine Settlers
- Western New Brunswick & Maine Coast Settlers
- Nova Scotia & Massachusetts Coast Settlers
- Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island & Connecticut Settlers
- Saint Lawrence River French Settlers
- Montreal & Detroit French Settlers
- Capitale-Nationale, Québec, French Settlers
- Montérégie, Québec, French Settlers
- Beauce, Québec, French Settlers
- Québec Rouge River Valley French Settlers
- Acadians
- Southwestern Louisiana Acadians
- Greater New Orleans Acadians
- Canadian Maritimes Acadians
- East Central Louisiana Acadians
- Gaspé Peninsula, New Brunswick & Maine French Settlers
- Bas-Saint-Laurent & Northern Maine French Settlers
- New Brunswick & Eastern Maine French Settlers
- Gaspésie, New Brunswick & Northern Maine French Settlers
- Newfoundland English Settlers
- Germans from Russia
- Spaniards, Cubans, Dominicans & Venezuelans
- Dominicans
- Spaniards, Cubans & Venezuelans
- South Africa
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North and South Migrations
- Colombians
- Colombians & Ecuadorians
- Puerto Ricans
- Western Puerto Rico
- Eastern Puerto Rico
- Northwest Puerto Rico
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African Americans
- Virginia & Southern States African Americans
- Northern & Central Virginia African Americans
- Southeastern Virginia African Americans
- Southern States African Americans
- North Carolina African Americans
- Mid-Atlantic Coast African Americans
- Eastern North Carolina & Southeast Virginia African Americans
- Northeastern North Carolina & Southeast Virginia African Americans
- North Carolina Northern Coastal Plain African Americans
- Louisiana Creoles & African Americans
- Louisiana & Mississippi Gulf Coast Creoles & African Americans
- Southern Louisiana Creoles & African Americans
- Mississippi African Americans
- South Carolina African Americans
- Carolina Midlands African Americans
- Savannah River Basin African Americans
- South Carolina-North Carolina Border African Americans
- Georgia African Americans
- North Carolina Coastal Plain African Americans
- South Carolina Pee Dee Country African Americans
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African Caribbeans
- Greater Antilles African Caribbeans
- Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Puerto Rico & Hispaniola African Caribbeans
- Mid-Atlantic States African Americans
Take your story to new places—with Migrations.
Now it’s possible to follow your ancestors’ journeys from the old world to the new. AncestryDNA is the only DNA test with more than 190 migration stories, so you can find out if your family is Pennsylvania Dutch or Louisiana Acadian—and even when they likely reached American shores.
Take your story to new places—with Migrations.
Now it’s possible to follow your ancestors’ journeys from the old world to the new. AncestryDNA is the only DNA test with more than 190 migration stories, so you can find out if your family is Pennsylvania Dutch or Louisiana Acadian—and even when they likely reached American shores.
Who are your people?
Connect to living relatives who share parts of your DNA—and use 100 million Ancestry family trees to fill in pieces of your family history.
The best stories come from the best science.
We've amassed the most diverse DNA collection on earth so we can use our latest science to compare your DNA to a range of people around the world.
Get started in a few simple steps.
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Order a kit with easy-to-follow instructions.
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Activate your kit and return your saliva sample in a prepaid package to our state-of-the-art lab.
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In roughly 6-8 weeks your results will be ready online.
Note: lab processing times may be increased due to high demand.