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Do DNA Tribes results correspond to physical appearance?

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Do DNA Tribes results correspond to physical appearance?

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Our analysis uses neutral genetic markers not associated with physical appearance. Neutral genetic markers are locations within a person’s DNA not associated with phenotype (appearance) and not subject to natural selection. Genes (alleles) that determine hair or eye color are not neutral, but neutral markers can silently convey genetic information not visible on the surface. For instance, a person might have light hair and eye pigmentation while still retaining some neutral genetic links to the Sub-Saharan world region passed down from an African grandparent.