What are MLI scores?
Each DNA Tribes Native and Global Population Match and World Region Match is listed with a Match Likelihood Index (MLI) score that indicates your odds of belonging to that population relative to your odds of belonging to a generic human population. For instance, a Native Population Match with Macedonia scored 45.2 indicates your genetic ancestry is 45.2 times as likely in Macedonia as in the world. Population and world region match results are provided in a ranked listing, from most likely to least likely. Top ranked scores indicate your best population or regional matches in the DNA Tribes database. All matches can be compared against each other as odds ratios. For instance, if you obtain a score of 25.0 for Bavarian and 5.0 for Macedonian, this means your genetic profile is 25.0/5.0 = 5.0 times as likely to be Bavarian as Macedonian.
