Why are population matches presented in separate Native and Global rankings?
Each person’s ranked population results are divided into Native and Global Population Match. Native Population Match results include indigenous populations with minimal admixture in the past 500 years, such as Native Amazonians, Scottish, Egyptians or Japanese. Global Population Match includes these indigenous populations as well as modern Diaspora ethnic groups such as African-Americans, European-Americans or Asian-Americans. Modern Diaspora populations are descended from immigrants who have recently moved from their homelands to live around the world, often blending with other peoples. Many people with Diaspora origins obtain their many of their strongest population matches with modern populations rather than indigenous populations. Population matches are divided between Native and Global to identify these Diaspora affiliations as well as genetic links to indigenous peoples. For instance, many African-Americans match African Diaspora populations such as African-Americans from various
