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Please note that there is a difference between “surname project” tests (which require more markers to detect the recent ancestry between two individuals) and “deep ancestry” tests (which test markers that are informative for the identification of indigenous descent).
Comparison of Markers Analyzed by DNA Testing Companies
| Testing
Company |
# of Markers |
393 |
390 |
19 |
391 |
385a |
385b |
426 |
388 |
439 |
389i |
392 |
389ii |
438 |
437 |
GATA H4 |
Y-GATA-C4 |
458 |
459a |
459b |
455 |
454 |
447 |
448 |
449 |
464a |
464b |
464c |
464d |
460 |
YCA I Ia |
YCA I Ib |
456 |
442 |
461 |
462 |
463 |
Y-GATA-A10 |
GGAAT1B07 |
441 |
445 |
452 |
444 |
446 |
607 |
576 |
570 |
CDY a |
CDY b |
434 |
435 |
494 |
505 |
522 |
533 |
556 |
575 |
589 |
549 |
635 |
636 |
638 |
531 |
641 |
406S1 |
425 |
594 |
436 |
490 |
481 |
487 |
578 |
395S1a |
395S1b |
590 |
537 |
472 |
511 |
413a |
413b |
557 |
534 |
450 |
520 |
617 |
568 |
572 |
640 |
492 |
565 |
643 |
726 |
DXYS156 |
485 |
495 |
714 |
716 |
717 |
YAP |
443 |
453 |
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Ancestry |
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9 |
African Ancestry |
| Cambridge
DNA |
14 |
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Note 1 |
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Cambridge DNA |
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Laboratories |
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18 |
Chromosomal
Laboratories |
| The DNA Ancestry Project |
20 |
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20 |
The DNA Ancestry Project |
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13 |
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13 |
DNA Consultants |
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| DNA Heritage |
23 |
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23 |
DNA Heritage |
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43 |
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12 |
Family Tree DNA |
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Genelex |
| Gene Tree |
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Gene Tree |
| The
Genographic Project |
12 |
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The Genographic
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| GeoGene |
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GeoGene |
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Ancestors |
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Oxford Ancestors |
| Relative Genetics |
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