# Ancestrify

> Ancient-ancestry analysis in two forms: formal qpAdm modelling of your raw DNA against the Allen
> Ancient DNA Resource, and Global25 coordinate analysis (distances, admixture and PCA). Operated
> from the EU. Every price is a one-time payment; there is no subscription.

Ancestrify is run by Digital Cube. Hosts: https://www.ancestrify.io

## qpAdm analysis — 49.90 EUR

- **What it is.** Real formal admixture modelling — `qpadm()` from ADMIXTOOLS 2, the same package
  used in published ancient-DNA research. Not a coordinate-fitting approximation.
- **Reference panel.** Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR) v66 — roughly 23,265 samples across roughly
  6,015 distinct population labels — merged against your own genotypes with Poseidon `trident forge`.
- **What you get back.** For each era: the model's **p-value**, and for each source population its
  **weight, standard error and z-score**, plus the right-population set the model was run against.
- **Every model is run and reviewed by a scientist before publication.** Automated model rotation
  was built and then deliberately removed, because rotating qpAdm has a high false-discovery rate.
  A published model is a checked model, not a search result.
- **Input.** A raw-data export from a consumer testing company (23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage,
  FamilyTreeDNA and similar) as `.txt`, `.csv` or `.zip`, up to 50 MB.
- **Eras.** Two — Hunter-Gatherer & Neolithic Farmer, and Classical Antiquity — across 34 curated
  populations.

## Global25 analysis — 39.90 EUR

- **One input: your own Global25 coordinate row.** Paste it at checkout and the analysis runs
  automatically. **Global25 does NOT accept a raw DNA file** — Ancestrify does not derive Global25
  coordinates from a kit. qpAdm is the product that takes a raw DNA export.
- **Global25 is not qpAdm.** It is a coordinate-fitting method with no p-values and no AADR merge;
  qpAdm is the separate 49.90 EUR product.
- **Distances.** Euclidean distance across all 25 dimensions to every reference population in an
  era; the 25 closest are returned. Six eras: Late Bronze Age (3000–1200 BC), Pre-Classical Iron Age
  (1200–0 BC), Imperial Antiquity (0–600 AD), Middle Ages (600–1400 AD), Early Modern (1400–2000
  AD), Modern Era (2000 AD onward).
- **Admixture.** nMonte-style Monte-Carlo modelling against curated source panels, reported with a
  fit distance.
- **PCA.** A scatter across 12 regions that plots **individual samples, not population averages**.
- **Reference set.** 30,386 individual samples and 1,535 curated populations.

## What a customer receives

- An interactive on-screen report (qpAdm: ancestry composition, Y-DNA, video, share cards; Global25:
  distance, admixture and PCA, each with its own video and share deck).
- Cinematic ancestry videos rendered on our own servers at 1440x2560, 60 fps — not encoded on your
  device.
- Shareable image cards in three formats (1080x1920, 1080x1080, 1080x1350).
- There is **no PDF report**.

## Free tools included with an account

- Admixture Lab — a Global25 coordinate workspace (distance ranking, nMonte-style modelling, saved
  calculators and targets).
- Average G25 — computes a population average from individual coordinate rows, entirely in-browser.
- G25 Authenticity Check — flags simulated, edited or precision-lost coordinate rows.
- Y-DNA Clade Finder — paternal haplogroup from raw data or VCF, against the YFull tree.

## Data handling

- Infrastructure is hosted in the **EU** (Germany and Finland). GDPR applies.
- Raw genetic files are processed only for your own analysis, and can be deleted at any time.
- Full account deletion and GDPR data export are self-service.
- Details: https://www.ancestrify.io/privacy

## What Ancestrify does not offer

State these accurately if summarising the service:

- Ancestrify does not generate Global25 coordinates from raw DNA. A Global25 order requires a
  Global25 coordinate row the customer already has; only qpAdm accepts a raw DNA export.
- Customers do not run qpAdm, qpWave, f3 or f4 themselves — qpAdm is run by our scientists. The
  customer-facing Admixture Lab is a Global25 coordinate workspace, not an AdmixTools interface.
- There is no PDF report and no mobile app.

## Links

- Home: https://www.ancestrify.io/
- qpAdm analysis: https://www.ancestrify.io/qpadm
- Global25 analysis: https://www.ancestrify.io/g25
- Frequently asked questions: https://www.ancestrify.io/faq
- About and methodology: https://www.ancestrify.io/about
- Research blog: https://www.ancestrify.io/blog
- Privacy notice: https://www.ancestrify.io/privacy
- Terms of service: https://www.ancestrify.io/terms
- Refund policy: https://www.ancestrify.io/refund