Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou

Emperor Wu (Yuwen Yong) was a brilliant ruler of Xianbei descent who unified northern China in 577, laying the groundwork for the Sui and Tang golden ages before dying suddenly at thirty-six. His genome allowed scientists to reconstruct his face (brown eyes, black hair, typical East-Asian features) and suggested a stroke may explain his early death. He is one of the few emperors in world history with a published genome.

The genome-wide data behind this entry was published in Ancient genome of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou.

Every Ancestry Map includes the free Notable Matches lens: your coordinates are compared to every sequenced member of every catalog entry, and the distance to the closest member is reported, a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional space the Distance lens uses. Because this is a single real individual, not a population average, distances naturally run larger than population distances. That is expected, not a poor result. And one thing is never claimed: a small distance means similar ancestry composition, not that Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou is your ancestor. See how it looks in the live demo or read about Ancestry Map, the full Global25 report.

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  Who was Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou?

  Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (543-578 CE, Xianyang, China) is one of the Historical figures entries in our Notable Matches catalog, represented by one sequenced ancient genome published in the study "Ancient genome of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou".

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  What does "matching" Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou mean?

  Your Global25 coordinates are compared to the entry's sequenced members and the distance to the closest one is reported, a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional reference space the Distance lens uses. A notable entry is one person or one small burial group, not a population average, so distances naturally run larger than population distances.

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  Is Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou my ancestor?

  No, and no DNA test can show that. A small distance means your genome sits near this individual's in a shared reference space: similar ancestry composition, not descent. Ancestrify never claims a notable individual is your ancestor or relative.

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  How do I see my own distance to Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou?

  Notable Matches is a free lens on every Ancestry Map, never sold separately. Order Ancestry Map, our Global25 analysis (29.99 EUR), and your report ranks your coordinates against the full catalog, with a portrait, dossier and map for every entry. The public demo shows the lens with example data.

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