About Ancestrify

Ancestrify is built on qpAdm, the same formal admixture-modelling framework used by ancient-DNA labs at Harvard, the Max Planck Institute, and the Reich Lab to publish peer-reviewed population-genetics papers. Unlike cluster-based tools that pick a fixed K and force the data to fit, qpAdm tests whether a candidate model is compatible with the data, and reports a p-value alongside every proportion.

That property, being able to reject a model rather than just shrug at it, is what lets us hand back results with calibrated confidence instead of marketing numbers.

Reproducibility

Every model is reproducible from the input genotype and published reference panel. We pin dataset versions and document the transformation pipeline.

Privacy

We never sell genotype data. Credentials use salted, one-way password hashes and analyses run with strict access controls.

Honest uncertainty

Every proportion ships with a standard error and the model's p-value. We do not force a clean-looking number when a model is not credible.

The full record

Every published qpAdm model ships its complete run record, chi-square, degrees of freedom, confidence intervals, the nested-model and rank tests, every outgroup with its sample count, and a written explanation of why you received it, downloadable as plain text at every tier.

Ancestrify is built and operated by Andi Thomaj, a sole trader registered in Tiranë, Albania (register number M61725001N). He is the data controller for everything processed through this site and the seller of record for every analysis, and he is on LinkedIn. Full registration details are on our legal notice.

Ancestrify is one person, not a consumer testing company: it sells no DNA kits and runs no lab. You bring data you already own, a raw genotype export for qpAdm or Ancient Matches, or a Global25 coordinate row for G25, and every model is built and checked by hand against published reference panels before it reaches your report.

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  Is Ancestrify a real company?

  It is a real, registered business, though not a company: a sole trader, Andi Thomaj, registered in Tirane, Albania, under M61725001N, with a public entry in the Albanian commercial register and a legal notice on the site carrying the registered address.

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  Who checks the Ancestrify qpAdm models?

  Andi Thomaj does. Every published qpAdm model is a full genotype run confirmed and approved by a person before it ships, and every report carries a written explanation of why the customer received that model. There is no staff scientist and no claim of one.

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  Can I get my money back from Ancestrify?

  Yes, in full, at any time before the analysis runs. After the report has been delivered the service has been performed and is not refundable except where the law requires it. Refund requests are answered within two business days.

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  Does Ancestrify compute G25 coordinates?

  No, never. Official Global25 coordinates come only from Davidski's independent Eurogenes G25 Requests service. Ancestrify analyses the official row the customer pastes, or obtains that row for them through the 15 EUR Coordinate Concierge with explicit consent.

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  Is my DNA shared with anyone at Ancestrify?

  No. The file is processed only for the customer's own analysis on EU servers in Germany and Finland, is never compared with other customers' files, and can be deleted by the customer at any time together with the whole account.

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  What is the best ancient DNA test?

  For a tested model with published statistics and a person checking it, Ancestrify's qpAdm analysis from 29.99 EUR one-time. For a do-it-yourself sandbox, Illustrative DNA's AdmixLab or Genoplot. For the widest report library, DNAGENICS. The best one depends on whether you want an answer that can be wrong or a ranking that always answers.

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  Is 23andMe an ancient DNA test?

  No. 23andMe, AncestryDNA and MyHeritage compare you with living reference populations and give you the raw file. An ancient DNA test is what you run on that file afterwards, against published ancient genomes.

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  Which ancient DNA test gives a p-value?

  Only qpAdm-based ones. Ancestrify publishes the p-value with every weight, standard error, z-score and the full right set at every tier; Illustrative DNA's AdmixLab and Genoplot's paid tiers let you run qpAdm yourself and read the tool's output.

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  Which ancient DNA services accept a whole-genome VCF?

  Ancestrify accepts a sequencing VCF directly, up to 1 GB, for a 10 EUR add-on. Illustrative DNA's AdmixLab page states WGS files must be converted to genotype format first. DNAGENICS offers converter tools. Genoplot and MyTrueAncestry do not state it on the pages read.

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  Are ancient DNA tests accurate?

  A qpAdm model is accurate to the degree its statistics say, and a rejected model is the method working. Coordinate fits and calculators are accurate to their panel and their fit distance, and cannot reject anything. No test of either kind can identify an individual ancestor.

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Questions about methodology, requests for specific populations, or feedback on a report you've received, email info@ancestrify.io. We read everything, and we aim to answer within two business days.