Editorial Policy
Last updated: August 31, 2026
Everything published on the Ancestrify blog exists to explain ancient DNA analysis honestly: what a method can show, what it cannot, and what a result actually means. This page describes how those articles are researched, who writes them, and how we handle mistakes.
How articles are researched
Our articles are grounded in openly published ancient DNA research, above all the datasets and papers behind the Allen Ancient DNA Resource, and in the same tools our paid analyses run on: qpAdm from ADMIXTOOLS 2 and the Global25 coordinate system. When an article shows a model, a fit or a coordinate, it comes from running the actual method, not from paraphrasing someone else's summary. The datasets, software and licences we build on are named in full on the Credits page.
What we will not claim
Genetic ancestry methods have real limits and our writing keeps them visible. A qpAdm model that fails its statistical bar is reported as failed. A distance-based estimate is described as an estimate. We do not present admixture percentages as ethnic identity, and we do not dress uncertainty up as precision to make a better headline.
Who writes and signs
Ancestrify is built and operated by Andi Thomaj. Articles signed with a personal byline are written by the named author; articles signed "Ancestrify" are produced and reviewed under the same standards by the team. Every article carries its publication date, and a visible updated date whenever the content changes after publication.
Independence and funding
Ancestrify is funded by the analyses customers buy, not by advertising or sponsored placements. Articles may link to our own paid services, and when they do, the link is to a page that states its price plainly. Nobody pays us to appear in an article, and comparisons with other tools describe what those tools actually do.
Corrections
If an article is wrong, tell us and we will fix it. Write to info@ancestrify.io with a link to the article and what you believe is incorrect. Substantive corrections update the article's visible updated date; factual errors are corrected in the text rather than quietly deleted.