What is Dodecad on GEDmatch?

The Dodecad project on GEDmatch was one of the first admixture tools on the website. This article reviews the Dodecad calculators and lists out the modern populations that may best align with the project. That should help you assess which (if any) of the Dodecad calculators are useful for you.

What is Dodecad?

dodecad (plural dodecads) A group or set of twelve.

What is the Mdlp project?

The MDLP Project on Gedmatch is a free calculator that can provide additional insight into your ancestry by giving you an admixture, or ethnicity, estimate. The MDLP tool is one of my favorite calculators on Gedmatch.

What does ENF mean on Gedmatch?

ANE = Ancient Eurasian, WHG = Western European Gatherer, ENF = Early Neolithic Farmer etc).

What does AmerIndian mean on Gedmatch?

There is a category for American Indian called AmerIndian, relating to Native Americans in the US, Canada, Mexico, and other central or northern American populations. There is also a category for Native Americans from South America. You can find Mexican heritage, relations in Oceanian, or South Asian family members.

What is a paleo African?

Palaeo-Africans: Sub-Saharan African tribes including the San, Mbuti and Biaka Pygmy tribes; and. Neo-Africans: Sub-Saharan tribes including the Yoruba, Mandenka and Bantu-speaking tribes.

How far back does GEDmatch go?

GEDmatch admixture projects are largely focused on ancient ancestry going back as far as nine thousand years. The top DNA testing websites include Ancestry.com, 23andMe, and MyHeritage. Their ethnicity estimates are mostly focused on a timeframe of a few hundred years.

What does EHG mean on GEDmatch?

EHG stands for Eastern European Hunter-Gatherer, a population of Neolithic European Hunter-Gatherers. These groups shared ancestry with the Mesolithic hunter-gatherer groups of Eastern Europe.

Is Eurogenes K36 accurate?

Eurogenes’ K36 calculator is quite popular because it has a high number of components, which gives an impression of accuracy. Unfortunately the component names have not been properly labelled and can indeed be very misleading.

What is AmerIndian GEDmatch?

What is the latest version of the Dienekes calculator?

Dienekes tweaked the calculator a few times, and the last version is up on GEDmatch as Dodecad V3. If your heritage is in the list above, you may want to take this calculator for a spin. However, Dienekes created other calculators as he worked to improve his findings.

What is diydienekes’s diydodecad?

Dienekes also developed his own versions of the analytics tools. In a crucial move (for GEDmatch), he made the desktop software available as an open-source download. He called this the DIYDodecad. Dieneke’s open-source offering allowed other anthropology bloggers to use and amend his analytics software for their own interests.

What is the Dodecad project?

Remember, the Dodecad project isn’t a peer-reviewed academic study. It’s a project developed by one individual pursuing personal areas of interest. And if you dive into Dienekes’ pursuits, you may find a rather Hellenic perspective of the world.

What is the Dodecad project on GEDmatch?

The Dodecad project on GEDmatch was one of the first admixture tools on the website. The other projects are based on the original Dodecad software. It’s important to remember that the admixture projects aimed to research ancient populations.