who are you everyone thinks they know
who they are
scots-irish Africa maybe Asian or Native
American the genealogy can only get you
back so far you can research records and
maybe learn more about who your family
is and where they all came from but if
you’re lucky the paper trail goes back
maybe a couple hundred years then the
trail goes cold but the human lineage
goes back around 200 thousand years to
one person on your mother’s side and
also to one person on your father’s side
that we’re all related to how can you
get there
the answer is you can’t unless we look
at your DNA your DNA contains a road map
all the way back through time to those
common ancestors it’s as if they were
dropping breadcrumbs on your DNA to let
you find your way back home your own DNA
tells an incredible story of how your
ancestors embarked on an epic journey
that populated the earth so how can you
see your DNA and discover your own
family saga it sounds complicated but
it’s actually pretty straightforward
about seven years ago
National Geographic started something we
call the Genographic project our mission
is to look at the DNA of as many people
as possible from around the world to
solve the riddle of who we are and how
we’re all related to each other so far
more than half a million people have
participated you can to your Genographic
kit explains it all and it also comes
with a little brush called a swab all
you need to do is brush the inside of
your mouth this collects some cells from
inside your cheek and those cells
contain DNA send the swab back to us a
few weeks later you’ll get the answers
on our website like what genetic lineage
you belong to where your ancestors
originated where they went the amazing
story of your ancient family line it’ll
even tell you what fraction of your DNA
is from what part of the world European
African Asian Australian Native American
and so on will even be able to tell you
what percent Neanderthal you are
the answers might really surprise you
and I bet they’ll make you think a
little differently about who you are
where you came from and how you’re
related to everyone else in the world
welcome to the journey of a lifetime of
billions of lifetimes the human journey
who they are
scots-irish Africa maybe Asian or Native
American the genealogy can only get you
back so far you can research records and
maybe learn more about who your family
is and where they all came from but if
you’re lucky the paper trail goes back
maybe a couple hundred years then the
trail goes cold but the human lineage
goes back around 200 thousand years to
one person on your mother’s side and
also to one person on your father’s side
that we’re all related to how can you
get there
the answer is you can’t unless we look
at your DNA your DNA contains a road map
all the way back through time to those
common ancestors it’s as if they were
dropping breadcrumbs on your DNA to let
you find your way back home your own DNA
tells an incredible story of how your
ancestors embarked on an epic journey
that populated the earth so how can you
see your DNA and discover your own
family saga it sounds complicated but
it’s actually pretty straightforward
about seven years ago
National Geographic started something we
call the Genographic project our mission
is to look at the DNA of as many people
as possible from around the world to
solve the riddle of who we are and how
we’re all related to each other so far
more than half a million people have
participated you can to your Genographic
kit explains it all and it also comes
with a little brush called a swab all
you need to do is brush the inside of
your mouth this collects some cells from
inside your cheek and those cells
contain DNA send the swab back to us a
few weeks later you’ll get the answers
on our website like what genetic lineage
you belong to where your ancestors
originated where they went the amazing
story of your ancient family line it’ll
even tell you what fraction of your DNA
is from what part of the world European
African Asian Australian Native American
and so on will even be able to tell you
what percent Neanderthal you are
the answers might really surprise you
and I bet they’ll make you think a
little differently about who you are
where you came from and how you’re
related to everyone else in the world
welcome to the journey of a lifetime of
billions of lifetimes the human journey
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