AncestryDNA’s Genetic Communities
(As of March 28th, 2017)
Quick Summary of Genetic Community Categories
Europe (6 regions)
1. Scandinavia (5 regions)
a. Finns (3 GCs)
b. Eastern Norwegians (4 GCs)
c. Swedes (3 GCs)
d. Western Norwegians (4 GCs)
e. Central Norwegians (2 GCs)
2. United Kingdom & Ireland (9 regions)
a. English Newfoundlanders (1 GC)
b. Southern English (3 GCs)
c. Northern English (1 GC)
d. Scots (4 GCs)
e. English Midlanders (3 GCs)
f. The Welsh & English West Midlanders (3 GCs)
g. Ulster Irish (5 GCs)
h. Connacht Irish (5 GCs)
i. Munster Irish (6 GCs)
3. Western Europe (4 regions)
a. Jews in Central Europe (3 GCs)
b. Germans, Netherlanders, Belgians & Luxembourgians (5 GCs)
c. Germans in the Midwest (7 GCs)
d. Portuguese (6 GCs)
4. Southern Europe (7 regions)
a. South Slavs (1 GC)
b. Southeastern Europeans (1 GC)
c. Northern Italians (1 GC)
d. Southern Italians (8 GCs)
e. Sicilians (5 GCs)
f. Portuguese (6 GCs)
g. Spaniards, Cubans, Dominicans & Venezuelans (2 GCs)
5. Eastern & Central Europe (5 regions)
a. Jews in Central Europe (3 GCs)
b. Jews in the Russian Empire (3 GCs)
c. South Slavs (1 GC)
d. Eastern Europeans (7 GCs)
e. Central Europeans (4 GCs)
6. Western Russia (1 region)
a. Germans from Russia (1 GC)
North America (3 regions)
1. United States (4 regions)
a. Northeastern United States (2 regions)
b. Southern United States (4 regions)
c. Midwestern United States (5 regions)
d. Western United States (3 regions)
2. Canada (4 regions)
a. English Newfoundlanders (1 GC)
b. French Settlers Along the St. Lawrence (5 GCs)
c. Acadians (4 GCs)
d. French Settlers of Gaspé, New Brunswick & Maine (3 GCs)
3. Mexico (2 regions)
a. Northern Mexico (3 regions)
b. Central Mexico (2 regions)
South & Central America (2 regions)
1. Caribbean (3 regions)
2. South American (3 regions)
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Full List of Genetic Communities
Europe (6 regions)
1. Scandinavia (5 regions)
a. Finns (3 GCs)
i. Finns in Lakeland & Lapland
ii. Finns in Western Finland & Oulu
iii. Finns in Pohjanmaa
b. Eastern Norwegians (4 GCs)
i. Norwegians in Østlandet
ii. Norwegians in Østlandet & Sør-Trøndelag
iii. Norwegians in Østlandet & Vestlandet
iv. Norwegians in
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c. Swedes (3 GCs)
i. Swedes in Western Svealand
ii. Swedes in Western Götaland & Eastern Norway
iii. Swedes in Götaland & Svealand
d. Western Norwegians (4 GCs)
i. Norwegians in Vestlandet
ii. Norwegians in Hordaland & Rogaland
iii. Norwegians in Rogaland & Vest-Agdar
iv. Norwegians in Sørlandet
e. Central Norwegians (2 GCs)
i. Norwegians in Trøndelag & Hedmark
ii. Norwegians in Hedmark & Akershus
2. United Kingdom & Ireland (9 regions)
a. English Newfoundlanders (1 GC)
i. English Newfoundlanders
b. Southern English (3 GCs)
i. English in the South West Peninsula
ii. English in East Anglia & Essex
iii. English in the South East
c. Northern English (1 GC)
i. Northern English
d. Scots (4 GCs)
i. Scots in the Highlands and Nova Scotia
ii. Scots in the Highlands and Eastern Nova Scotia
iii. Scots in Northeast and Central Scotland
iv. Scots in Central Scotland & Ulster, Ireland
e. English Midlanders (3 GCs)
i. English in the West Midlands & North West England
ii. English in the East Midlands
iii. English in Yorkshire & Pennines
f. The Welsh & English West Midlanders (3 GCs)
i. North Walians
ii. South Walians
iii. English in the West Midlands
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g. Ulster Irish (5 GCs)
i. Irish in Donegal East
ii. Irish in Donegal Southwest
iii. Irish in Ulster East
iv. Irish in the North Midlands
v. Irish in Derry & Inishowen
h. Connacht Irish (5 GCs)
i. Irish in Mayo & Sligo
ii. Irish in Connemara
iii. Irish in Mayo & Galway
iv. Irish in Galway
v. Irish in North Connacht
i. Munster Irish (6 GCs)
i. Irish in Southern Ireland
ii. Irish in Limerick & Kerry
iii. Irish in Kerry
iv. Irish in West Kerry
v. Irish in Cork
vi. Irish in West Cork
3. Western Europe (4 regions)
a. Jews in Central Europe (3 GCs)
i. Jews in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
ii. Jews in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary & Moravia
iii. Jews in Western Ukraine, Moldova & Eastern Romania
b. Germans, Netherlanders, Belgians & Luxembourgians (5 GCs)
i. Netherlanders
ii. Netherlanders, Belgians, Luxembourgians & Western Germans
iii. Germans in Schleswig-Holstein & Lower Saxony
iv. Northern Germans
v. Germans in Brandenburg & Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
c. Germans in the Midwest (7 GCs)
i. Germans from Alsace-Lorraine in North Dakota
ii. Germans from Baden-Württemberg in the Dakotas
iii. Germans from Hessen in Kansas & Nebraska
iv. Southern Germans in the Midwest
v. Germans from Saxony in Iowa & Illinois
vi. Northern Germans in the Midwest
vii. Netherlanders and Northern Germans in the Midwest
d. Portuguese (6 GCs)
i. Portuguese in Madeira & Hawaii
ii. Portuguese in the Azores, Madeira & Hawaii
iii. Portuguese in the Azores & San Francisco Bay Area
iv. Portuguese in the Azores
v. Portuguese & Brazilians
vi. Northern Portuguese in Central California
4. Southern Europe (7 regions)
a. South Slavs (1 GC)
i. South Slavs
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b. Southeastern Europeans (1 GC)
i. Southeastern Europeans
c. Northern Italians (1 GC)
i. Northern Italians
d. Southern Italians (8 GCs)
i. Italians in Umbria, Abruzzo & Lazio
ii. Italians in Puglia
iii. Italians in
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iv. Italians in
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v. Italians in Lazio & Campania
vi. Italians in Campania & Molise
vii. Italians in Campania & Basilicata
viii. Italians in Calabria
e. Sicilians (5 GCs)
i. Sicilians in Sicily & Calabria
ii. Sicilians in Sicily & Reggio Calabria
iii. Sicilians in Western Sicily (A)
iv. Sicilians in Western Sicily (B)
v. Sicilians in Western Sicily (C)
f. Portuguese (6 GCs) (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
g. Spaniards, Cubans, Dominicans & Venezuelans (2 GCs)
i. Spaniards, Cubans & Venezuelans
ii. Dominicans
5. Eastern & Central Europe (5 regions)
a. Jews in Central Europe (3 GCs) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
b. Jews in the Russian Empire (3 GCs)
i. Jews in Northeast Poland, Lithuania, Latvia & West Belarus
ii. Jews in Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine & Western Russia
iii. Jews in Lithuania, Latvia & Belarus
c. South Slavs (1 GC) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
d. Eastern Europeans (7 GCs)
i. Lithuanian
ii. Poles in Mazovia & Lodz
iii. Poles in Pomerania
iv. Poles in Lesser Poland
v. Poles in Malopolska & Swietokrzyskie
vi. Poles and Slovaks in Malopolska & the Tratas
vii. Czechs
e. Central Europeans (4 GCs)
i. Eastern Slovaks & Poles
ii. Ukrainians, Romanians, Hungarians & Eastern Slovaks
iii. Hungarians & Slovaks
iv.
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6. Western Russia (1 region)
a. Germans from Russia (1 GC)
i. Germans from Russia
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North America (3 regions)
1. United States (4 regions)
a. Northeastern United States (2 regions)
i. New England (5 regions)
1. Settlers of Colonial New England (5 GCs)
a. Settlers of Nova Scotia & the Massachusetts Coast
b. Settlers of Western New Brunswick & the Maine Coast
c. Settlers of Maine
d. Settlers of Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island & Connecticut
e. Settlers of Massachusetts, Vermont & New Hampshire
2. Early Settlers of the Northeast (2 GCs)
a. Settlers of New England & the Eastern Great Lakes
b. Settlers of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts
3. Early Settlers of Pennsylvania, Ohio & Indiana (6 GCs)
a. Swiss Settlers in Northern Ohio
b. Settlers of the Pennsylvania Highlands
c. Settlers of South Pennsylvania & Central Maryland
d. Settlers of the Alleghenies & Northeast Indiana
e. Settlers of Pennsylvania Dutch Country
f. Settlers of Southwest Pennsylvania & Western Maryland
4. Early Settlers of New York (4 GCs)
a. Settlers of New York City & Long Island
b. Settlers of the Lower Hudson Valley & North Jersey
c. Settlers of Metropolitan New York
d. Settlers of Southeastern New York
5. Settlers of Colonial Pennsylvania (6 GCs)
a. Settlers of Southeast Pennsylvania & Ohio
b. Settlers of Western Pennsylvania
c. Settlers of Central Pennsylvania
d. Settlers of South Central Pennsylvania & Western Maryland
e. Settlers of the Susquehanna River Valley
f. Settlers of the Poconos & North Jersey
ii. Mid-Atlantic States (2 regions)
1. Early Settlers of the Mid-Atlantic States (5 GCs)
a. Settlers of New Jersey
b. Settlers of the Delaware Valley
c. Settlers of the Delmarva Peninsula
d. Settlers of Chesapeake Bay
e. Settlers of Maryland & Delaware
2. African Americans in the Mid-Atlantic States (1 GC)
a. African Americans in the Mid-Atlantic States
b. Southern United States (4 regions)
i. Gulf States (5 regions)
1. Early Settlers of Northern Alabama (9 GCs)
a. Settlers of the Southern Appalachians
b. Settlers of Greater Atlanta, Georgia
c. Settlers of the Tennessee River Valley
d. Settlers of Northeast Mississippi & West Central Alabama
e. Settlers of Greater Birmingham, Georgia
f. Settlers of Central Alabama
g. Settlers of West Central Alabama
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h. Settlers of Northwest Alabama
i. Settlers of Northwest & Central Alabama
2. Early Settlers of Mississippi & Louisiana (6 GCs)
a. Settlers of Central Louisiana
b. Settlers of the Mississippi-Louisiana Border
c. Settlers of Southern Mississippi & the Alabama Gulf Coast
d. Settlers of Southwest Mississippi
e. Settlers of Southwest Mississippi & Greater New Orleans
f. Settlers of South Mississippi
3. African Americans in Louisiana (2 GCs)
a. African Americans in Louisiana Cajun Country
b. African American in Greater New Orleans
4. African Americans in Mississippi (1 GC)
a. African Americans in Mississippi
5. Acadians (4 GCs)
a. Acadians in the Canadian Maritimes
b. Acadians in Greater New Orleans
c. Acadians in Louisiana Cajun Country
d. Acadians in Central Louisiana
ii. Southeastern States (11 regions)
1. Early Settlers of the Deep South (5 GCs)
a. Settlers of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi & Tennessee
b. Settlers of Western South Carolina & Central Mississippi/Alabama
c. Settlers of Central Alabama - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
d. Settlers of Central Georgia & Central Alabama
e. Settlers of the North Carolina-South Carolina Border
2. Early Settlers of the Lower Midwest & Virginia (6 GCs)
a. Settlers of the Lower Midwest
b. Settlers of the Missouri Ozarks & East Tennessee
c. Settlers of the Potomac River Valley & Central Kentucky
d. Settlers of Virginia
e. Settlers of the Shenandoah Valley & Northern Virginia
f. Settlers of
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3. African Americans in Virginia & the Deep South (3 GCs)
a. African Americans in the Deep South
b. African Americans in Southeast Virginia
c. African Americans in Northern and Central Virginia
4. Early Settlers of Tennessee & the Deep South (7 GCs)
a. Settlers of Western Tennessee, Arkansas & Northeast Texas
b. Settlers of Western Kentucky & Southern Illinois
c. Settlers of East Tennessee & the Blue Ridge Mountains
d. Settlers of West Tennessee, West Kentucky & the Virginia-North Carolina
Piedmont
e. Settlers of Upper Middle Tennessee
f. Settlers of Middle Tennessee
g. Settlers of
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5. African Americans in North Carolina (4 GCs)
a. African Americans in Eastern North Carolina & Southeast Virginia
b. African Americans on the Mid-Atlantic Coast
c. African Americans in Northeast North Carolina & Southeast Virginia
d. African Americans in North Carolina’s North Coastal Plain
6. African Americans in South Carolina (6 GCs)
a. African Americans in Georgia
b. African Americans in the Savannah River Basin
c. African Americans in South Carolina’s Pee Dee Country
d. African Americans on the South Carolina-North Carolina Border
e. African Americans in the Carolina Midlands
f. African Americans in the North Carolina Coastal Plain
7. Early Settlers of Eastern Kentucky & Northeast Tennessee (7 GCs)
a. Settlers of Southeastern Kentucky
b. Settlers of Kentucky’s Eastern Pennyroyal
c. Settlers of Kentucky’s Eastern Pennyroyal & Tennessee’s Upper
Cumberland
d. Settlers of Southeastern Kentucky & the Holston River Valley
e. Settlers of Northeast Tennessee & Southwest Virginia
f. Settlers of Appalachian Kentucky & Virginia
g. Settlers of Eastern Kentucky & Southwest Virginia
h. Settlers of
8. Early Settlers of Western North Carolina & Southern Illinois (5 GCs)
a. Settlers of Southwest Missouri
b. Settlers of Southwest North Carolina & Southern Illinois
c. Settlers of Northwest and Southwest North Carolina
d. Settlers of the Carolina Piedmont
e. Settlers of the North Carolina Sandhills
9. Early Settlers of Northern Arkansas & Middle Tennessee (9 GCs)
a. Settlers of the Ozarks & Middle Tennessee
b. Settlers of Northeast Arkansas
c. Settlers of Northern Arkansas
d. Settlers of Central Arkansas & the Tennessee Tri-State Area
e. Settlers of Northwest Arkansas
f. Settlers of the Arkansas River Valley
g. Settlers of Tennessee’s Upper Cumberland
h. Settlers of Southeast Tennessee
i. Settlers of
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10. Mexicans in Northeastern Mexico & South Texas (3 GCs)
a. Mexicans in Coahuila & the South Texas Plains
b. Mexicans in San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon & South Texas
c. Mexicans in Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas & South Texas
11. Mexicans in Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon & South Texas (1 GC) - (RELISTED - SAME
AS ABOVE)
iii. Appalachia (2 regions)
1. Early Settlers of Central Appalachia (5 GCs)
a. Settlers of Southern West Virginia
b. Settlers of the Virginia Blue Ridge Highlands
c. Settlers of Southwest Virginia & Eastern Kentucky
d. Settlers of Southwestern West Virginia
e. Settlers of the Big Sandy Basin
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2. Early Settlers of South Central Appalachia (4 GCs)
a. Settlers of the Great Smoky & Blue Mountains
b. Settlers of North Carolina High Country
c. Settlers in Southwest Virginia & North Carolina High Country
d. Settlers of the North Carolina Piedmont
iv. Southern Atlantic States (4 regions)
1. Early Settlers of Eastern North Carolina (5 GCs)
a. Settlers of Eastern North Carolina & the Tennessee-Kentucky Border
b. Settlers of the North Carolina, Virginia & Maryland Coast
c. Settlers of the North Carolina Coast & Virginia Coastal Plains
d. Settlers of Southeastern North Carolina
e. Settlers of the North Carolina Coast
2. Early Settlers of Georgia & Florida (5 GCs)
a. Settlers of Central Georgia
b. Settlers of Coastal Georgia & Northeast Florida
c. Settlers of the South Carolina, Georgia & Northeast Florida Coast
d. Settlers of North & Central Florida
e. Settlers of Southeast Georgia
3. Settlers of Colonial South Carolina (4 GCs)
a. Settlers of the Carolina Sandhills & Central Louisiana
b. Settlers of Southern Alabama & the Florida Panhandle
c. Settlers of South Carolina’s Midlands & Coastal Plains
d. Settlers of the Coastal Carolinas
4. Early Settlers of Western North Carolina (6 GCs)
a. Settlers of Western North Carolina & North Georgia
b. Settlers of Northeast Georgia & Upstate South Carolina
c. Settlers of the North Carolina Foothills & Northwest South Carolina
d. Settlers of the Blue Ridge Mountains
e. Settlers of the Great Smoky Mountains
f. Settlers of Western North Carolina & Northeast Georgia
c. Midwestern United States (5 regions)
i. Early Settlers of the Lower Midwest & Virginia (6 GCs) - (RELISTED - SAME AS
ABOVE)
ii. Germans in the Midwest (7 GCs) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
iii. Early Settlers of the Ohio River Valley, Indiana, Illinois & Iowa (5 GCs)
1. Settlers of Western Ohio, Indiana, Illinois & Southern Iowa
2. Settlers of Central Ohio & the Potomac River Valley
3. Settlers of the Upper Ohio River Valley
4. Settlers of West Virginia
5. Settlers of the Potomac River Valley
iv. Early Settlers of Pennsylvania, Ohio & Indiana (6 GCs) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
v. Germans from Russia (1 GC) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
d. Western United States (3 regions)
i. Early Settlers of New Mexico (2 GCs)
1. Settlers of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
2. Settlers of Southern New Mexico
ii. Mormon Pioneers in the Mountain West (1 GC)
1. Mormon Pioneers in the Mountain West
iii. Mexicans in Chihuahua & Durango (5 GCs)
1. Mexicans in Northern Chihuahua & Southwest New Mexico
2. Mexicans in Northeastern Chihuahua & Far West Texas
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3. Mexicans in the Chihuahua Altiplano
4. Mexicans in Southeastern Chihuahua
5. Mexicans in Durango
2. Canada (4 regions)
a. English Newfoundlanders (1 GC) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
b. French Settlers Along the St. Lawrence (5 GCs)
i. French Settlers of the Quebec Rouge River Valley
ii. French Settlers of Montreal & Metro Detroit
iii. French Settlers of Montérégie, Quebec
iv. French Settlers of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec
v. French Settlers of Beauce, Quebec
c. Acadians (4 GCs) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
d. French Settlers of Gaspé, New Brunswick & Maine (3 GCs)
i. French Settlers of Gaspésie, New Brunswick & Northern Maine
ii. French Settlers of New Brunswick & Eastern Maine
iii. French Settlers of Bas-Saint-Laurent & Northern Maine
3. Mexico (2 regions)
a. Northern Mexico (3 regions)
i. Mexicans in Northeastern Mexico & South Texas (3 GCs) - (RELISTED - SAME AS
ABOVE)
ii. Mexicans in Chihuahua & Durango (5 GCs) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
iii. Mexicans in Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon & South Texas (1 GC) - (RELISTED - SAME AS
ABOVE)
b. Central Mexico (2 regions)
i. Mexicans in Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato & Michoacán (1 GC)
1. Mexicans in Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato & Michoacán
ii. Mexicans in Western & Central Mexico (5 GCs)
1. Mexicans in Jalisco
2. Mexicans in Colima & Western Michoacán
3. Mexicans in Northwestern Michoacán
4. Mexicans in Central Mexico
5. Mexicans in Northeastern Michoacán
South & Central America (2 regions)
3. Caribbean (3 regions)
a. African Caribbeans (2 GCs)
i. African Caribbeans in the Greater Antilles
ii. African Caribbeans in the Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Puerto Rico & Hispaniola
b. Spaniards, Cubans, Dominicans & Venezuelans (2 GCs) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
c. Puerto Ricans (3 GCs)
i. Puerto Ricans in Eastern Puerto Rico
ii. Puerto Ricans in Western Puerto Rico
iii. Puerto Ricans in Northwest Puerto Rico
4. South American (3 regions)
a. Colombians (1 GC)
i. Columbians
b. Colombians & Ecuadorians (1 GC)
i. Colombians & Ecuadorians
c. Portuguese (6 GCs) - (RELISTED - SAME AS ABOVE)
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