The history of your ancestors is written in your DNA. Who you are today is a result of who your ancestors were, from the emergence of the human species down through thousands of years of migration.
Hold your history in the palm of your hand. Learn where your ancestors came from and how your unique self came to be.
Personal insights right at your fingertips. Find out where your DNA falls among more than two dozen regional ancestry clusters.
A window into the past making sense of the present. Gain insights into why you are who you are.
Discover your ancestral origins—where your DNA falls among several specific regional ancestry clusters. From Europe, to Asia, to Africa, and beyond, you will discover the fascinating threads that make up your unique ancestry.
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Explore your global ancestral journey
Explore your global ancestral journey
The history of your ancestors is written in your DNA. Who you are today is a result of who your ancestors were, from the emergence of the human species down through thousands of years of migration.
What you'll get
What you'll get
Your history in the palm of your hand
Learn where your ancestors came from and how your unique self came to be.
Find your roots
Find out where your DNA falls among more than two dozen regional ancestry clusters.
Get the story of your ancient past
A window into the past making sense of the present. Gain insights into why you are who you are.
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Experience a new chapter of your DNA story
Regional Ancestry focuses on your genome-wide genetic ancestry – where your DNA falls among more than two dozen regional ancestry clusters that include Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania. It is based on the latest research, using data from a global database of thousands of DNA samples.
Our Regional Ancestry Insight leads you through your story step-by-step with visual aids to help you piece together this fascinating chapter in the incredible story of you.
Each of Insitome’s chapters reveals details about 200,000+ years of human evolution that made you, you. Your story is overseen by Insitome founder and CEO Dr. Spencer Wells, consumer genomics pioneer and former director of National Geographic’s Genographic Project.
Discover where your ancestors are from
All human beings share a common heritage in Africa, but when and how did your own ancestral threads become unique and distinct from all the others? With our innovative Regional Ancestry analysis you can learn all the threads that have combined to make you unique, and understand how they related to each other.
Each ancestral cluster has its own story as individual and interesting as your own. Understand the history behind even the smallest component of your ancestry, and comprehend the broad arc of time and numerous peoples that define your heritage, across continents and millennia. The question “where are you from?” is far more interesting than you ever expected!
The science
When DNA passes from one generation to the next, most of it is mixed around by the processes that make each of us unique. But, some parts of the DNA remains largely intact generation after generation, altered only occasionally by random mutations. These intact stretches of DNA can be used to trace your ancestry back tens of thousands of years.
Insitome Regional Ancestry uses reference data from thousands of individuals to match your DNA to different populations from around the world. Accuracy of the results depends on the diversity of these reference populations, and may not agree with similar analyses using different reference populations.
Impact
Behavior and environment have no influence on your ancestry.
Limitations
- This app will not provide any medical information or a diagnosis.
- Regional ancestry will be more accurate for individuals from some regions.
How it works
Get access to the best and latest in DNA discovery. It takes just 3 simple steps.
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Order and we’ll send a DNA kit to your home
Order Regional Ancestry and Helix sends you a DNA collection kit, which includes everything you need to get sequenced.
Provide a saliva sample and get sequenced
Register your DNA kit, provide a small saliva sample, and drop it in the mail using the provided pre-paid shipping box you get in your kit.
Receive your Regional Ancestry results
After Helix sequences your DNA from your saliva, you’ll get an email from Insitome to view your results when they’re ready.
The Helix DNA kit
To capture the information stored in your DNA so it can be used for this product, we need to collect a small, one-time saliva sample from you. This kit has everything you need to provide that sample from the comfort of your own home, and you’ll never have to provide another.
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A unique Kit ID you’ll use to register your kit
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Saliva collection tube, cap, and printed instructions
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A small bag and prepaid box to send your saliva sample to our lab
About Insitome
Insitome delivers immersive genetic experiences that empower, educate, and entertain. Our company values scientific innovation, storytelling, and design. Our products help reveal each fascinating chapter in the incredible and mysterious story of you. Join us in this journey of discovery today to find your place in history.
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About Helix
Helix empowers everyone to explore what makes them unique—their DNA.
From health and wellness insights to family planning and ancestry information, Helix’s growing list of partners can tap into your genetic profile to provide relevant insights for today, tomorrow and years to come.
Have a question about ordering or sequencing?support@helix.com
Why do I need the Helix DNA kit?
Products on Helix use the DNA information found in your saliva to give you insights into what makes you, you. The Helix DNA kit has everything you need to provide a saliva sample and send it to our lab to we can sequence your DNA.
Once you are sequenced, you can gain insights from any from any product on Helix for years to com – all without having to provide another saliva sample ever again.