LM Genetics K15

LM Genetics K15 is a modern, user-friendly autosomal admixture calculator that estimates proportional ancestry by comparing your genotype to fifteen carefully chosen reference clusters representing global diversity. Designed for researchers, genetic genealogy enthusiasts, adoptees, historians, and curious individuals worldwide, this tool translates raw SNP data into an interpretable breakdown of ancestral components across continents and regions. What it analyzes: LM Genetics K15 models your genome against 15 reference populations — West-African, Siberian, South-Indian, Ne-Asian, Kalash, Papuan, Paleo-African, Samoyedic, NE-Euro, SE-Asian, Tibeto-Burmese, SW-Euro, Caucasian, Amerindian, and Red-Sea — using allele-frequency-based admixture estimation. The output provides percentage contributions for each component, highlighting both major continental signals and smaller, informative regional traces. What you can learn: The calculator helps you detect expected heritage (e.g., NE-Euro, SW-Euro, Caucasian) and reveal unexpected or minor inputs (e.g., Kalash-like, Siberian, Papuan, Amerindian). Interpretive notes link components to broad historical processes — Out-of-Africa dispersals, Holocene farmer and pastoralist movements, steppe and Siberian exchanges, coastal migrations into the Americas and Oceania, and persistence of archaic lineages reflected by Paleo-African or Red-Sea signals. Why it’s valuable: LM Genetics K15 strikes a balance between granularity and clarity. Fifteen clusters are sufficient to resolve regionally meaningful patterns without overfitting, making results accessible to non-specialists while remaining useful for research hypotheses. Outputs include clear percentage tables, brief historical context for each component, and guidance on limitations such as reference bias and admixture date ambiguity. This is a population-level interpretive tool — not a clinical or forensic test — ideally used as a springboard for deeper genealogical research, targ