MDLP World Ancient Roots K18

MDLP World Ancient Roots K18 is an ancient-era admixture calculator that decomposes autosomal DNA into 18 broad ancestral components (K=18) to reveal deep population affinities across the globe. It compares a user’s genotype to a set of ancient and deeply rooted reference proxies — including Archaic African, Afroasiatic, Mediterranean, Caucasian, Volga–Uralic, East and West Siberian, South_Central_Asian, South_Indian, Melano‑Austronesian, South_East_Asian, Arctic, East_African, Amerindian, Sami‑Finnic, North_West_European, East_European and Roma — to estimate proportional contributions from prehistoric population structures. Designed for geneticists, genealogists, archaeologists, historians and curious ancestry enthusiasts, this calculator is optimized for anyone wanting a clearer view of ancestral strata that precede recent historical admixture. Results illuminate likely deep roots: continental clines, steppe-related signals, Neolithic farmer and Mediterranean contributions, Siberian and Arctic lineages, early African substrates, and Far‑East or Australo‑Melanesian affinities. Users gain insight into large-scale migration echoes, regional continuity versus replacement, and how modern genomes retain traces of ancient demographic events. The K18 model is valuable because it frames complex allele-frequency patterns in accessible percentage profiles and component labels that serve as starting points for interpretation and comparison. It is particularly useful for cross-sample comparisons, population studies and for contextualizing personal ancestry within long-term prehistory. Limitations are explicitly acknowledged: reference groups are proxies for ancient populations, temporal resolution is coarse, and modern results represent modeled affinities rather than definitive ancestral individuals. Use the MDLP World Ancient Roots K18 in conjunction with archaeological, linguistic and historical data for the most robust interpretations of your deep ancestry.