🛤️ New report · The Roma road

Drom

Q: Who is the Drom report for?

It is built for people of predominantly Roma/Romani ancestry across any of 9 communities: Calé (Spanish), Czech, Romanichal (English), Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Kosovo, and Turkish Roma. If you are mostly of other ancestry, our Advanced Ancestry Report is a better fit.

Q: What does "Drom" mean?

Drom is the Romani word for "the road" or "the journey". It is named for the migration route this report traces: out of the Indian subcontinent, through Persia and Central Asia, across Byzantine and Ottoman Anatolia, and into Europe.

Q: Do I need a DNA test already?

Yes. Upload your raw DNA file from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA or LivingDNA, or paste your G25 coordinates.

The Road, Written in Your DNA

Drom is the Romani word for "the road" or "the journey". From the deep South Asian founder population Roma communities descend from, through the centuries-long sojourn in Persia and Central Asia, across Byzantine and Ottoman Anatolia, and into Europe. We model your DNA against each real leg of that route and the regional Roma core versus outside host admixture, then show which of 9 modern Roma communities you most resemble, with an AI narrative.

🕉️ Deep South Asian founder streams (Rajasthani/Punjabi)
🏺 The Persian route (ancient Iran: Parthian, Sassanid, Medieval)
⛰️ The Byzantine route (Byzantine & Ottoman-era Anatolia)
🛤️ Regional Roma core vs outside host admixture
🧬 Y-DNA & mtDNA haplogroup classification
🤖 Results interpreted by Claude AI

⚠️ Designed for people of predominantly Roma/Romani ancestry. Works for any of the 9 communities: Calé (Spanish/Iberian Roma), Czech, Romanichal (English), Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Kosovar, and Turkish Roma. If you are mostly of other ancestry, the regional models are calibrated for fully-regional profiles and the fit will be poor; our Advanced Ancestry Report is a better choice.

1. Choose your community

Pick the community your family belongs to. Not sure? Choose "Let the model decide" and we compare you to every community automatically.

Calé (Spanish Roma)

Spain, the Calé community, the deepest and most linguistically distinct Iberian-Romani branch, shaped by centuries alongside Iberian and Andalusian populations

Czech Roma

Czechia, a Central European Roma community with a long-settled history shaped by Central European host populations

Romanichal (English Roma)

England, the Romanichal community, one of the earliest Roma arrivals in Western Europe, shaped by centuries of English/British host admixture

Romanian Roma

Romania, home to one of the largest Roma populations in Europe, with a long and historically fraught settlement including generations of Vlax slavery until 1856

Serbian Roma

Serbia, a Vlax Roma community at the heart of the Balkan dispersal

Bulgarian Roma

Bulgaria, a Roma community shaped by both Slavic and Ottoman-era Balkan admixture

Bosnian Roma

Bosnia-Herzegovina, a Roma community with deep Ottoman-Balkan roots

Kosovo Roma

Kosovo, part of the Ashkali/Balkan Egyptian/Roma triangle of the western Balkans

Turkish Roma

Turkey, at the very doorstep of the Byzantine Anatolia route this report traces, one of the closest modern communities to that ancestral crossing point

🔎 Let the model decide (auto)

We detect which community you are genetically closest to.

What your report models

🕉️ Deep ancestral streams

The South Asian founder population Roma communities everywhere descend from, before the migration out of the Indian subcontinent roughly a thousand years ago (Rajasthani, Punjabi Sikh, plus real Swat Valley Iron Age ancient DNA).

🏺 The Persian route

Modelled against real ancient Iranian samples (Parthian, Sassanid, Medieval), capturing the centuries-long sojourn through Persia and Central Asia on the way toward Europe.

⛰️ The Byzantine route

Modelled against real Byzantine and Ottoman-era Anatolian samples, capturing the passage through Byzantine Anatolia before entering the Balkans and the rest of Europe.

🛤️ Regional core vs outside admixture

How much of you traces to the Roma core — historical (a real archaeological Roma burial sample from Albania) and modern (the 9 community references) — versus the host populations absorbed along the way and in Europe.

🧬 Y-DNA & mtDNA lineages

If your raw DNA file is available, we classify your paternal and maternal haplogroups, noting when a lineage is the well-documented Roma founder haplogroup (H1a1a1a-M82 paternal, M5a1/M35b maternal) versus one absorbed along the route or in Europe.

🌍 Your Roma community profile

Which of the 9 modern Roma communities your DNA most closely resembles, modelled directly against each community's modern reference population.

31 reference populations

Your DNA is modelled against real ancient waypoint samples along the Roma migration route, modern community reference populations, and non-regional outside proxies.

Amerindian proxy

Amerindian (North) proxy · Amerindian (South) proxy

Byzantine Anatolia route

Turkey Byzantine · Turkey Early Byzantine · Turkey Ottoman

Deep ancestral sources (South Asian founder)

Gandhara Grave Culture (Barikot) · Han (East Asian proxy) · Punjabi Sikh (India) · Rajput Rajasthan · Swat Valley Iron Age (Saidu Sharif) · Swat Valley Iron Age (Udegram) · Swat Valley Medieval (Barikot)

European host (outside admixture)

NE European · NW European · S European · SE European · SW European · West European

Historical Balkan Roma

Albania Early Modern (Barç Roma)

Modern Roma communities

Roma Bosnia-Herzegovina · Roma Bulgaria · Roma Czechia · Roma England · Roma Kosovo · Roma Romania · Roma Serbia · Roma Spain · Roma Turkey

Persia / Central Asia route

Iran Late Antiquity Sassanid (Vestemin) · Iran Medieval (Ganj Dareh) · Iran Parthian (Liar-Sang-Bon)

Being honest about the method

🔬 How to read your results (please read)

Your result is computed by genetic similarity (Global25): we place your DNA in a 25-dimension genetic space and find the mixture that best reproduces your profile. Every reference population in our panel uses real, official G25 coordinates from published ancient-DNA studies and the official Global25 dataset, none of our reference data is simulated or synthetic. "Albania Early Modern (Barç Roma)" in particular is a real archaeological Roma burial sample, not a modern proxy.

This is not a national, political, or membership determination of Roma/Romani identity, and it is not a proof of belonging to any specific community. Fine distinctions between neighbouring communities can overlap in G25 and are best-fit estimates.

What this report does not yet cover: our panel currently models Iberian, Central European, and Balkan Roma community references specifically (Calé/Spanish, Czech, Romanichal/English, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Kosovar, Turkish). There is no published Global25 data for France or Germany Romani sub-groups available to us yet, so we do not separately represent Sinti, Manouche, or Yeniche ancestry. If your family belongs to one of those communities, this report will still run, but the community-match section may show a more distant, less reliable fit. We would rather flag this honestly than force-fit your DNA onto the wrong community.

⚠️ Designed for predominantly Roma/Romani ancestry. If you are mostly of other ancestry, the models are calibrated for fully-regional profiles and the fit will be poor.

Get your Drom report

Select your community above, then confirm your email. We send you a secure link to upload your DNA (raw file or G25 coordinates) and generate your personalised report.

Your name (on the report)

Email (for the paid PDF)

Report language

Discount code (optional)

Secure checkout after email verification. Your DNA is processed automatically and deleted; no human sees it.

📖 What is raw DNA & G25?

Frequently asked questions

Who is the Drom report for?

It is built for people of predominantly Roma/Romani ancestry across any of 9 communities: Calé (Spanish), Czech, Romanichal (English), Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Kosovar, and Turkish Roma. If you are mostly of other ancestry, our Advanced Ancestry Report works better.

What does "Drom" mean?

Drom is the Romani word for "the road" or "the journey". It is named for the migration route this report traces: out of the Indian subcontinent, through Persia and Central Asia, across Byzantine and Ottoman Anatolia, and into Europe.

Do I need to have taken a DNA test already?

Yes. Upload your raw DNA file from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA or LivingDNA, or paste your G25 coordinates.

Does this report cover Sinti, Manouche or Yeniche communities?

Not separately. This panel currently models Iberian, Central European, and Balkan Roma community references specifically. There is no published Global25 data for France or Germany Romani sub-groups available to us yet, so Sinti, Manouche and Yeniche ancestry is not separately represented, and may show a more distant fit. We flag this honestly rather than force-fitting your DNA onto the wrong community.

How much does it cost and what do I get?

€15. A full PDF report with your deep South Asian founder streams, the Persian and Byzantine Anatolia route breakdowns, your regional Roma core vs outside admixture, your closest of the 9 modern Roma communities, Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups (if raw file provided), and a narrative interpreted by Claude AI.

A DNA report for the Roma road

Drom is a G25 ancestry report built specifically for Roma and Romani communities. Upload your raw DNA file from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage or FamilyTreeDNA, pick your community, and we model your genome against each real leg of the historical migration route out of South Asia.

Whether you are Calé from Spain, Romanichal from England, Czech, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Kosovar, or Turkish Roma: Drom models the deep South Asian founder streams, the Persian/Central Asia route, the Byzantine Anatolia route, and the regional Roma core versus the host-population admixture absorbed along the way and in Europe.

The report uses the Global25 (G25) system developed by geneticist Davidski, placing your DNA in a 25-dimension genetic space alongside ancient and modern reference populations, all sourced from Davidski's official Global25 datasheets and published ancient-DNA studies.

👁 Sample report

See a real Drom report

Complete example reports, flip through every page: cover, deep ancestral streams, Persian route, Byzantine route, regional core vs outside admixture, community profile, haplogroups and the AI narrative.

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🇪🇸 Esperanza Vargas · Calé (Spanish Roma)

Strong South Asian founder signature, a close Iberian Roma community match, regional core vs outside admixture breakdown, and an AI narrative tracing her family's road from India to Spain.

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🇧🇦 Dragan Petrović · Bosnian Roma

Deep South Asian founder streams, Persian and Byzantine Anatolia route breakdowns, a regional core anchored on a real archaeological Roma burial sample, and a clear best-fit against the Bosnia-Herzegovina Roma community (73%).