What is the non-regional outside admixture layer?

Even for people fully from the Sinosphere, the model includes South Asian, European and Amerindian proxies. This gives any real non-regional ancestry an escape valve instead of being force-fit onto the wrong regional population.

🐦‍🔥 New report · Sinosphere

Fenghuang

Q: Who is the Fenghuang report for?

It is built for people of predominantly Sinosphere / East Asian ancestry across any of 8 communities: Han (North, Shandong), Han (South, Cantonese), Han (Fujian, Hokkien), Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese (Kinh), Manchu, and Zhuang. If you are mostly of other ancestry, our Advanced Ancestry Report is a better fit.

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.

Q: What is the ancient regional core?

We model your DNA against the Yellow River and Yangtze River Neolithic, Erlitou and Shang Dynasty Bronze Age, Zhou Dynasty Iron Age, Han Dynasty imperial China, and the Yayoi rice-farmer migration into Japan, the archaeological proxies closest to the ancient peoples of the Sinosphere.

Your Sinosphere Roots

From the Yellow and Yangtze River Neolithic farmers to the Han, Zhou and Tang dynasties, and the Yayoi migration into Japan. We model your DNA against the ancient regional core and non-regional outside admixture, then show which of 8 communities you most resemble, with an AI narrative.

🏺 Ancient regional core (Yellow/Yangtze River Neolithic, Erlitou, Shang, Zhou)
🌍 Non-regional outside admixture layer (South Asian, European, Amerindian)
🐦‍🔥 8 Sinosphere communities compared directly
🧬 Y-DNA & mtDNA haplogroup classification
📊 Deep / Bronze Age / Iron Age / Classical / Medieval breakdowns
🤖 Results interpreted by Claude AI

⚠️ Designed for people of predominantly Sinosphere / East Asian ancestry. Works for any of the 8 communities: Han (North, Shandong), Han (South, Cantonese), Han (Fujian, Hokkien), Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese (Kinh), Manchu, Zhuang. 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.

Han (North, Shandong)

Northern Chinese Han, Yellow River heartland, Shandong/Henan/Shanxi

Han (South, Cantonese)

Southern Chinese Han, Guangdong/Guangzhou, Cantonese-speaking

Han (Fujian, Hokkien)

Southeastern coastal Chinese Han, Fujian, Hokkien/Min-speaking

Korean

The Korean peninsula, North and South Korea

Japanese

The Japanese archipelago, Honshu/Kyushu/Shikoku

Vietnamese (Kinh)

The Kinh majority of Vietnam, Red River and Mekong deltas

Manchu

Manchuria and the Qing Dynasty's founding people, now mostly in Liaoning

Zhuang

China's largest Tai-Kadai-speaking minority, Guangxi and Yunnan

🔎 Let the model decide (auto)

We detect which community you are genetically closest to.

What your report models

🏺 Ancient regional core

The deep root shared by Sinosphere populations: Yellow River (Dawenkou) and Yangtze River (Liangzhu) Neolithic farmers, Erlitou and Shang Dynasty Bronze Age, and the Zhou Dynasty Iron Age.

🏛️ Classical & Medieval eras

The imperial and medieval layers: Han Dynasty imperial China, the Yayoi rice-farmer migration into Japan, the Tang Dynasty, and the Manchu/Qing conquest era.

🌍 Non-regional outside admixture

Even for people fully from the region, we include South Asian, European and Amerindian proxies, so any real outside ancestry is detected honestly instead of being force-fit onto the wrong regional population.

🐦‍🔥 Community profile

Which of the 8 Sinosphere communities your DNA most closely resembles, modelled directly against each community's modern reference population.

🧬 Y-DNA & mtDNA lineages

If your raw DNA file is available, we classify your paternal and maternal haplogroups in a Sinosphere context (e.g. O2 Han/Sino-Tibetan, D Jomon-related Japanese, C2 Manchu/steppe).

32 reference populations

Your DNA is modelled against ancient Sinosphere proxies, modern community reference populations, and non-regional outside proxies.

Amerindian proxy

Amerindian (North) proxy · Amerindian (South) proxy

Ancient Sinosphere

Deep European proxy (generic West Eurasian) · Deep South Asian proxy (generic Indian subcontinent)

Deep ancestral sources

Amur / Devil's Gate Neolithic (Ancient Northeast Asian) · Hoabinhian (Southeast Asian Hunter-Gatherer) · Jomon (Japanese Hunter-Gatherer) · Man Bac Neolithic (Northern Vietnam) · Yangtze River Neolithic farmer (Liangzhu) · Yellow River Neolithic farmer (Dawenkou) · Yoruba (West African proxy)

Modern Sinosphere communities

Han (Fujian, Hokkien) · Han (North, Shandong) · Han (South, Cantonese) · Japanese · Korean · Manchu · Vietnamese (Kinh) · Zhuang

Your Bronze Age ancestry

Erlitou Bronze Age (Yellow River) · Shang Dynasty (Bronze Age China) · Southern China Bronze Age (Guangxi, Hanging Coffin culture)

Your Classical ancestry

Han Dynasty (Classical Imperial China) · Southern Dynasties era (Guangxi, Jin-Southern Dynasties) · Southern Dynasties individual (Balong Cave, Guangxi, ~424AD) · Southern Dynasties individual (Shenxian Cave, Guangxi, ~636AD) · Yayoi (Japan rice-farmer migration)

Your Iron Age ancestry

Dong Son culture (Iron Age Vietnam / Southern China contact zone) · Zhou Dynasty (Iron Age China)

Your Medieval ancestry

Manchu (Qing Dynasty conquest era) · Tang Dynasty (Medieval China, Southern Guangxi profile) · Tang Dynasty (Medieval China, Upper Yellow River profile)

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 (published academic ancient-DNA studies and the official Global25 dataset), none of our reference data is simulated or synthetic.

This is not a national or political determination of 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.

Why group these 8 communities in one report? They share the same deep Yellow & Yangtze River Neolithic layers and the successive dynastic eras (Erlitou, Shang, Zhou, Han, Tang) that shaped East Asia, the historical threads connecting Han Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese, Manchu and Zhuang.

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

Get your Fenghuang 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.

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📖 What is raw DNA & G25?

Frequently asked questions

Who is the Fenghuang report for?

It is built for people of predominantly Sinosphere / East Asian ancestry across any of 8 communities: Han (North, Shandong), Han (South, Cantonese), Han (Fujian, Hokkien), Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese (Kinh), Manchu, and Zhuang. If you are mostly of other ancestry, our Advanced Ancestry Report works better.

Why group these communities in one report?

They share the same deep Yellow & Yangtze River Neolithic layers and the successive Erlitou, Shang, Zhou, Han and Tang dynastic eras that shaped East Asia, the historical threads connecting Han Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese, Manchu and Zhuang.

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.

What is the "ancient regional core" in the report?

We model your DNA against Yellow River (Dawenkou) and Yangtze River (Liangzhu) Neolithic farmers, Erlitou and Shang Dynasty Bronze Age, Zhou Dynasty Iron Age, Han Dynasty imperial China, and the Yayoi rice-farmer migration into Japan, the archaeological proxies closest to the ancient peoples of the Sinosphere.

How much does it cost and what do I get?

€15. A full PDF report with your ancient regional core %, non-regional outside admixture breakdown, best-fit ancestry models with their fits, closest modern community reference populations, Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups (if raw file provided), and a narrative interpreted by Claude AI.

A DNA report for the Sinosphere

Fenghuang is a G25 ancestry report built specifically for the peoples of the Sinosphere. Upload your raw DNA file from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage or FamilyTreeDNA, pick your community, and we model your genome against the ancient regional core plus non-regional outside admixture.

Whether you are Han Chinese from the Yellow River north or the Cantonese/Hokkien south, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese (Kinh), Manchu from the founding people of the Qing Dynasty, or Zhuang, China's largest Tai-Kadai-speaking minority: Fenghuang models the specific genetic layers of your region's history.

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.

👁 Sample report

See a real Fenghuang report

Complete example reports, flip through every page: cover, ancient regional core, deep/Bronze/Iron/Classical/Medieval era breakdowns, community reference populations, haplogroups and the AI narrative.

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🇨🇳 Mei · Han (South, Cantonese)

Yellow/Yangtze River Neolithic layers, dynastic Bronze/Iron Age China, and a Cantonese community match.

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🇰🇷 Jiho · Korean

The same deep Sinosphere streams and dynastic layers, seen from the Korean community's own reference population.