Karukera: Caribbean Creole DNA Report | Haitian, Jamaican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian, Guadeloupean, Cuban

Q: Who is the Karukera report for?

It is built for people of mixed Caribbean Creole ancestry across any of 8 communities: Haitian, Jamaican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian (Afro), Trinidadian (Indo), Guadeloupean, and Cuban. If you are mostly of other ancestry, our Advanced Ancestry Report is a better fit.

Q: How is Karukera different from Sankofa (African Ancestry Report)?

Sankofa is centered specifically on Sub-Saharan African ancestry across the diaspora, including Afro-Caribbean profiles. Karukera instead models your combined Creole mix, African, European-colonial, and Taino/Indigenous ancestry together, as roughly equal parts of one regional core. If you are predominantly of Sub-Saharan African ancestry and want a report centered on that specifically, Sankofa is the better fit. If you want the fuller Caribbean Creole picture, Karukera is built for that.

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.

From pre-Columbian Taino and the documented West/Central African source regions of the transatlantic slave trade, through Spanish, French and Portuguese colonial settlement. We model your DNA against your Indigenous & West African roots, your Colonial-era and Plantation-era ancestry, then show which of 8 communities you most resemble, with an AI narrative.

🏝️ Indigenous Taino + West/Central African roots
⛵ Colonial-era ancestry (1500s-1600s)
🌾 Plantation-era ancestry (1600s-1800s)
🗺️ Interactive ancestral journey map
🧬 Y-DNA & mtDNA haplogroup classification
⚖️ African, European & Taino weighted equally as regional core
🤖 Results interpreted by Claude AI

⚠️ Designed for people of mixed Caribbean Creole ancestry. Works for any of the 8 communities: Haitian, Jamaican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian (Afro), Trinidadian (Indo), Guadeloupean, Cuban. This report models your combined Creole mix, African, European-colonial and Taíno/Indigenous ancestry together, not one alone. If you are predominantly of Sub-Saharan African ancestry and want a report centered on that specifically, our Sankofa – African Ancestry Report is a better fit. If you are not from this region at all or heavily mixed with something else entirely, 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.

Haitian

Haiti, the first free Black republic, western Hispaniola

Jamaican

Jamaica, English-speaking Caribbean, historic sugar-plantation economy

Dominican

Dominican Republic, eastern Hispaniola, Spanish-speaking

Puerto Rican

Puerto Rico, Spanish Caribbean

Trinidadian (Afro)

Trinidad & Tobago, Afro-Trinidadian community

Trinidadian (Indo)

Trinidad & Tobago, Indo-Trinidadian community

Guadeloupean

Guadeloupe, French Antilles

Cuban

Cuba, Spanish Caribbean

🔎 Let the model decide (auto)

We detect which community you are genetically closest to.

What your report models

Deep roots

🏝️ Indigenous & West African roots

Pre-Columbian Taino, plus the documented historical West/Central African source regions of the slave trade: Upper Guinea (Mende, Mandinka), Gold Coast (Akan), West Central Africa (Kongo), Bight of Biafra (Igbo), Bight of Benin (Yoruba).

1500s-1600s

⛵ Colonial-era ancestry

Early Spanish, French and Portuguese settlement, with Indigenous Taino still present at contact.

1600s-1800s

🌾 Plantation-era ancestry

The historically dominant layer for most Caribbean profiles: the transatlantic slave trade's documented West/Central African source populations, alongside continuing Spanish and French colonial settlement.

⚖️ Regional core vs outside admixture

Unlike our other regional reports, African, European-colonial and Taino/Indigenous ancestry are all treated as regional core, the whole point of a Creole-identity report. Only East Asian and non-colonial-source European ancestry count as "outside".

🌴 Community profile

Which of the 8 Caribbean 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 Caribbean Creole context.

🔎 Auto-detect or choose

Pick your community directly, or let the model detect which of the 8 you are genetically closest to.

🗺️ Your ancestral journey map

An interactive map inside your report: curved arrows trace your West/Central African and European colonial source regions converging on your island, sized by how much of your DNA each one represents, plus your Indigenous Taino roots.

52 reference populations

Your DNA is modelled against Indigenous, West/Central African, and European-colonial source populations, modern Caribbean community reference populations, and non-regional outside proxies.

Amerindian proxy

Amerindian (North) proxy · Amerindian (South) proxy

Modern Caribbean communities

Cuban · Dominican · Guadeloupean · Haitian · Jamaican · Puerto Rican · Trinidadian (Afro) · Trinidadian (Indo)

Your Colonial-era ancestry

Canary Islander colonial settler proxy · Corsican colonial settler proxy · Dutch colonial settler proxy · English colonial settler proxy · French colonial settler proxy · Portuguese colonial settler proxy · Spanish colonial settler proxy (Andalucia) · Taino (pre-Columbian, still present at contact)

Your Indigenous & West African roots

Akan, Ghana (Gold Coast) · Esan, Nigeria (Bight of Biafra) · Igbo, Nigeria (Bight of Biafra) · Jola, Gambia (Senegambia) · Kassena, Ghana (Gold Coast) · Kongo (West Central Africa) · Mandinka, Gambia (Upper Guinea) · Mende, Sierra Leone (Upper Guinea) · Nyaneka, Angola (West Central Africa) · Serer, Gambia (Senegambia) · Taino (pre-Columbian) · Umbundu, Angola (West Central Africa) · Wolof, Gambia (Senegambia) · Yoruba, Nigeria (Bight of Benin)

Your Plantation-era ancestry

Akan, Ghana (Gold Coast) · Canary Islander colonial settler proxy · Corsican colonial settler proxy · Dutch colonial settler proxy · English colonial settler proxy · Esan, Nigeria (Bight of Biafra) · French colonial settler proxy · Igbo, Nigeria (Bight of Biafra) · Jola, Gambia (Senegambia) · Kassena, Ghana (Gold Coast) · Kongo (West Central Africa) · Mandinka, Gambia (Upper Guinea) · Mende, Sierra Leone (Upper Guinea) · Nyaneka, Angola (West Central Africa) · Serer, Gambia (Senegambia) · South Asian indenture-era proxy (North India) · Spanish colonial settler proxy (Andalucia) · Umbundu, Angola (West Central Africa) · Wolof, Gambia (Senegambia) · Yoruba, Nigeria (Bight of Benin)

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 Indigenous Taino and West/Central African source regions, and the same Colonial and Plantation-era history that shaped Haitians, Jamaicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Trinidadians, Guadeloupeans and Cubans alike, the historical threads of the Caribbean Creole story.

⚠️ Designed for mixed Caribbean Creole ancestry. If you are predominantly Sub-Saharan African, see Sankofa. If you are mostly of other ancestry entirely, the models are calibrated for Caribbean Creole profiles and the fit will be poor.

Get your Karukera 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 Karukera report for?

It is built for people of mixed Caribbean Creole ancestry across any of 8 communities: Haitian, Jamaican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian (Afro), Trinidadian (Indo), Guadeloupean, and Cuban. If you are mostly of other ancestry, our Advanced Ancestry Report works better.

How is this different from Sankofa (African Ancestry Report)?

Sankofa is centered specifically on Sub-Saharan African ancestry across the diaspora, including Afro-Caribbean profiles. Karukera instead models your combined Creole mix, African, European-colonial, and Taíno/Indigenous ancestry together, as roughly equal parts of one regional core. If you are predominantly of Sub-Saharan African ancestry and want a report centered on that specifically, Sankofa is the better fit. If you want the fuller Caribbean Creole picture, Karukera is built for that.

Why group these communities in one report?

They share the same deep Indigenous Taino and West/Central African source regions, and the same Colonial (1500s-1600s) and Plantation-era (1600s-1800s) history that shaped the Caribbean, the historical threads connecting Haitians, Jamaicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Trinidadians, Guadeloupeans and Cubans.

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 "regional core" in this report?

Unlike our other regional reports, Karukera treats African, European-colonial and Taino/Indigenous ancestry all as regional core, not just one of them. We model your Indigenous & West African roots, your Colonial-era ancestry, and your Plantation-era ancestry, the historically dominant layer for most Caribbean profiles, versus non-regional outside admixture.

How much does it cost and what do I get?

€15. A full PDF report with your Indigenous & West African roots, Colonial and Plantation-era breakdowns, an interactive ancestral journey map, regional core % vs non-regional outside admixture, 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 Caribbean Creole story

Karukera is a G25 ancestry report built specifically for people of mixed Caribbean Creole ancestry. Upload your raw DNA file from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage or FamilyTreeDNA, pick your community, and we model your genome against your Indigenous & West African roots, your Colonial-era and Plantation-era ancestry.

Whether you are Haitian, Jamaican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian (Afro or Indo), Guadeloupean, or Cuban: Karukera models the specific genetic layers of the Caribbean's colonial and plantation history, without treating any single thread, African, European or Taino, as more "foreign" than another.

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 Karukera report

Complete example reports, flip through every page: cover, indigenous & West African roots, colonial-era and plantation-era breakdowns, your ancestral journey map, community reference populations, haplogroups and the AI narrative.

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🇭🇹 Marielle · Haitian

Taíno, Mende/Mandinka/Akan/Kongo/Igbo/Yoruba West African streams, and French colonial input, matched to a Haitian community reference.

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🇵🇷 Camila · Puerto Rican (auto-detect)

The same indigenous, West African and colonial layers seen from a Spanish-colonial Caribbean angle, with the community auto-detected rather than picked.

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