With popular genetic testing company 23andMe filing for bankruptcy, what does the future of ancestry DNA look like?
A team of researchers from the University of Michigan says it is going to look more like a movie than a portrait, thanks to a new statistical model that can be used to trace ancestry in a new way.
Redefining the Family Tree
This new statistical method, developed by Gideon Bradburd and fellow University of Michigan (U-M) researchers Michael Grundler and Jonathan Terhorst, promises to give a more complete picture of human ancestry. The team refers to this as a movie version of ancestry, which provides not only your genetic makeup but where your ancestors originated and how they moved to get where they are today.
