myOrigins is a feature of our Family Finder test. This feature provides you with a percentile breakdown of the Genetic Populations to which your autosomal DNA is connected. We refer to this as your ethnic makeup.
Note: You can click on the blue boxes (
) below for more information on each subtopic.
How to Access myOrigins
To access myOrigins:
- Sign in to your myFTDNA account.
- In the upper-left corner, on the menu bar, click myFTDNA > myDNA > Family Finder > myOrigins.
myOrigins Page
The myOrigins page displays your ethnic makeup. Your ethnic makeup is composed of Genetic Populations (mainly categorized as top-level geographic regions). Each Genetic Population is then broken down even further into what we call Population Clusters.
On the left of the myOrigins page, your Genetic Populations and corresponding percentages of your ethnic makeup are displayed. On the right, a mini version of our myOrigins Map is displayed.
How to view your Population Clusters for a Genetic Population
How to view information about a Population Cluster
Below the map, a description of the Population Cluster is displayed.
myOrigins Map
The myOrigins Map is an interactive page that displays your Genetic Populations as color-coded regions. On the map, the Genetic Population regions range in color from dark to light. The darker the region the more dominant your Genetic Population and vice versa.
How to move the map
To zoom in and out, click the + and - buttons on the lower-right corner of the page.
To return to your myFTDNA dashboard, click Back to myFTDNA on the upper-right corner of the page.
Your Ethnic Makeup
Click the 
next to a Genetic Population to display the Population Clusters.
To minimize this window, click - in the upper-right corner (to the right of your name).
To move this window around, place your cursor on the window, press and hold down the left mouse button, and drag the window.
Your Shared Origins and My Ancestral History
To minimize this window, click - in the upper-right corner.
To display My Ancestral History, click on the My Ancestral History tab.
To move this window around, place your cursor on the window, press and hold down the left mouse button, and drag the window.
Shared Origins
The Shared Origins tab lists your Family Finder matches, their relation to you, and their percentile breakdown of the Genetic Populations they share with you.
Note: If your ethnic makeup contains more than three Genetic Populations, only your top three Genetic Populations will be shown here.
To filter your matches by relation, click on the drop-down list at the top, and select the type of relation by which you want to filter matches.
For more information about Family Finder relationships, click here.
To search for matches by name, click the magnifying glass icon (
), and enter a name in the search box. Click on the magnifying glass icon a second time to return to the relations drop-down list.
You can also click the column headers to sort your matches in ascending or descending order for each column.
My Ancestral History
By default, the My Ancestral History tab displays a brief introduction about myOrigins genealogy.
To display information about one of your Population Clusters, click on the cluster on the map, or click on the cluster in the Ethnic Makeup window
Earliest Known Ancestor Data
To display the location of your matches’ earliest known paternal ancestors, in the lower-right corner of the myOrigins page, click the orange pin. Orange pins are displayed on the map to specify the location of your matches’ earliest known paternal ancestors
To display the location of your matches’ earliest known maternal ancestors, in the lower-right corner of the myOrigins page, click the green pin. Green pins are displayed on the map to specify the location of your matches’ earliest known maternal ancestors.
You can click on a pin to view which match is associated with that earliest known ancestor’s location. The match window that opens displays the match’s name, their profile picture (if they have one), and their percentile breakdown of the Genetic Populations they share with you. Each color-coded block displayed in this window corresponds with the color-code associated with the Genetic Population on your Ethnic Makeup list.
Note: If your ethnic makeup contains more than three Genetic Populations, only your top three Genetic Populations are used for comparison here.
