My Neanderthal DNA

23andme tells me that I have inherited a small amount of DNA from my Neanderthal ancestors. Out of the 2,872 variants they tested, they found 115 variants in my DNA that trace back to the Neanderthals.

All together, my Neanderthal ancestry accounts for less than 2 percent of my DNA.

23andme says that I have more Neanderthal DNA than 3% of other customers.

yourdnaportal shows

Number of Neanderthal alleles analyzed: 7,248

Number of Neanderthal alleles found: 2,778

Files generated by different testing companies yield different sets of markers so comparisons can only be meaningful within a similar file type group.

My results compared with those obtained from similar file types:

minimum: 2,412 SNP found, 1471 alleles found

mean: 3,533 SNPs found, 2,207 alleles found

maximum: 3,741 SNPs found, 3,529 alleles found

mine: 3,624 SNPs found, 2778 alleles found

according to yourdnaportal,

I actually have more Neanderthal SNPs and alleles than the mean!

At 23andme, I have much less Neanderthal than the average person. At yourdnaportal, I have more Neanderthal than the average person.

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