{"id":76734,"date":"2021-09-01T07:36:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/?p=76734"},"modified":"2023-01-10T10:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:21:16","slug":"new-feature-myorigins-chromosome-painter-for-family-finder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/es\/new-feature-myorigins-chromosome-painter-for-family-finder\/","title":{"rendered":"New Feature: myOrigins Chromosome Painter for Family Finder"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;689415&#8243;]\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-updates-to-family-finder-matches\">Family Finder myOrigins Chromosome Painter<\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While myOrigins has always shown your ancestry percentages from different populations around the world,\u00a0 Chromosome Painting visualizes which segments of your DNA come from each population.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You inherit 50% of your DNA from each of your parents, they inherited 50% of their DNA from each of their parents, and so on.\u00a0 Does this mean that you\u2019ll have inherited 25% of each grandparent\u2019s population percentages? Not exactly. Autosomal DNA is inherited through random recombination. This means that you don\u2019t receive a perfect quarter of each grandparent\u2019s origin percentages.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When autosomal DNA is passed down from each parent, their two DNA copies are shuffled together, and you receive a randomized selection of DNA from each grandparent. The same happened when your parents received their DNA from their parents, and your grandparents from their parents, and so on, which means unless all of your ancestors are from the same population, you might not inherit DNA for a specific reference population that is part of your ancestry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chromosome Painting allows you to visualize which segments of your DNA you inherited from each of those ancestors by breaking down your myOrigins populations by each segment of each chromosome.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at an example:<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=&#8221;76797&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;65&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;153020&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;195488&#8243;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the example above, all four of the grandparents have ancestry from different distinct populations. You can see how each of the three children inherited a random mixture of ancestry from their grandparents. Although the three siblings have similar ancestry percentages overall, they inherited quite different ancestry at each segment.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;174019&#8243;]\r\n<h3>Super Populations<\/h3>\r\n<p>myOrigins estimates your ancestry from as many as 90 different population clusters. However, this level of specificity is only afforded by using a large number of genetic markers from your entire genome. The Chromosome Painting must paint small DNA segments with very few markers, so to maintain accuracy, we must sacrifice some population specificity. That is why we group the 90 populations into 34 Super Populations, based on genetic similarity, and display these Super Populations in the Chromosome Painting.<\/p>\r\n<h3><b>How can this benefit your genetic genealogy research?<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<p>If you have one or more grandparents or more distant ancestors with significantly different ancestry from the others, this tool can help you pinpoint the segments that you inherited from them. You can compare those segments to your matches and find out which relatives share the same ancestry.<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;893674&#8243;]<br \/><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples of Chromosome Paintings<\/h5>\r\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-76781\" style=\"max-width: 500px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-102-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-76781 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"2\" data-height=\"200\" data-width=\"500\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_76781\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_76781' class='nivoSlider'><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76824 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"12\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76825 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"11\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76826 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"10\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76827 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"9\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76828 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"8\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76829 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"7\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;162268&#8243;]\r\n<h3>Accessing The Chromosome Painter on FamilyTreeDNA<\/h3>\r\n<p>To access the Chromosome Painter, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/familytreedna.com\/my\/chromosome-painting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">familytreedna.com\/my\/chromosome-painting<\/a> and sign in to access the feature.<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;205275&#8243;]\r\n<h3><strong><b>Eligibility<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chromosome painter is available to anyone with Family Finder, including autosomal DNA transfers who unlocked Family Finder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h4><b>Don\u2019t have Family Finder?<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Kit Owners: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign in to your \u201ckit,\u201d go to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/my\/upgrades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add Ons &amp; Upgrades<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and select Family Finder. No need to re-swab, as we\u2019ll process your stored sample.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIP: FamilyTreeDNA kit owners that have previously tested with Ancestry, 23andme, or MyHeritage can upload their genetic data and get autosomal DNA matches for FREE. To access all Family Finder features, including the Chromosome Painter, you can unlock Family Finder for just $19. To upload your genetic data, sign in to your FamilyTreeDNA kit, go to <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/my\/upgrades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add Ons &amp; Upgrades<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and scroll down to Autosomal DNA Transfer. For more information on acceptable file versions, please visit our help center.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>New Customers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New to FamilyTreeDNA and don\u2019t have a kit to sign in to? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/products\/family-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order your Family Finder test today<\/span><\/a>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and we\u2019ll ship you a DNA collection kit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIP: Previously tested with Ancestry, 23andme, or MyHeritage, but you are a new FamilyTreeDNA customer? <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/familytreedna.com\/autosomal-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create an account and upload your genetic data file today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get FREE access to your autosomal DNA matches. You can unlock Family Finder and its features, including the Chromosome Painter, for just $19.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n<h3>Take a deeper dive into the Chromosome Painter<\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/help.familytreedna.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4401981569423-Population-Clusters-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has the full list of Continental Regions, Super Populations, and Population Clusters.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about the science behind myOrigins and the Chromosome Painter, check out FamilyTreeDNA\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/myOrigins_3_WhitePaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">myOrigins 3.0 White Pape<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r. Also, be sure to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/videos-myorigins-3-0-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-part video series on myOrigins 3.0<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p><\/p>\r\n<h5>Examples of Chromosome Paintings<\/h5>\r\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-76738\" style=\"max-width: 550px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-102-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-76738 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"New Slideshow\" data-height=\"250\" data-width=\"550\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_76738\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_76738' class='nivoSlider'><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76830 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"6\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76831 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"5\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1151\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76832 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"4\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4.png 1151w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-982x1024.png 982w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-768x801.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1151px) 100vw, 1151px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76833 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"3\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76834 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"2\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1175\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76835 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"1\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-1024x1003.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-768x752.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;881220&#8243;]\r\n<h3>\u00a0What is a Chromosome Painting?<\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While myOrigins has always shown your ancestry percentages from different populations around the world,\u00a0 Chromosome Painting visualizes which segments of your DNA come from each population.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You inherit 50% of your DNA from each of your parents, they inherited 50% of their DNA from each of their parents, and so on.\u00a0 Does this mean that you\u2019ll have inherited 25% of each grandparent\u2019s population percentages? Not exactly. Autosomal DNA is inherited through random recombination. This means that you don\u2019t receive a perfect quarter of each grandparent\u2019s origin percentages.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When autosomal DNA is passed down from each parent, their two DNA copies are shuffled together, and you receive a randomized selection of DNA from each grandparent. The same happened when your parents received their DNA from their parents, and your grandparents from their parents, and so on, which means unless all of your ancestors are from the same population, you might not inherit DNA for a specific reference population that is part of your ancestry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chromosome Painting allows you to visualize which segments of your DNA you inherited from each of those ancestors by breaking down your myOrigins populations by each segment of each chromosome.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at an example:<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=&#8221;76797&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;65&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;153020&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;195488&#8243;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the example above, all four of the grandparents have ancestry from different distinct populations. You can see how each of the three children inherited a random mixture of ancestry from their grandparents. Although the three siblings have similar ancestry percentages overall, they inherited quite different ancestry at each segment.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;174019&#8243;]\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Super Populations<\/h3>\r\n<p>myOrigins estimates your ancestry from as many as 90 different population clusters. However, this level of specificity is only afforded by using a large number of genetic markers from your entire genome. The Chromosome Painting must paint small DNA segments with very few markers, so to maintain accuracy, we must sacrifice some population specificity. That is why we group the 90 populations into 34 Super Populations, based on genetic similarity, and display these Super Populations in the Chromosome Painting.<\/p>\r\n<h3><b>How can this benefit your genetic genealogy research?<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<p>If you have one or more grandparents or more distant ancestors with significantly different ancestry from the others, this tool can help you pinpoint the segments that you inherited from them. You can compare those segments to your matches and find out which relatives share the same ancestry.<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;893674&#8243;]<br \/><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\r\n<h5>Examples of Chromosome Paintings<\/h5>\r\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-76781\" style=\"max-width: 500px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-102-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-76781 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"2\" data-height=\"200\" data-width=\"500\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_76781\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_76781' class='nivoSlider'><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76824 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"12\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76825 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"11\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76826 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"10\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76827 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"9\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76828 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"8\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76829 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"7\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;162268&#8243;]\r\n<h3>Accessing The Chromosome Painter on FamilyTreeDNA<\/h3>\r\n<p>To access the Chromosome Painter, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/familytreedna.com\/my\/chromosome-painting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">familytreedna.com\/my\/chromosome-painting<\/a> and sign in to access the feature.<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;205275&#8243;]\r\n<h3><strong><b>Eligibility<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chromosome painter is available to anyone with Family Finder, including autosomal DNA transfers who unlocked Family Finder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h4><b>Don\u2019t have Family Finder?<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Kit Owners: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign in to your \u201ckit,\u201d go to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/my\/upgrades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add Ons &amp; Upgrades<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and select Family Finder. No need to re-swab, as we\u2019ll process your stored sample.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIP: FamilyTreeDNA kit owners that have previously tested with Ancestry, 23andme, or MyHeritage can upload their genetic data and get autosomal DNA matches for FREE. To access all Family Finder features, including the Chromosome Painter, you can unlock Family Finder for just $19. To upload your genetic data, sign in to your FamilyTreeDNA kit, go to <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/my\/upgrades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add Ons &amp; Upgrades<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and scroll down to Autosomal DNA Transfer. For more information on acceptable file versions, please visit our help center.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>New Customers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New to FamilyTreeDNA and don\u2019t have a kit to sign in to? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/products\/family-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order your Family Finder test today<\/span><\/a>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and we\u2019ll ship you a DNA collection kit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIP: Previously tested with Ancestry, 23andme, or MyHeritage, but you are a new FamilyTreeDNA customer? <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/familytreedna.com\/autosomal-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create an account and upload your genetic data file today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get FREE access to your autosomal DNA matches. You can unlock Family Finder and its features, including the Chromosome Painter, for just $19.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n<h3>Take a deeper dive into the Chromosome Painter<\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/help.familytreedna.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4401981569423-Population-Clusters-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has the full list of Continental Regions, Super Populations, and Population Clusters.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about the science behind myOrigins and the Chromosome Painter, check out FamilyTreeDNA\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/myOrigins_3_WhitePaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">myOrigins 3.0 White Pape<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r. Also, be sure to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/videos-myorigins-3-0-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-part video series on myOrigins 3.0<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>We are excited to introduce Chromosome Painting &#8211; a new Family Finder feature that helps you explore your Family Finder myOrigins results in a new way!<\/p>\r\n<p>The Chromosome Painter release follows our recent updates to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/updates-to-family-finder-matching-and-chromosome-painter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family Finder matching<\/a> and our expansion to 90 reference populations with <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/myorigins-3-is-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myOrigins 3.0<\/a>. Chromosome Painting is another step in a series of improvements to our genealogy products.<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;135034&#8243;] <\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples of Chromosome Paintings<\/h5>\r\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-76738\" style=\"max-width: 550px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-102-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-76738 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"New Slideshow\" data-height=\"250\" data-width=\"550\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_76738\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_76738' class='nivoSlider'><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76830 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"6\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76831 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"5\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1151\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76832 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"4\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4.png 1151w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-982x1024.png 982w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-768x801.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1151px) 100vw, 1151px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76833 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"3\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76834 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"2\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1175\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1.png\" class=\"slider-76738 slide-76835 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"1\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-1024x1003.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-768x752.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;881220&#8243;]\r\n<h3><!-- wp:heading -->\u00a0What is a Chromosome Painting?<\/h3>\r\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><!-- \/wp:heading --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While myOrigins has always shown your ancestry percentages from different populations around the world,\u00a0 Chromosome Painting visualizes which segments of your DNA come from each population.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You inherit 50% of your DNA from each of your parents, they inherited 50% of their DNA from each of their parents, and so on.\u00a0 Does this mean that you\u2019ll have inherited 25% of each grandparent\u2019s population percentages? Not exactly. Autosomal DNA is inherited through random recombination. This means that you don\u2019t receive a perfect quarter of each grandparent\u2019s origin percentages.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When autosomal DNA is passed down from each parent, their two DNA copies are shuffled together, and you receive a randomized selection of DNA from each grandparent. The same happened when your parents received their DNA from their parents, and your grandparents from their parents, and so on, which means unless all of your ancestors are from the same population, you might not inherit DNA for a specific reference population that is part of your ancestry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chromosome Painting allows you to visualize which segments of your DNA you inherited from each of those ancestors by breaking down your myOrigins populations by each segment of each chromosome.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at an example:<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=&#8221;76797&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;65&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;153020&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;195488&#8243;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the example above, all four of the grandparents have ancestry from different distinct populations. You can see how each of the three children inherited a random mixture of ancestry from their grandparents. Although the three siblings have similar ancestry percentages overall, they inherited quite different ancestry at each segment.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;174019&#8243;]\r\n<h3>Super Populations<\/h3>\r\n<p>myOrigins estimates your ancestry from as many as 90 different population clusters. However, this level of specificity is only afforded by using a large number of genetic markers from your entire genome. The Chromosome Painting must paint small DNA segments with very few markers, so to maintain accuracy, we must sacrifice some population specificity. That is why we group the 90 populations into 34 Super Populations, based on genetic similarity, and display these Super Populations in the Chromosome Painting.<\/p>\r\n<h3><b>How can this benefit your genetic genealogy research?<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<p>If you have one or more grandparents or more distant ancestors with significantly different ancestry from the others, this tool can help you pinpoint the segments that you inherited from them. You can compare those segments to your matches and find out which relatives share the same ancestry.<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;893674&#8243;]<br \/><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\r\n<h5>Examples of Chromosome Paintings<\/h5>\r\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-76781\" style=\"max-width: 500px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-102-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-76781 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"2\" data-height=\"200\" data-width=\"500\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_76781\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_76781' class='nivoSlider'><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76824 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"12\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76825 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"11\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76826 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"10\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76827 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"9\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76828 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"8\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img width=\"1200\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7.png\" class=\"slider-76781 slide-76829 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-caption=\"Example of a Chromosome Painting\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"7\" rel=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-1024x982.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.familytreedna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;162268&#8243;]\r\n<h3>Accessing The Chromosome Painter on FamilyTreeDNA<\/h3>\r\n<p>To access the Chromosome Painter, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/familytreedna.com\/my\/chromosome-painting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">familytreedna.com\/my\/chromosome-painting<\/a> and sign in to access the feature.<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;205275&#8243;]\r\n<h3><strong><b>Eligibility<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chromosome painter is available to anyone with Family Finder, including autosomal DNA transfers who unlocked Family Finder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h4><b>Don\u2019t have Family Finder?<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Kit Owners: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign in to your \u201ckit,\u201d go to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/my\/upgrades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add Ons &amp; Upgrades<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and select Family Finder. No need to re-swab, as we\u2019ll process your stored sample.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIP: FamilyTreeDNA kit owners that have previously tested with Ancestry, 23andme, or MyHeritage can upload their genetic data and get autosomal DNA matches for FREE. To access all Family Finder features, including the Chromosome Painter, you can unlock Family Finder for just $19. To upload your genetic data, sign in to your FamilyTreeDNA kit, go to <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/my\/upgrades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add Ons &amp; Upgrades<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and scroll down to Autosomal DNA Transfer. For more information on acceptable file versions, please visit our help center.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>New Customers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New to FamilyTreeDNA and don\u2019t have a kit to sign in to? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/products\/family-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order your Family Finder test today<\/span><\/a>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and we\u2019ll ship you a DNA collection kit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIP: Previously tested with Ancestry, 23andme, or MyHeritage, but you are a new FamilyTreeDNA customer? <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/familytreedna.com\/autosomal-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create an account and upload your genetic data file today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get FREE access to your autosomal DNA matches. 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