What your DNA reveals

Alcohol flush

Whether drinking alcohol turns your face red, driven by the ALDH2 gene.

ALDH2 rs671

How fast you break down alcohol

How quickly your body breaks down alcohol, set by the ADH1B gene.

ADH1B rs1229984

Lactose tolerance

Whether you likely keep digesting the lactose in milk and dairy as an adult.

MCM6/LCT rs4988235

How fast you clear caffeine

Whether you tend to clear caffeine from your blood faster or slower than average — a tendency only, not a measurement of your caffeine sensitivity. The variant is common in European-ancestry groups and close to absent elsewhere, so it carries information only there.

CYP1A1/CYP1A2 rs2472297

Caffeine intake tendency

A small genetic nudge in how much caffeine you tend to consume, via the AHR gene.

AHR rs4410790

Bitter taste sensitivity

How strongly you perceive bitter compounds like those in coffee, cruciferous vegetables, and tonic water.

TAS2R38 haplotype (rs713598, rs1726866, rs10246939)

How cilantro tastes to you

Whether cilantro tastes soapy to you, linked to the OR6A2 smell receptor.

OR6A2 rs72921001

Smelling asparagus in urine

Whether you can smell the distinctive odor in urine after eating asparagus.

rs4481887

Recognizing an orange scent

How likely you are to correctly identify an orange smell, from a variant near ADCY2.

rs116058752 near ADCY2

Bitter-taste sensitivity (salicin)

How strongly you taste salicin-type bitter compounds, set by a TAS2R16 receptor variant.

TAS2R38 haplotype (rs713598, rs1726866, rs10246939)

Pineapple smell identification (OR4A16)

One of two olfactory-receptor variants that influence how easily you identify pineapple by scent.

OR4A16 rs669453

Pineapple smell identification (OR5A2)

A second, independent olfactory-receptor variant affecting how readily you identify pineapple by scent.

OR5A2 rs61902559

Earwax & body odor type

Whether you have wet or dry earwax and more or less body odor, both set by ABCC11.

ABCC11 rs17822931

Freckling tendency

How many freckles you tend to develop, influenced by the IRF4 gene.

IRF4 rs12203592

Eye color

Your likely eye color, from the single biggest-effect pigmentation variant HERC2/OCA2.

HERC2/OCA2 rs12913832

Sneezing in bright light

Whether you're genetically prone to sneezing in bright light — a harmless reflex.

Intergenic, 2q22.3 (near ZEB2) rs10427255

Male-pattern hair loss tendency

One genetic nudge toward male-pattern hair loss, scored for men only.

EDA2R rs1385699

Muscle AMPD1 enzyme status

Whether your muscle AMPD1 enzyme is fully active. About 1 in 55 Europeans inherit two non-working copies, making it one of the most common inherited enzyme deficiencies, yet population studies find no symptoms in the large majority.

AMPD1 rs17602729

Closest Broad Ancestry Group

The broad reference population your genotype sits closest to on the 1000 Genomes ancestry map.

1000 Genomes PCA marker panel

Nearby Reference Groups

The other reference clusters your genotype sits close to, beyond the single closest match.

1000 Genomes PCA marker panel

Finer Ancestry Group

A more precise reference sub-group nested within your broad ancestry region, shown when the data supports it.

gnomAD v4.1 genetic-ancestry reference panel

Vitamin B12 level

Your genetically typical circulating vitamin B12 level.

FUT2 rs602662

Active B12 delivery

How efficiently B12 is delivered into your cells, separate from total B12.

TCN2 rs1801198

Folate processing (MTHFR)

How efficiently your MTHFR enzyme processes folate, which influences homocysteine levels.

MTHFR rs1801133

Vitamin D status tendency

A GC variant that tilts your baseline vitamin D level via vitamin D-binding protein.

GC (group-specific component / vitamin D-binding protein) rs2282679

Omega-3 conversion (FADS1)

How efficiently your FADS1 enzyme converts plant omega-3 (ALA) into EPA and DHA.

FADS1 rs174537

Vitamin A from plants

How well you convert plant beta-carotene into active vitamin A.

BCO1 rs7501331

Vitamin C absorption

Whether you carry a variant that lowers vitamin C transport into cells.

SLC23A1 rs33972313

Selenium level

How your genes lean your circulating selenium level, a little higher or lower.

CBS rs1789953

Blood-calcium set point (CASR)

Whether your calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) variant nudges your blood-calcium set point upward.

CASR rs1801725

Blood calcium via vitamin-D clearance (CYP24A1)

How your CYP24A1 variant, in the vitamin-D breakdown pathway, leans your blood calcium.

CYP24A1 rs1570669

Blood copper level (SELENBP1)

How your SELENBP1 variant leans your circulating blood-copper level.

SELENBP1 rs2769264

Blood copper level (ceruloplasmin gene)

How your variant near the ceruloplasmin (CP) gene leans your circulating blood-copper level.

CP rs35691438

Magnesium level (MUC1 marker)

How your genetics nudge where your blood magnesium tends to sit, from one of the two main magnesium markers.

MUC1/TRIM46 rs4072037

Magnesium level (TRPM6 marker)

A second magnesium marker where most people carry the lower-leaning version.

TRPM6 rs11144134

Zinc level (PPCDC marker)

How your genetics nudge your typical blood zinc, from the lead zinc marker.

PPCDC rs2120019

Zinc level (CA1 marker)

A second zinc marker adding to your blood-zinc tendency.

CA1 rs1532423

Iron level (TMPRSS6 marker)

How your genetics nudge your iron markers, from the main iron-regulation gene.

TMPRSS6 rs855791

Iron level (TF marker)

A second iron marker reflecting iron transport rather than storage.

TF rs3811647

GLP-1 weight-loss drug response markers

Two research markers linked to how you might respond to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs — one to weight-loss amount (GLP1R), one to nausea on tirzepatide-type drugs (GIPR).

GLP1R rs10305420, GIPR rs1800437

Anesthesia recovery (muscle relaxants)

How fast you clear the anesthesia muscle-relaxant succinylcholine; reduced function can prolong its effect.

BCHE rs1803274, rs1799807

Power vs endurance muscle

Whether your ACTN3 gene favors powerful, explosive muscle or endurance.

ACTN3 rs1815739

Sex-hormone transport (SHBG)

Two common variants that shift how much sex hormone-binding globulin you carry — about 11% per copy of the lead variant, roughly 23% between the two ends, and slightly stronger in men than women. SHBG ferries testosterone and estradiol through the blood, so it changes what a total testosterone reading means, not how much active hormone you have. Measured only in European-ancestry groups, and the lead variant is close to absent in East Asian groups; ask for SHBG and free testosterone alongside a total testosterone test.

SHBG rs12150660, JMJD1C rs7910927

IGF-1 level tendency

A modest genetic lean toward higher or lower circulating IGF-1, a growth factor.

IGF1 rs35767

FOXO3 longevity variant

How many copies you carry of a FOXO3 variant enriched in people who live to very old age.

FOXO3 rs2802292

Folate processing (MTHFR)

How well your MTHFR enzyme activates folate, which affects homocysteine and B-vitamin needs.

MTHFR rs1801133

Appetite & weight tendency

How your MC4R appetite gene leans your food intake and body-weight set point.

MC4R rs17782313

Appetite & fullness tendency

Whether your genetics lean toward feeling hungrier sooner, from the main appetite gene.

FTO rs9939609

Thyroid hormone activation (bloodstream)

Which direction your D1 enzyme shifts the balance between thyroid T4 and active T3 in your bloodstream.

DIO1 rs2235544

Nicotine dependence tendency

A well-replicated CHRNA5 variant tied to heavier smoking and nicotine dependence in people who smoke.

CHRNA5 rs16969968