AncestryDNA® Traits Learning Hub
AncestryDNA® Traits
Whether they're physical traits you can see or hidden traits you can’t, your DNA holds even more information than you imagined.
Playing Music by Ear
Can you hear a melody once and instantly mimic it? Playing music by ear is a skill some people pick up early and instinctively, while others develop it through years of practise. Genetics may have some influence, but it's more about learning musical fluency.
Featured AncestryDNA® Traits Articles
The answer to where you got your sweet tooth or love of cheese and fermented foods isn't just in your family's meal plan. It may also be part of your genetics.
Learn more about Sweet or Savoury Foods
Whether you love or hate your eyelash length, your lash length might be influenced by your parents and ancestors. See if you have genetic markers associated with longer lengths.
Learn more about Eyelash Length
When someone invites you to try a new food, are you more inclined to dig in or avoid taking the first bite? People with a natural inclination to want to experience new things could reflect some genetic influence.
Learn more about Trying New Things
Self-discipline encourages people to make choices that help them achieve their goals. But it is easier for some than for others. Do you have a genetic leg up that predisposes you to self-disciplined behaviour?
Learn more about the Self-Discipline trait.
Getting Started with AncestryDNA® Traits
Performance Traits
- Athletic Ability
- Competitiveness
- Desire to Succeed
- Determination
- Dominant Foot
- Focus
- Getting Stronger
- Goal Setter
- Hand-Eye Coordination
- Heart Rate Recovery
- Heat Tolerance
- Holding Your Breath
- Individual or Team Sports
- Jumping High
- Leadership
- Making Contact With a Ball
- Muscle Fatigue
- Optimist
- Oxygen Use
- Pain Tolerance
- Performing Choreography
- Persistence
- Physical Agility
- Physical Balance
- Physical Flexibility
- Physical Strength
- Quick Reflexes
- Risk Taking
- Runner's High
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Discipline
- Speed
- Sports Technique
- Sprinting or Endurance Running
- Trying New Things
- Watching Sports
The Science Behind Traits
Sensory Traits
- Alcohol Flush
- Asparagus Odour
- Bitter Sensitivity
- Caffeine Intake
- Cilantro Aversion
- Mosquito Bites
- Motion Sickness
- Spicy Foods
- Sun Sneezing
- Sweet Sensitivity
- Ticklishness
- Tolerating Dairy
- Umami Sensitivity
Personality Traits
Nutrient Traits
Appearance Traits
- Birth Weight
- Cleft Chin
- Dimples
- Ear Wiggling
- Earlobes
- Earwax Type
- Eye Colour
- Eyelash Length
- Facial Hair Fullness
- Finger Length
- Flat Feet
- Freckles
- Hair Colour
- Hair Strand Thickness
- Hair Type
- Hitchhiker's Thumb
- Iris Patterns
- Longer Second Toe
- Male Hair Loss
- Skin Pigmentation
- Tongue Rolling
- Unibrow
- Widow's Peak
- Wisdom Teeth
Going Beyond AncestryDNA® Traits
Learn how DNA can give you new details about your family history or even help you connect to your past in a deeper way.
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