Our analysis estimates which breeds share the most DNA with your pet. The most common reasons for differences are:
• The test does not assess pedigrees. A pedigree is a documented record of ancestry; we compare your pet’s DNA with reference populations. If a pedigree pet’s result shows other breeds, this may reflect historical crosses not recorded in the documents, a lineage genetically different from our reference populations, or substantial shared DNA with related breeds. The test neither confirms nor invalidates a pedigree.
• Each company uses its own method. Chips, reference databases and algorithms differ, so breed assignments naturally vary, particularly small percentages.
• Not all breeds can be distinguished. To include a breed, we need enough reference animals that are genetically consistent with one another and distinct from other breeds. A breed may be absent because its DNA is too similar to another breed we analyse, or because we lack enough reliable reference samples.