Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In 2006, anthropologist Joseph Genz secretly steered off course while Marshallese wave pilot Korent Joel slept, just to see if he could still navigate by feeling alone. He could.
That skill helped settle the Pacific, and researchers are now using DNA to retrace the journey no one wrote down. What they found reshapes the timeline.
Are you connected to these ancient navigators? We've added 47 new Genetic Groups across Oceania, including 5 groups across the Hawaiian Islands, for the most detailed view of Pacific Islander ancestry yet.
Explore your 23andMe Ancestry Composition Report today and read more here: 23andme.org/blog/articles/new-genetic-groups-across-oceania
#23andMe #Shorts #AncestryDNA
In 2006, anthropologist Joseph Genz secretly steered off course while Marshallese wave pilot Korent Joel slept, just to see if he could still navigate by feeling alone. He could.
That skill helped settle the Pacific, and researchers are now using DNA to retrace the journey no one wrote down. What they found reshapes the timeline.
Are you connected to these ancient navigators? We've added 47 new Genetic Groups across Oceania, including 5 groups across the Hawaiian Islands, for the most detailed view of Pacific Islander ancestry yet.
Explore your 23andMe Ancestry Composition Report today and read more here: 23andme.org/blog/articles/new-genetic-groups-across-oceania
#23andMe #Shorts #AncestryDNA
