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Ancestry refers to the lineage or descent of a person, family, or group, tracing back through generations to identify their origins, heritage, and familial connections. It encompasses the genetic, cultural, and historical ties that link individuals to their forebears, shaping their identity and sense of belonging. Ancestry is a multifaceted concept, intertwining biology, genealogy, history, and culture, and it plays a significant role in how people understand themselves and their place in the world.

At its core, ancestry is rooted in genetics. Each individual inherits a unique combination of DNA from their parents, who in turn inherited their DNA from their own ancestors. This genetic material carries information about physical traits, predispositions to certain health conditions, and even behavioral tendencies. Advances in genetic testing, such as DNA analysis, have made it possible for individuals to trace their biological ancestry with remarkable precision. Companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA offer services that analyze genetic markers to provide insights into a person's ethnic composition and geographic origins, often revealing surprising connections to distant relatives or previously unknown heritage.

Beyond genetics, ancestry is deeply tied to genealogy, the study of family history and lineage. Genealogical research involves constructing family trees, documenting relationships, and uncovering historical records such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, census data, and immigration documents. This process often reveals stories of migration, resilience, and adaptation, offering a window into the lives of ancestors and the challenges they faced. For many, genealogy is a way to honor their forebears and preserve their legacy for future generations.

Cultural ancestry is another critical dimension, encompassing the traditions, languages, customs, and values passed down through generations. It connects individuals to their ethnic or national heritage, shaping their cultural identity and worldview. For example, someone with Irish ancestry might celebrate St. Patrick's Day, learn traditional Irish dance, or explore the Gaelic language, while someone with Japanese ancestry might practice tea ceremonies, study calligraphy, or observe Obon festivals. Cultural ancestry fosters a sense of continuity and belonging, linking individuals to a broader community with shared experiences and values.

Historical ancestry delves into the broader context of a family's or group's past, including significant events, social conditions, and historical movements that shaped their lives. For instance, the transatlantic slave trade, the Irish Potato Famine, or the Jewish diaspora have profoundly influenced the ancestry of millions of people, leaving lasting imprints on their descendants' identities. Understanding historical ancestry often involves grappling with complex narratives of triumph and tragedy, resilience and oppression, and the interplay of individual and collective experiences.

Ancestry also has a deeply personal and emotional dimension. For many, exploring their ancestry is a journey of self-discovery, offering insights into who they are and where they come from. It can foster a sense of pride, connection, and continuity, as well as a deeper appreciation for the struggles and achievements of those who came before. At the same time, it can raise questions about identity, belonging, and the complexities of heritage, particularly for individuals with mixed or multicultural backgrounds.

In a globalized world, ancestry serves as a bridge between the past and the present, connecting individuals to their roots while also highlighting the interconnectedness of human history. It underscores the diversity and richness of human experience, reminding us that every person's story is part of a larger tapestry woven over centuries. Whether through genetic testing, genealogical research, cultural practices, or historical exploration, ancestry offers a profound way to understand ourselves and our place in the world.

A diversification score measures the diversity of ancestries in the county. As the value appoaches 100, ancestry diversity decreases and therefore increasing the risk of a lack of cultural diversity. The ancestry diversification score for this county is:

Most common ancestry not including "Unknown" is:

Ancestry Report Part I
Description	Total Population	American	Native American	Hawaiian	Caribbean (Latino)	Mexican	Central American	South American	Other Hispanic	African American	Sub- Saharan	Caribbean (Black)

Fayette County	125,725	6,815	233	56	3,105	4,347	787	1,619	381	23,252	4,205	3,885
Georgia (in 000's)	11,288	641	21	6	209	627	187	116	51	2,374	539	501
National (in 000's)	343,251	13,890	2,213	626	11,327	38,879	6,181	4,644	3,687	25,893	7,852	7,174
Fulton County	1,098,524	21,983	1,647	375	17,860	38,333	9,462	16,193	4,588	321,842	73,660	68,479
Clayton County	297,006	1,955	600	118	5,308	28,479	5,004	1,963	1,528	146,067	31,865	27,645
Coweta County	159,395	11,877	292	65	3,168	5,678	1,863	1,148	424	20,712	3,816	3,952
Spalding County	70,479	10,677	128	18	586	2,685	338	177	252	17,213	3,755	3,607

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Fayette County	10.04	5.42	0.19	0.04	2.47	3.46	0.63	1.29	0.30	18.49	3.34	3.09
Georgia	10.99	5.68	0.18	0.06	1.85	5.56	1.65	1.03	0.46	21.03	4.77	4.44
National	7.83	4.05	0.64	0.18	3.30	11.33	1.80	1.35	1.07	7.54	2.29	2.09
Fulton County	12.83	2.00	0.15	0.03	1.63	3.49	0.86	1.47	0.42	29.30	6.71	6.23
Clayton County	27.85	0.66	0.20	0.04	1.79	9.59	1.68	0.66	0.51	49.18	10.73	9.31
Coweta County	11.20	7.45	0.18	0.04	1.99	3.56	1.17	0.72	0.27	12.99	2.39	2.48
Spalding County	13.83	15.15	0.18	0.03	0.83	3.81	0.48	0.25	0.36	24.42	5.33	5.12

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Fayette County		95.41	100.34	78.88	133.46	62.24	37.88	125.26	66.46	87.94	70.06	69.61
Georgia		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		71.23	349.10	323.17	178.32	203.89	108.98	131.61	235.55	35.87	47.92	47.08
Fulton County		35.22	81.17	60.45	87.86	62.81	52.12	143.39	91.59	139.31	140.46	140.42
Clayton County		11.59	109.37	70.36	96.57	172.60	101.96	64.29	112.83	233.85	224.73	209.67
Coweta County		131.16	99.18	72.22	107.40	64.12	70.73	70.06	58.34	61.79	50.15	55.85
Spalding County		266.65	98.33	45.23	44.93	68.58	29.02	24.43	78.41	116.13	111.60	115.28

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Fayette County		133.95	28.74	24.41	74.84	30.53	34.76	95.18	28.21	245.17	146.21	147.84
Georgia		140.39	28.65	30.94	56.08	49.05	91.76	75.98	42.45	278.78	208.70	212.40
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Fulton County		49.45	23.25	18.71	49.27	30.81	47.83	108.95	38.88	388.38	293.13	298.25
Clayton County		16.27	31.33	21.77	54.16	84.66	93.56	48.85	47.90	651.94	469.01	445.34
Coweta County		184.13	28.41	22.35	60.23	31.45	64.90	53.23	24.77	172.25	104.66	118.63
Spalding County		374.36	28.17	14.00	25.20	33.63	26.63	18.56	33.29	323.76	232.91	244.86

Ancestry Report Part II
Description	Total Population	Canadian	British	Dutch	French	German	Italian	Polish	Scandinavian	Scotish/ Irish	Spanish	Other European

Fayette County	125,725	314	8,763	644	1,050	5,731	1,806	905	1,544	7,654	116	3,436
Georgia (in 000's)	11,288	18	618	27	58	339	116	50	62	531	18	179
National (in 000's)	343,251	1,350	18,069	1,828	3,642	24,708	9,027	4,667	5,969	20,625	1,140	9,563
Fulton County	1,098,524	2,080	51,368	2,203	6,924	33,609	14,793	6,565	7,514	43,065	2,673	25,216
Clayton County	297,006	15	910	20	87	526	177	67	70	989	138	206
Coweta County	159,395	429	12,715	574	1,547	7,123	3,001	1,124	1,741	10,144	372	3,860
Spalding County	70,479	55	3,323	107	171	1,640	312	171	302	2,839	102	426

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Fayette County	10.04	0.25	6.97	0.51	0.84	4.56	1.44	0.72	1.23	6.09	0.09	2.73
Georgia	10.99	0.16	5.47	0.24	0.52	3.01	1.02	0.44	0.55	4.70	0.16	1.59
National	7.83	0.39	5.26	0.53	1.06	7.20	2.63	1.36	1.74	6.01	0.33	2.79
Fulton County	12.83	0.19	4.68	0.20	0.63	3.06	1.35	0.60	0.68	3.92	0.24	2.30
Clayton County	27.85	0.01	0.31	0.01	0.03	0.18	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.33	0.05	0.07
Coweta County	11.20	0.27	7.98	0.36	0.97	4.47	1.88	0.71	1.09	6.36	0.23	2.42
Spalding County	13.83	0.08	4.71	0.15	0.24	2.33	0.44	0.24	0.43	4.03	0.14	0.60

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Fayette County		160.67	127.34	216.34	161.73	151.60	140.25	164.07	223.82	129.52	58.83	172.10
Georgia		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		253.05	96.17	224.93	205.47	239.40	256.78	309.89	316.91	127.83	211.82	175.45
Fulton County		121.81	85.43	84.70	122.06	101.75	131.48	136.21	124.66	83.40	155.16	144.55
Clayton County		3.25	5.60	2.84	5.67	5.89	5.82	5.14	4.30	7.08	29.63	4.37
Coweta County		173.15	145.74	152.10	187.95	148.62	183.82	160.73	199.07	135.40	148.82	152.50
Spalding County		50.20	86.14	64.12	46.99	77.39	43.22	55.30	78.10	85.70	92.29	38.06

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Fayette County		63.49	132.41	96.18	78.72	63.33	54.62	52.94	70.63	101.32	27.77	98.09
Georgia		39.52	103.98	44.46	48.67	41.77	38.94	32.27	31.55	78.23	47.21	57.00
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Fulton County		48.14	88.83	37.66	59.41	42.50	51.20	43.96	39.34	65.24	73.25	82.39
Clayton County		1.28	5.82	1.26	2.76	2.46	2.27	1.66	1.36	5.54	13.99	2.49
Coweta County		68.42	151.54	67.62	91.48	62.08	71.59	51.87	62.81	105.91	70.26	86.92
Spalding County		19.84	89.57	28.51	22.87	32.33	16.83	17.85	24.64	67.04	43.57	21.69

Ancestry Report Part III
Description	Total Population	Chinese	Filipino	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	South Central Asian	South East Asian	Other Asian	Middle Eastern	Other Ancestry	Unknown

Fayette County	125,725	622	827	641	1,047	562	1,938	702	146	246	20,765	17,581
Georgia (in 000's)	11,288	71	30	11	66	65	197	33	25	30	1,753	1,721
National (in 000's)	343,251	4,461	3,010	793	1,541	1,913	5,452	1,643	1,229	1,931	47,322	51,000
Fulton County	1,098,524	17,925	3,849	2,500	9,646	2,766	43,621	2,068	2,089	6,021	143,563	94,044
Clayton County	297,006	707	536	152	294	7,300	1,192	2,810	597	84	20,700	8,897
Coweta County	159,395	706	294	109	502	842	828	73	84	273	25,234	34,825
Spalding County	70,479	61	143	28	185	0	106	22	57	72	9,961	10,960

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Fayette County	10.04	0.49	0.66	0.51	0.83	0.45	1.54	0.56	0.12	0.20	16.52	13.98
Georgia	10.99	0.63	0.26	0.10	0.59	0.57	1.74	0.29	0.22	0.27	15.53	15.25
National	7.83	1.30	0.88	0.23	0.45	0.56	1.59	0.48	0.36	0.56	13.79	14.86
Fulton County	12.83	1.63	0.35	0.23	0.88	0.25	3.97	0.19	0.19	0.55	13.07	8.56
Clayton County	27.85	0.24	0.18	0.05	0.10	2.46	0.40	0.95	0.20	0.03	6.97	3.00
Coweta County	11.20	0.44	0.18	0.07	0.31	0.53	0.52	0.05	0.05	0.17	15.83	21.85
Spalding County	13.83	0.09	0.20	0.04	0.26	0.00	0.15	0.03	0.08	0.10	14.13	15.55

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Fayette County		78.23	250.88	530.28	141.46	78.10	88.42	190.48	52.66	73.79	106.38	91.72
Georgia		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		205.52	334.50	240.24	76.28	97.36	91.11	163.28	162.41	212.12	88.80	97.45
Fulton County		258.03	133.64	236.70	149.15	43.99	227.77	64.22	86.23	206.71	84.17	56.15
Clayton County		37.64	68.83	53.23	16.81	429.41	23.02	322.76	91.14	10.67	44.89	19.65
Coweta County		70.04	70.35	71.12	53.50	92.29	29.80	15.62	23.90	64.59	101.97	143.30
Spalding County		13.69	77.39	41.32	44.59	0.00	8.63	10.65	36.67	38.53	91.03	102.00

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Fayette County		38.07	75.00	220.73	185.45	80.21	97.05	116.66	32.42	34.79	119.80	94.12
Georgia		48.66	29.90	41.62	131.10	102.71	109.76	61.24	61.57	47.14	112.62	102.61
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Fulton County		125.55	39.95	98.53	195.55	45.18	250.01	39.33	53.09	97.45	94.79	57.62
Clayton County		18.32	20.58	22.16	22.04	441.04	25.27	197.67	56.12	5.03	50.55	20.16
Coweta County		34.08	21.03	29.61	70.14	94.79	32.71	9.57	14.71	30.45	114.83	147.05
Spalding County		6.66	23.13	17.20	58.46	0.00	9.47	6.52	22.58	18.16	102.52	104.66

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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