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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)

Emery County	10,291	338	63	6	1	719	0	13	19	2	0	1
Utah (in 000's)	3,558	128	29	36	23	382	37	63	29	18	15	5
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
Sanpete County	30,879	727	241	231	169	2,529	134	286	84	181	67	20
Sevier County	22,645	823	275	35	23	929	54	13	128	10	30	15
Carbon County	20,692	720	180	22	45	2,327	3	42	341	50	26	6
San Juan County	14,959	257	7,046	45	16	552	125	3	108	13	4	6
Grand County	10,164	521	352	15	106	941	1	136	41	27	4	6
Wayne County	2,572	112	19	4	5	52	0	0	36	0	0	0

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Emery County	14.12	3.28	0.61	0.06	0.01	6.99	0.00	0.13	0.18	0.02	0.00	0.01
Utah	11.03	3.59	0.82	1.02	0.64	10.72	1.05	1.77	0.81	0.50	0.42	0.15
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
Sanpete County	13.56	2.35	0.78	0.75	0.55	8.19	0.43	0.93	0.27	0.59	0.22	0.06
Sevier County	15.85	3.63	1.21	0.15	0.10	4.10	0.24	0.06	0.57	0.04	0.13	0.07
Carbon County	11.33	3.48	0.87	0.11	0.22	11.25	0.01	0.20	1.65	0.24	0.13	0.03
San Juan County	26.02	1.72	47.10	0.30	0.11	3.69	0.84	0.02	0.72	0.09	0.03	0.04
Grand County	11.75	5.13	3.46	0.15	1.04	9.26	0.01	1.34	0.40	0.27	0.04	0.06
Wayne County	14.55	4.35	0.74	0.16	0.19	2.02	0.00	0.00	1.40	0.00	0.00	0.00

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

Emery County		91.42	75.02	5.70	1.53	65.16	0.00	7.13	22.89	3.87	0.00	6.63
Utah		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		112.64	79.01	17.84	518.14	105.64	171.94	76.41	133.17	1,501.22	539.01	1,424.99
Sanpete County		65.53	95.64	73.14	85.93	76.38	41.43	52.31	33.73	116.65	51.13	44.16
Sevier County		101.16	148.81	15.11	15.95	38.26	22.77	3.24	70.08	8.79	31.22	45.16
Carbon County		96.86	106.60	10.40	34.15	104.89	1.38	11.46	204.32	48.09	29.61	19.77
San Juan County		47.82	5,771.96	29.41	16.79	34.42	79.78	1.13	89.51	17.29	6.30	27.35
Grand County		142.68	424.39	14.43	163.75	86.35	0.94	75.57	50.01	52.86	9.27	40.25
Wayne County		121.21	90.52	15.21	30.52	18.86	0.00	0.00	173.54	0.00	0.00	0.00

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

Emery County		81.16	94.94	31.95	0.29	61.68	0.00	9.34	17.19	0.26	0.00	0.46
Utah		88.78	126.56	560.46	19.30	94.66	58.16	130.88	75.09	6.66	18.55	7.02
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Sanpete County		58.18	121.04	409.94	16.58	72.31	24.10	68.46	25.33	7.77	9.49	3.10
Sevier County		89.81	188.34	84.70	3.08	36.22	13.24	4.24	52.63	0.59	5.79	3.17
Carbon County		85.99	134.91	58.26	6.59	99.29	0.81	15.00	153.43	3.20	5.49	1.39
San Juan County		42.46	7,305.03	164.85	3.24	32.58	46.40	1.48	67.22	1.15	1.17	1.92
Grand County		126.67	537.11	80.87	31.60	81.74	0.55	98.90	37.56	3.52	1.72	2.82
Wayne County		107.61	114.57	85.22	5.89	17.85	0.00	0.00	130.32	0.00	0.00	0.00

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

Emery County	10,291	41	1,952	92	106	462	245	20	1,267	677	51	504
Utah (in 000's)	3,558	11	667	32	30	210	50	14	225	191	25	139
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
Sanpete County	30,879	88	6,183	300	208	1,382	186	77	4,768	1,514	140	1,083
Sevier County	22,645	23	5,107	223	209	1,195	236	94	2,906	1,240	220	621
Carbon County	20,692	175	3,216	185	215	1,421	931	152	1,172	1,151	219	973
San Juan County	14,959	12	1,450	61	68	513	78	41	417	469	201	188
Grand County	10,164	30	1,673	74	72	858	69	100	359	959	12	192
Wayne County	2,572	0	683	42	12	218	15	4	281	233	0	181

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Emery County	14.12	0.40	18.97	0.89	1.03	4.49	2.38	0.19	12.31	6.58	0.50	4.90
Utah	11.03	0.30	18.74	0.91	0.83	5.91	1.39	0.38	6.33	5.37	0.70	3.90
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
Sanpete County	13.56	0.28	20.02	0.97	0.67	4.48	0.60	0.25	15.44	4.90	0.45	3.51
Sevier County	15.85	0.10	22.55	0.98	0.92	5.28	1.04	0.42	12.83	5.48	0.97	2.74
Carbon County	11.33	0.85	15.54	0.89	1.04	6.87	4.50	0.73	5.66	5.56	1.06	4.70
San Juan County	26.02	0.08	9.69	0.41	0.45	3.43	0.52	0.27	2.79	3.14	1.34	1.26
Grand County	11.75	0.30	16.46	0.73	0.71	8.44	0.68	0.98	3.53	9.44	0.12	1.89
Wayne County	14.55	0.00	26.56	1.63	0.47	8.48	0.58	0.16	10.93	9.06	0.00	7.04

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

Emery County		131.74	101.23	98.31	124.06	75.99	170.70	50.48	194.45	122.42	71.08	125.54
Utah		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		130.06	28.09	58.56	127.79	121.84	188.57	353.17	27.46	111.82	47.65	71.42
Sanpete County		94.23	106.86	106.83	81.13	75.76	43.19	64.77	243.88	91.24	65.03	89.91
Sevier County		33.58	120.36	108.29	111.17	89.32	74.72	107.83	202.69	101.90	139.35	70.30
Carbon County		279.65	82.94	98.32	125.15	116.24	322.60	190.82	89.46	103.52	151.80	120.54
San Juan County		26.53	51.73	44.84	54.75	58.05	37.39	71.20	44.03	58.34	192.72	32.22
Grand County		97.60	87.84	80.06	85.32	142.89	48.67	255.57	55.79	175.58	16.93	48.42
Wayne County		0.00	141.72	179.57	56.20	143.47	41.82	40.40	172.56	168.58	0.00	180.40

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

Emery County		101.29	360.33	167.87	97.08	62.37	90.52	14.29	708.04	109.48	149.19	175.78
Utah		76.89	355.96	170.76	78.25	82.07	53.03	28.31	364.12	89.43	209.88	140.02
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Sanpete County		72.45	380.38	182.43	63.49	62.18	22.90	18.34	888.00	81.60	136.48	125.88
Sevier County		25.82	428.42	184.91	86.99	73.31	39.63	30.53	738.01	91.13	292.46	98.43
Carbon County		215.01	295.25	167.88	97.93	95.40	171.08	54.03	325.73	92.58	318.61	168.77
San Juan County		20.39	184.14	76.57	42.85	47.64	19.83	20.16	160.31	52.18	404.49	45.11
Grand County		75.04	312.69	136.71	66.77	117.27	25.81	72.36	203.13	157.03	35.54	67.80
Wayne County		0.00	504.46	306.63	43.98	117.75	22.18	11.44	628.31	150.77	0.00	252.58

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

Emery County	10,291	0	0	0	2	0	5	4	9	0	1,114	2,578
Utah (in 000's)	3,558	17	10	7	6	9	16	11	6	10	484	623
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
Sanpete County	30,879	27	13	69	2	7	4	23	73	2	3,456	6,605
Sevier County	22,645	0	18	25	5	4	0	3	1	25	2,038	6,117
Carbon County	20,692	26	34	3	0	0	1	1	0	23	2,952	4,080
San Juan County	14,959	0	0	0	0	0	7	44	7	0	1,844	1,384
Grand County	10,164	11	0	0	0	0	1	28	71	2	1,607	1,896
Wayne County	2,572	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	191	476

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Emery County	14.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.05	0.04	0.09	0.00	10.82	25.05
Utah	11.03	0.48	0.29	0.20	0.17	0.26	0.44	0.30	0.18	0.29	13.60	17.52
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
Sanpete County	13.56	0.09	0.04	0.22	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.07	0.24	0.01	11.19	21.39
Sevier County	15.85	0.00	0.08	0.11	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.11	9.00	27.01
Carbon County	11.33	0.13	0.16	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11	14.27	19.72
San Juan County	26.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.29	0.05	0.00	12.33	9.25
Grand County	11.75	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.28	0.70	0.02	15.81	18.65
Wayne County	14.55	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.31	0.00	7.43	18.51

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

Emery County		0.00	0.00	0.00	11.32	0.00	11.03	12.91	49.43	0.00	79.57	142.99
Utah		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		272.63	300.49	112.79	261.59	211.11	360.46	159.02	202.45	194.52	101.34	84.81
Sanpete County		18.34	14.42	109.11	3.77	8.59	2.94	24.75	133.63	2.24	82.27	122.09
Sevier County		0.00	27.24	53.91	12.86	6.69	0.00	4.40	2.50	38.18	66.15	154.19
Carbon County		26.36	56.30	7.08	0.00	0.00	1.10	1.61	0.00	38.44	104.87	112.55
San Juan County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.62	97.72	26.45	0.00	90.61	52.81
Grand County		22.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.23	91.52	394.85	6.80	116.22	106.48
Wayne County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	175.82	0.00	54.59	105.64

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

Emery County		0.00	0.00	0.00	4.33	0.00	3.06	8.12	24.42	0.00	78.52	168.60
Utah		36.68	33.28	88.66	38.23	47.37	27.74	62.89	49.39	51.41	98.68	117.91
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Sanpete County		6.73	4.80	96.74	1.44	4.07	0.82	15.56	66.00	1.15	81.18	143.96
Sevier County		0.00	9.06	47.80	4.92	3.17	0.00	2.77	1.23	19.63	65.28	181.81
Carbon County		9.67	18.74	6.28	0.00	0.00	0.30	1.01	0.00	19.76	103.48	132.71
San Juan County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.95	61.45	13.07	0.00	89.41	62.27
Grand County		8.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.62	57.56	195.03	3.50	114.68	125.55
Wayne County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	86.84	0.00	53.87	124.56

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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