Generally, a genealogical DNA test might use either autosomal STRs or autosomal SNPs. (STR's are Short Tandem Repeats; SNPs are single-nucleotide polymorphisms.) However, testing companies do not currently offer autosomal STRs tests that use enough STR markers for genealogy.
The schema is the Active Directory component that defines all the objects and attributes that the directory service uses to store data. The physical structure of the schema consists of the object definitions. The schema itself is stored in the directory.
The Active Directory schema contains two schema object classes, ClassSchema and AttributeSchema. Objects derived from these classes act like patterns in a lathe to turn out other objects. The schema objects are stored in the directory in the cn=Schema,cn=Configuration,dc=<domain_name>,dc=<domain_root> container.