Recent content by kukumjacka

Our elevators at work are decorated with marble stones and a small sign notes the place of origin. One of them is Piana degli Albanesi in Sicily. Your reply brought that very spot to mind. The people living there are Albanians (Arberesh) who escaped the Ottoman occupation of Albania back in the...

In my case, 23andme confirmed what I had already discovered from my research of other genetic testings in the Balkans, well before 23andme and friends made DNA easily accessible. I am now "highly likely" Greek, Albanian and Romanian. In addition, I am "likely" Bulgarian, Macedonian and...

As far as I know from my mother's side I'm from Kosovo. From my father's side I am from the south of Albania. Not having met the guy and my mother only having little info on the matter as well doesn't help a great deal. Nevertheless... 23andme says: European - 98.9 98.7 Balkan 0.02 Broadly...